VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS

• Improved Active Thermal Masking
• Nitrous Oxide Injection
• Central Tyre Pressure Control
• Tannoy Vehicle Public Address System
• Ferranti Phobos Threat Warning System
• Tracor ALE-90 Chaff Launcher

OTHER ACCESSORIES AND GEAR

• Leatherman Pocket Tool
• Ultrax Epoxy Foam
• Glazenfleur Housebreaker Harness
• Resnick Labs Laser Glass Cutter
• Trevilla Medical Systems Advanced Emergency Kit
• Dart Pharmaceuticals Combopens
• Avon Group S16 Respirator

ARMOUR AND OTHER CLOTHING

• Second Chance Head Protectors
• Trevilla Armament Group Combat Fatigues
• Spetztechnika Fragmentation Capes
• Danner 'Warrior' Combat Boots
• Shooting Systems 'Fire Force II' Combat System

WEAPONS MODIFICATIONS AND AMMUNITION

• Trevilla Armament Group Explosive Arrows
• Aimpoint Red Dot Sight
• Jacketed Hollow Point Rounds
• Eley 'Specialist' Shotgun Rounds
• Ares Weapon Stabilisation Module
• Trevilla Armament Group Common Rail Mount
• Spectralab 'Midnight Sun' Xenon Floodlights
• Winter Grenade Group Canister Round
• Winter Systems Rifle Grenades
• Chemring Industries Chaff Rounds
• CS Riot Agent

WEAPONS

• Jimmy Lile "Close Quarters" Bayonet
• MacLeod Foundries Claidh Heamh Mor
• Trevilla Armaments Group Tomahawk
• ASP Collapsible Baton
• Ares Arms "Pyromaniac" flamethrower
• Heckler and Koch PSG-7 Sniper Rifle
• Jimmy Lile 'Texas Ranger' Combat Knife
• Smith And Wesson Model 95
• Smith And Wesson 7000 Series
• Heckler and Koch VP53 Machine Pistol
• Calico 7500 Pistol
• Colt Bushmaster
• Steyr AUG-ECS
• Heckler and Koch G3 Rifle
• MC-51 Carbine
• Ares Rattlesnake SMG
• Heckler and Koch P27 Pistol
• Smith and Wesson CLAW Assault Shotgun
• Heckler and Koch HK59 Assault Rifle
• Heckler and Koch HK59KA1
• Sandler "Home Defender" automatic pistol
• Heckler and Koch HK227-C
• SCK Night Warrior
• Defiance 'Railgun' shotgun
• Generic Sawn-Off Shotgun
• Calico 7500 SMG
• Ruger Mini-20 And AC-470

CYBERWARE AND BIOLOGICALS

• Shielding
• Silicone Fist
• Venom Glands
• Enhanced Teeth
• Microcamera
• Gill Modification
• Shift System
• Gastric Enhancement

VEHICLES

                 Handling   Speed     B/A   Sig  A/P      Cost 
Jensen V-12        3/4      70/210    5/12   8    3     725,000
Supercharger on             95/285           4

>>>>>[The Interceptor is an amazing car, no doubt about it. On the other hand, look at the price tag. You could buy a tank for less than that.]<<<<<

-Darkness

>>>>>[But can a tank hold 140mph across desert? Does it have the speed to chase down biker gangs? And what other vehicle with that speed has the firepower and armour to win the fight that follows? This does...]<<<<<

-Leopard Lady

>>>>>[It must be said, the Jensen engine is incredible. The overhaul interval is 25,000 miles - incredible for a 1,200 horsepower unit and reliability is exceptional. Fuel consumption isn't too bad either - provided you keep the supercharger off. The MFP one I saw in action mounted two Victory assault cannon and a Winter Systems laser in the turret. Vicious. Also, Jensen do an upgrade consisting of external-rack rockets under blowoff covers: twenty 127mm Zuni rockets for the paranoid to play with. Again, the MFP use those a lot for roadblock busting. I figure after you put in twenty Zunis and a few bursts of 30mm cannon fire, it ain't gonna be much of a roadblock no more.]<<<<<

-Wheeler

                  Handling     Speed        B/A  Sig  A/P  Cost
Trans America       3/8        70/210       4/6   4    2   225,000
Supercharger on                80/240             2

>>>>>[Now this is a nice car. Expensive, but nice. The interior lets it down, though: very spartan for nearly a quarter-million worth of car.]<<<<<

-Clarkson

>>>>>[If you can listen to the engine idle and not want to own it, you're not the sort of person they want buying it. . Seriously, this vehicle was designed by enthusiasts rather than marketing men. The interior is serviceable, extremely comfortable and hard-wearing: just don't expect hand-tooled leather, mahogany dash, or any luxuries like that. The money went on the engine and suspension, and it wasn't wasted. For an extra ten grand, they'll do you a custom job with all those goodies...but they'll laugh at you while they do it.]<<<<<

-Susan Big-Flying-Fluffy-Snake

                  Handling     Speed        B/A  Sig  A/P  Cost
Westland Coyote      3        100/300       4/3   4    2   525,000
Military version     3        100/300       5/9   8    3  1,275,000

>>>>>[A nice piece of kit...if you accept stamped-metal flooring and nylon web seats as acceptable in a civilian helicopter.]<<<<<

-Singer

>>>>>[Come on, Singer, look at the performance and handling. This isn't an executive taxicab, this is a DocWagon helicopter or a special-ops bird. The military hang missiles and cannon on these and use them air-to-air. The civilian version's an afterthought.]<<<<<

-Ripper

>>>>>[The military version - with two MMGs and a Spectralab spotlight in the turret, eight men in the back and a Skyshout PA system - is turning up as a police helicopter in DC. Very effective too.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS AND ACCESSORIES

Improved Active Thermal Masking costs Y10,000 per point of vehicle Body and requires 1CF per level installed.

