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 Constructing Miniguns, Additional rules available? |
 Sep 1 2011, 03:20 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 4-March 10 Member No.: 18,241  |
Are there any additional rules when constructing miniguns? Arsenal Pg 30 Sidebar is intriguing, but offers little in the way of costs, availability, or modification limitations.
Is this a case of "use your best judgement"? |
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Sep 1 2011, 05:06 AM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
Nope. You'll have to make some up.
-k |
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Sep 1 2011, 05:13 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
There are no other rules. Minigun besides the published ones are purely GM Fiat.
Whether you can put barrel mods on miniguns has not been addressed either. |
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Sep 1 2011, 11:29 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,083 Joined: 13-December 10 From: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Member No.: 19,228 |
QUOTE (Dakka Dakka @ Sep 1 2011, 07:13 AM)  Whether you can put barrel mods on miniguns has not been addressed either. I'd just up the price by a sixfold or so. And forget about using the barrelmounted scope. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif) |
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Sep 1 2011, 11:55 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
QUOTE (Mardrax @ Sep 1 2011, 02:29 PM) And forget about using the barrelmounted scope. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif) I'm pretty sure you can't mount a scope onto barrel slot. |
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Sep 1 2011, 11:56 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,083 Joined: 13-December 10 From: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Member No.: 19,228 |
QUOTE (Mäx @ Sep 1 2011, 01:55 PM) I'm pretty sure you can't mount a scope onto barrel slot. You can't. But hey, I liked the image (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Sep 1 2011, 02:11 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 503 Joined: 3-May 08 Member No.: 15,949 |
QUOTE (Mardrax @ Sep 1 2011, 06:56 AM) You can't. But hey, I liked the image (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Was your image anything like mine? |
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Sep 1 2011, 02:21 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
QUOTE (Mardrax @ Sep 1 2011, 01:29 PM) I'd just up the price by a sixfold or so. A sensible houserule, but it is just that - a houserule.
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Sep 1 2011, 03:04 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
You can't ever minigun-ify anything existing. You can invent *new* from-scratch miniguns (with no guidance from the rules).
I'd first ask, 'why?' What about the existing miniguns doesn't work, and can't be fixed via mods (RAW or GM fiat)? |
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Sep 1 2011, 03:37 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
QUOTE (Arsenal, page 30, minigun sidebar, last sentence) Only light, medium, and heavy machine guns can be constructed as miniguns. Based on that one line one could argue that you can simply buy a gun and claim it is a minigun version. I'm not sure I agree with that though. |
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Sep 1 2011, 03:40 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Ha! Not successfully. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Sep 1 2011, 03:55 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
In any case it's a "GM has to make something up" situation.
-k |
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Sep 1 2011, 03:57 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) All guns in SR are the same except for magic bonuses (Alpha, White Knight), so what are you actually looking for? There's at least one LMG, MMG, and HMG minigun in the books (right?), so you've got everything you'd want.
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Sep 1 2011, 04:01 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Well, considering that the prototype for the original modern Minigun was a Civil War-Era (Or thereabouts) Gatling Gun with an electric motor, shouldn't be too difficult to build a primitive one with Shadowtech... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
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Sep 1 2011, 04:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 9-July 09 From: midwest Member No.: 17,368 |
as far as i know, there's only one LMG and two vehicle weapons (at least in the books i'm aware of).
I don't know if it would be possible to mod any weapon into a minigun...seems like something that would have to be built with being a minigun in mind. But if you were to have it possible, it would require a facility, and take the HV mod and multiply up the cost by like 3 or so. |
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Sep 1 2011, 04:12 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
I could well be wrong, then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) If so, I certainly understand the want.
Yes, it is *impossible* to mod anything into a minigun. MGs can be *designed* as miniguns (by the GM). |
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Sep 1 2011, 06:05 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
QUOTE (ZeroPoint @ Sep 1 2011, 07:06 PM) as far as i know, there's only one LMG and two vehicle weapons (at least in the books i'm aware of). German Arsenal has MMG minigun(there's a link somewhere in these forums to PDF containing all the german extra stuff and couple of the chargen tools around here also have that stuff in them). |
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Sep 1 2011, 06:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 9-July 09 From: midwest Member No.: 17,368 |
QUOTE (Mäx @ Sep 1 2011, 02:05 PM) German Arsenal has MMG minigun(there's a link somewhere in these forums to PDF containing all the german extra stuff and couple of the chargen tools around here also have that stuff in them). Cool, thanks for the heads up on that Max |
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