Airboarding, Or something of the sort in Shadowrun Options

[Kagetenshi]

Kanada: how're you getting that so cheap? The base chassis and power plant costs about that here, unless I'm screwing up my math.

~J

[Kanada Ten]

I'm just using the Shop program, but are you factoring in the .25 Drone Mark-Up? I used Unusual Design and Specizied on the first, but the second is a stock item, IMO. The base DP of the Skimmer and Electric is 255 by the Shop's math and a cost of 6,375¥.

[Kagetenshi]

Er, both sizes of skimmers have a flat 1.00 markup.

~J

[Kanada Ten]

In R3? That may just be one of the many changes they made, but in this case that doesn't seem even near right. Who would pay 22,500¥ for a scooter?

[Kagetenshi]

Oh, oops, we're using different editions :oops:

The skimmers aren't designed to be scooters, hence the price.

~J

[Zenmaxer]

:: nods :: again, I think we should work through it, and get it play balanced... it's got some serious promise and could easily be useful to joe shadowrunner, because it makes a great way to escape from your average run with serious style.

[BitBasher]

honestly, if it's designed for a human passenger it's not a drone.

[Kanada Ten]

I agree with that to a point. Once we get to silly things like airboards and kid cars, things you buy off the shelf in Wal-Mart, I think there is a reduction in safetly features and legislation that keeps those prices low. Additionally, search and rescue drones designed to carry or rescue injurded humans would still receive the drone modifier and then be slapped with special design, ambulance, and more.

[Zenmaxer]

But it still acts like a drone in the absence of a passenger, and could be used as a drone even with one.... I'd say that it's really a matter of opinion, though the more I think about it, the less I feel that it's a drone.

[Nikoli]

Reminds me of the parapalegic rigger I made... rigged his hover-round he did.

[Bishoujo no Neko]

Much spiffyness, being the otaku in question I thank you all for the help in this. Basically if anyone has the cyberpunk offshoot cybergeneration the board Im looking for is the one that Boardpunks ride.

[Otaku On Acid]

Wow cybergeneration. There is a phrase I haven't heard in a long time. Also if you are using the basis from that book remember that those things are feindisly difficult to pilot, and would probably require it's own skill to use. Perhaps she should look into getting some board armor for herself for when she falls off while trying to learn to use this thing. Also, what happens to the drone if the rider falls off? Does it keep going, fall to the ground, or just sort of slowly descend? This could be one advantage to using the drone frame is that it can do some simple automated functions, perhaps even going in a straight line to a preprogrammed beacon.

[Synner]

Note the boards in Cybergeneration were closer to surfboards than skateboards and counted several turbofans for lift and maneuvering - the wider control surface also made more sense in terms of control and lift. My designs (which I've looked for but can't find) were of this type too.