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[_Pax._]

Sure, if you have ranks in Throwing Weapons.

But when you have Pistols 6, compared to Throwing Weapons 0 ...? Taser, thanks.

Also, if you're an Adept with Clubs 9, Specialised in Batons +2, and are wielding a Stun Baton that is also a Rating 4+ Weapon Focus ... yeah, the grenade isn't so helpful then, either.

[Jaid]

Sure, if you have ranks in Throwing Weapons.

But when you have Pistols 6, compared to Throwing Weapons 0 ...? Taser, thanks.

Also, if you're an Adept with Clubs 9, Specialised in Batons +2, and are wielding a Stun Baton that is also a Rating 4+ Weapon Focus ... yeah, the grenade isn't so helpful then, either.

i doubt your gatling taser qualifies as a pistol any more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

although i suppose you can always suppress ^^

(and if you're talking about a baton, well, i don't think a gatling baton is a particularly useful invention, and am not in the least bit surprised that nobody has invented such a thing to my knowledge).

[_Pax._]

No, I was more referring to "taser, instead of pepper punch grenade". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Jaid]

No, I was more referring to "taser, instead of pepper punch grenade". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

"target-rich environment" says to me that you want to hit lots of things. hence, the pepper punch grenade.

if you've only got one person to shoot, that's not terribly target-rich.

i mean, the fact that you can come prepared to use it (ie chemical protections) while your targets only *might* have come prepared certainly mitigates a lot of the risks... if you've all got good resistance, you can just pop the danged thing in your hand when you get near your target, no throwing required (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Halinn]

if you've only got one person to shoot, that's not terribly target-rich.

Maybe he's wealthy and/or named Richard.

[Pepsi Jedi]

I know it's not really the point trying to be made, but some taser guns can shoot twice. Two sets of prongs. Others you can reload somewhat quickly.

I think the point is though that Tazers can't just be shot and shot and shot and shot on the current batteries that they have. Also a slow gradual usage of battery power is vastly different from dumping it all in a second or two.

[Umidori]

Tasers in SR don't really operate off batteries, though, except for the Defiance EX Shocker which trails wires and can be used as a melee contact weapon.

The other tasers shoot specialized capacitor darts. Each dart contains it's own power supply.

~Umi

[Pepsi Jedi]

But that's still different from the type of battery power you'd have in a comlink, right?

[Tashiro]

How about a taser gun which trails wires, but that you can retract, to use again? Wouldn't that be viable?

[Shaidar]

Not really, because retracting the darts would damage the prongs which keep the darts in the target.

[KCKitsune]

Hey, this is kinda on topic, but not really: Can you modify a drone to have a built-in commlink?

[Jaid]

Hey, this is kinda on topic, but not really: Can you modify a drone to have a built-in commlink?

drones basically already have a built-in commlink. where do you think the pilot program, autosofts, and other programs (including stuff like encryption, IC, etc) are run from?

[KCKitsune]

drones basically already have a built-in commlink. where do you think the pilot program, autosofts, and other programs (including stuff like encryption, IC, etc) are run from?

My apologies. It was a stupid question. I will claim that I do work overnight and when I posted that question I just got off a 10 hour day.

[Falconer]

KC:
It is possible to install a repeater node into/onto a drone.

All it does is repeat any signals from anything in signal range and rebroadcast them at signal rating 6.


There's another drone in Unwired which has a mobile nexus built into it as added equipment (my opinion is the drone's node and the nexus node are separate).

And if push comes to shove.. duct tape a commlink to the drone or stuff it in the cargo bay if you really need a commlink node separate from the drone.