Basic weapons., Gang arsenals Options

[Arethusa]

[easytohate]

On the money: We are looking at it the wrong way. This isn't about inflation. The prices can mostly be explained by simple supply and demand.
Honestly. Who, living in the cities and wastelands of the sixth world isn't going to want some kind of protection?
It doesn’t matter how expensive the gun, or the bullets are. They are as necessary as eating food in this world, and the arms dealers can jack up the price because demand is high and people will pay.

On gangs.

A large gang increases in power exponentially. The more individuals you have in a gang, the more skills you have. The more contacts you have. A gang of 50 orks, who absolutely need to get armed, have no problem charging into a gun store with the few guns they do have, and taking whatever they want. In the same gang, you probably have enough lower level skills in chemistry, firearms repair and mechanics to build anything the gang would really need.

I agree that the weapons desired within any size of gang are going to be the most intimidating weapons then can find, and still conceal. If a rival ganger can see that you have a weapon from a mile away, then they know what they need to do to one-up you.

Body armor.
Gang leaders, their enforcers, and money makers would all have access to reasonable body armor. But the errand boy with the browning in his pants probably doesn’t.

Magic
Generally I would leave the magic to the gang leaders and top levels. I could see a Rat Shaman gathering a gang of toughs and followers to do his bidding under the guidence of the spirit. Gangs exist for all sorts of reasons, I mean what is the difference between a gang and a well armed cult or militia?

Gangers in the sixth world are a survival caste at the weakest and insurgents at the greatest. A gang can become a force of nature in a local area. The have no problem adapting strategy to whatever works best, because those who don't adapt don't survive.

So basically, a ganger is going to have whatever works for the run. They could really have anything, they are the wild card of the sixth world. Unpredictable.

[Austere Emancipa...]

Arethusa: That might work, but "2060 nuyen == 2004 USD" is a pretty damn big IF. And that's still not inflation, or at the very least you cannot possibly know whether it's because of inflation. There could still have been hyperinflation or deflation in UCAS, because the unit of currency has changed, possibly repeatedly, and we have no way of knowing what the rates were.

[CoalHeart]

I usually give gangs anything that doesn't seem like it uses high technology.

AK-97s, Non Smartlinked pistols, some SMGs Mac-10 types. Shotguns, varied from the roomsweeper, to a semi auto. No burst or full auto shotguns.

Disposable rocket launchers, hand grenades, knives clubs, swords, axes, spears. No mono whips, no centuion laser axe, no vibrosword, no grenade launchers unless mounted on an AK-97.

Armor is usually armored vest with plates standard issue.


It really depends the type of gang. A low end street gang might have pistols and melee. Or if I'm running a Militant Gang they'll be armed to the gills and ready to take out a few blocks.


Personal Favorite to arm a GangerPunk crew of taggers or snatch and grabbers is simple Pepper Spray, or sling shots with capsul rounds of pepper spray or some other annoyance. Spray paint + lighter makes a decent mini flame thrower.


I had a full out Pyro Gang, every member had a flame thrower and an assortment of white phospor grenades, and white phosphor ammo, and Big D's flame shell for shotguns. Every single one of them wore A Victory heavy suit with full heat retardant mods.

Group: Napalm Angels
Leader's Name: Napalm Jesus
Race: Ork
Gender: Male
Awakened: Sorcery Adept Hermetic focus on Fire
B: 8
Q: 4
S: 6
C: 3
I: 5
W: 5
E: 5.3
M: 5(7)

Initiative: 5+1d6
Initiate Grade: 2
Essence lost: Drug addiction .3 Smartlink Package .4
ACTIVE SKILLS:
Clubs: 4
Biotech(First Aid): 1/3
Spray Weapon(Flame Thrower): 6(8)
Leadership: 3
Etiquette(Street): 2(4)
Negotiation(Scare Tactics): 2(4)
Intimidation(Bible Quotation): 3(5)
Sorcery: 6
Stealth: 3
Bike: 5
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:
Chemistry(Flamable Material): 2(4)
BBQ Cuisine: 2
Magical Background: 4
Arson: 4
Town of choice Area Knowlege: 3
Religion(Bible): 3(5)
Spells:
Fireball F6 (EX: Drain FE: Learn)
Control Flame F4
Heal F6 (EX: Drain)
Add in a few others for flavor.

Equipment:
Force 5 Spell Focus (Fireball) A Zippo Lighter
Custom Flame thrower 3 X ammo capacity, and Barrier rating 18 to puncture. Double Range.
Light Security Armor Fire mods, and flame style paint job.

2nd in Command: Dances-With-Fire Female AmerInd Shaman of the Phoenix

Mode of operation: Terror, chaos, burnination.
Gang Base of ops: A burned out hospital with connected church in a bad part of town. Also Mobile with motorcycles
Gang Membership: 30-45

These guys were fun to run. The leader is a madman, he thinks burning the world will save humanity and allow the souls of the burned to reach heaven, and it's his job to send them there. The group's face was able to broker a deal with them, offering them occasional jobs of burning heritics, also for about 50,000 yen kept them from burning the group's shaman as a witch.

[Arethusa]

[Austere Emancipa...]

[Edward]

What is the damage code for a Molotov cocktail or a areole flame thrower or a fertiliser bomb.

I am looking for the mechanics for the weapons that a gang without contacts (or temporarily without money) can improvise.

Edward

[Ol' Scratch]

Molotov Cocktail: 6M (Throwing Weapons Skill, Shuriken Range)
Hair Spray Flame Thrower: 4L (Spray Weapons Skill, 2 Meters Range)
Fertilizer Bomb: Improved Explosives rules (Demolitions Skill, Variable Range)

[Stumps]

don't know if this will help anyone here, but...
SR currency conversion calculator
It doesn't convert to present currency, only other SR currencies.
Just in case anyone tries to take a go at figuring it out long hand.

[Arethusa]

[Sahandrian]

[John Campbell]