You want to put a weapon in WHAT? Options

[The Overlord]

As i was tricking out the gear on one of my most recent characters, who is a rigger, i got around to wondering what kind of toys i could give them. While there are the obvious choices like the doberman, what other kinds of drones (or drone like toys) could i turn into a weapon while still following the the rules.

So I ask you all, what kind of crazy stunts of this nature have you all pulled?

Additionally I am curious about mounting a weapon on a small drone despite its body being below 3 (as the Modified GMC Chariot goes against the rule and the attitude suppliment mentions puting a hold-out pistol into a medusa extensions.)

[phlapjack77]

How about mounting a tazer on some small-form flying drone and then using a "ramming" attack (maybe the drone needs a CC autosoft...)

[Udoshi]

How about mounting a tazer on some small-form flying drone and then using a "ramming" attack (maybe the drone needs a CC autosoft...)

C-D Dragonfly, armed variant. Weapon mod: Underbarrel taser: Defiance EX Shocker
( due to size limitations, the only valid weapons are roughly those the size of a grenade. Taser and Holdouts are pretty much the only options. )

[ShadowDragon8685]

C-D Dragonfly, armed variant. Weapon mod: Underbarrel taser: Defiance EX Shocker
( due to size limitations, the only valid weapons are roughly those the size of a grenade. Taser and Holdouts are pretty much the only options. )

Or actual grenades, for that matter. Sure it's expensive, but if you absolutely, positively have to shock and awe some fools, it's hard to beat Willy Peter suddenly exploding in mid-air right next to their heads.

[phlapjack77]

Or actual grenades, for that matter. Sure it's expensive, but if you absolutely, positively have to shock and awe some fools, it's hard to beat Willy Peter suddenly exploding in mid-air right next to their heads.

Microgrenades strapped to the drone with gecko tape? So the drone can turn the gecko tape off to release the grenade, then trigger them to explode at the right moment...

[ShadowDragon8685]

Microgrenades strapped to the drone with gecko tape? So the drone can turn the gecko tape off to release the grenade, then trigger them to explode at the right moment...

No, I was thinking full-sized grenades attached to kamikaze microdrones.

[tasti man LH]

Which if I recall, Arsenal flat out says that you can do that and even provides you the stats for having a C-D Dragonfly strapped with C12.

[phlapjack77]

No, I was thinking full-sized grenades attached to kamikaze microdrones.

Both could work I guess. The non-kamikaze way means the drone lives to fight another day tho.

The kamikaze way would be cool with small wheeled vehicles. Like the Batman TAS episode "The Grey Ghost".

[The Overlord]

C-D Dragonfly, armed variant. Weapon mod: Underbarrel taser: Defiance EX Shocker
( due to size limitations, the only valid weapons are roughly those the size of a grenade. Taser and Holdouts are pretty much the only options. )

So would you use the normal mounting mod to attach a taser or holdout to a small or mini drone or some alternative?

[Umidori]

From: GHermann//UNATCO.15431.76513
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Subject: Skul-gun

Might I sugest agin, a skul-gun for my head. Yesterday in Batery Park, some scum we all know pushes smack for NSF gets jumpy and draws. I take 2 .22's, 1 in flesh, 1 in augs, befor I can get out that dam asalt gun.

If I could kil just by thought, it would be beter. Is it my job to be a human target-practis backstop?

~Gunther Hermann

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[ShadowDragon8685]

Which if I recall, Arsenal flat out says that you can do that and even provides you the stats for having a C-D Dragonfly strapped with C12.

The C-12 armed C-D Dragonfly is rather underwhelming. Which is why I want it to hoist aloft a standard-sized White Phosphorous grenade. Why knock 'em over with a bit of a bang when you can set a motherfragger on fire?

Both could work I guess. The non-kamikaze way means the drone lives to fight another day tho.

The kamikaze way would be cool with small wheeled vehicles. Like the Batman TAS episode "The Grey Ghost".

The non-kamikaze way means that the GM would be within his rights to invoke the scatter rules, at which point the dice get rolled and your grenade scatters from Redmond Barrens onto Council Island before exploding.

The kamikaze way assures the grenade explodes where the drone is. That's worth the price of the C-D Dragonfly, having a smart munition that blows up where it's supposed to instead of one or two districts over.

[phlapjack77]

The kamikaze way assures the grenade explodes where the drone is. That's worth the price of the C-D Dragonfly, having a smart munition that blows up where it's supposed to instead of one or two districts over.

True, and it's cheaper / easier to obtain than a missle...

[X-Kalibur]

Not drone related, but I've always been a big fan of putting shotguns into arms. Preferably a cyber one, because I recall the gun being almost as much or more essence than the arm.

[Umidori]

You know, that reminds me of a question I came up with earlier today and actually planned on posting in it's own thread.

If you have a cyber-shotgun in your cyberarm, is it treated as a "one-handed" weapon?

~Umi

[WhiskeyJohnny]

Or actual grenades, for that matter. Sure it's expensive, but if you absolutely, positively have to shock and awe some fools, it's hard to beat Willy Peter suddenly exploding in mid-air right next to their heads.

Shock and awe for their friends outside the blast radius, maybe. If you've gecko-taped grenades to a drone though, rather than kamikazeing it, have them plant the device on the target - that way you can reuse the drone and hopefully don't have to worry about the scatter rules.

[ShadowDragon8685]

Shock and awe for their friends outside the blast radius, maybe. If you've gecko-taped grenades to a drone though, rather than kamikazeing it, have them plant the device on the target - that way you can reuse the drone and hopefully don't have to worry about the scatter rules.

Perhaps, but that would entitle the target to a dodge roll to avoid the drone, at which point if he succeeds, he becomes aware of it and is then entitled to melee combat rolls to smash it apart and/or grab it and chuck it at you, whereas if you sneak the Dragonfly up on him and catch him (and hopefully his pals) unawares, they summarily become unentitled to their dodge rolls to increase their effective distance from detonation.

And even if they're in combat, the dragonfly can still lurk behind cover until his turn, then fly out to them and detonate within a meter of them.

The limpet idea (having the dragonfly use gecko tape to attach the grenade to the target) would work really well for general demo use, though.

[Draco18s]

Reminds me of a theoretical character that was built by a college acquaintance who didn't know Shadowrun.
We nicknamed him "Tinker Toy" because when combat started, he fell to pieces. Modular Cyberlimb drones.

[tasti man LH]

...soooo the Mk. 42 armor from Iron Man 3?

[Draco18s]

...soooo the Mk. 42 armor from Iron Man 3?

Minus Tony Stark.

Or rather, if the Mk 42 was Stark's actual body.

Also, we had that idea about 5 years ago. Significantly before the current Iron Man movies.

[Udoshi]

Which if I recall, Arsenal flat out says that you can do that and even provides you the stats for having a C-D Dragonfly strapped with C12.

Indeed it does. Hence my ballpark for the limitation of underbarrel weapon.

[KarmaInferno]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jts0xxg7P8I





-k

[Draco18s]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jts0xxg7P8I

I think we are all familiar with this scene. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Sendaz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jts0xxg7P8I

That was awesome (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Stahlseele]

into a handheld comlink.