QUOTE (Mercer @ Feb 7 2008, 01:50 AM)

I guess my confusion centers around what recoil compensators would work on drones. Even taking into account the Arsenal rule of drones giving recoil comp equal to their body, what else (besides gas vents) would be applicable?
Let's take as an example the MCT-Nissan Roto-Drone, with its BOD 3 and 1 weapon mount. We'll stick an Ingram White Knight on it, because we don't like tresspassers. The White Knight has 6 points of recoil comp, 5 from a non-upgradeable gas vent, 1 from a detachable folding stock. For my money, I'm going to assume that the weapon mount gives it the RC 3 for the vehicle's BOD, and the 5 from the gas vent, but not the 1 point from the detachable folding stock. The stock is just another way to anchor and steady the weapon, and thats what the RC BOD is for. But I don't have a book quote for any of this, I'm just sort of ballparking it.
By-the-by, given that most vehicles about the Subcompact have double digit BODs, thats some serious RC being doled out by those pintles.
Have you seen a mounted weapon fire in a real life situation? The barrel barely moves even in sustained fire. The little bit the weapon does move around, the FCS knows how to account for, and you could really put 3 or 4 bullets through the same hole in a target.