The coolant mix lasts for 6 hours at normal consumption. Additional bottles may be installed: each CF installed allows 24 rating-hours (24 hours at rating-1, 12 at 2, etc.) of operation and costs Y1,000. Refilling the system costs Y500 plus Y250 for each CF of additional tank capacity. The system may be operated at reduced levels to extend coolant life, or switched off altogether. Motorcycles and aircraft may not use this system.

>>>>>[Adaptable and flexible. Better than some competing systems, although exhausting the heat at low levels rather than storing it limits endurance and masking capability. It's also expensive.]<<<<<

-Spanner

>>>>>[Swings and roundabouts, and recirculative systems have drawbacks too. This can run for hours rather than minutes, and there's no heat-dump at the end of it.]<<<<<

-Nightfire

>>>>>[Of course, downwind you just adapt your NBC chem-sniffer to look out for those Freons....]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

If the vehicle is already going at top speed, the nitrous mixture will cause the vehicle to go it's speed PLUS its acceleration speed. For example, a car that went 70/210 at maximum speed, if given nitrous injections, would go 280 for a full round! If not at full speed, the vehicle accelerates at double the normal rate until top speed is reached and normally thereafter. Nitrous injecting apparatus requires no free CF, as it is placed within the space of the engine, and costs 5000 nuyen. The tank holds enough nitro for 10 'shots'.

Note - Every consecutive time a driver fires the nitrous apparatus, he or she must make a driving check with a cumulative target modifier of +2 per consecutive firing. Failure of this driving check requires a crash test. Also roll 2d6: on an 11, the engine suffers damage from excessively high RPM and all speeds drop to half. On a 12 the engine seizes and the driver must make a Crash Test: the vehicle comes to a screeching halt anyway. Apply a +2 modifier for every consecutive use of the system.

>>>>>[Now this is a questionable practice. The red line on your RPM gauge is there for a reason, people. As a rigger I can tell you the feedback from using this is not good: kind of like an amphetamine crash.]<<<<<

-Pumper

>>>>>[...although since it's small and light it's useful to have in an emergency. But use it regularly and you're begging for a broken crankshaft or thrown conrod. I'd recommend an overhaul after using this two or three times, just on general principles.]<<<<<

-Zap Man

>>>>>[I already supercharged and intercooled my Jensen, and I have water/methane injection if I need extra performance. I've overtaken people blowing nitro...and when they pop some more, they blow their pistons through their cylinder heads instead. Hilarious.]<<<<<

-Leopard Lady

Cost       CF      Availability       Index
5,000       1        12/24 days          2

Cost     CF      Availability    Index
1500      1        4/24 hr          1

>>>>>[Now this is useful in the right circumstances.]<<<<<

-Sasha

>>>>>[Yeah, right, like *we* bother with "stop-or-I-shoot".]<<<<<

-Whippet

>>>>>[Sasha means psychological warfare, Whippet: if you hear rotor blades and Wagner, it means a Running Wolf strike force en route and pissed off. I've been on the wrong end of one of their airmobile sweep-and-clear operations, and the next time I hear Die Valkure playing I'm gonna run for cover right away.]<<<<<

-Dog Soldier

Cost       CF      Availability       Index
10,000      1        12/24 days          2

>>>>>[So I know someone's painting me. So what? Two seconds later I'm hit anyway. Why bother with expensive junk like this?]<<<<<

-Cardiac

>>>>>[So you have an IR laser lighting you to the left. So you pop smoke that side to break the lock and look for the designator. This at least gives you an idea which way to jink.]<<<<<

-Blooper

Cost       CF      Availability       Index
1,200       0        8/7 days           2

>>>>>[Useful, especially for helicopters and aircraft who have trouble with smoke, but for ground vehicles just put Chemring chaff packs in some of the smoke-discharger slots.]<<<<<

-Jack

>>>>>[Especially good because it's flush mounted and produces no additional drag. Worth getting Tracor's advice on best fitment, though.]<<<<<

-Romper

OTHER ACCESSORIES AND GEAR

The Leatherman tool means a mechanical skill test (e.g. vehicle repair) can at least be considered to be done with "Inadequate" tools, rather than none at all. The knife does (Str/2)L damage if someone's desperate.

Grenade:

Half strength radius-10m; Full strength radius-5m. Within 5m all parties must resist 10L damage.

Spray:

Range and spread is as per shotgun, page 95 of SR2.

Conc: 3

Ammo: 5

Mode: SS

DMG: Nil

Wght: 5

Avai: 8/36 hours

Cost: Y900

Tube:

This is used like a caulking gun, and can seal cracks, doors, or nearly anything with a strength of 10 bond. A second coat, after the first can bring the bond up to a strength of 15, but takes 30 seconds to dry and weakens the bond to strength of 3 until the hardening is complete. One tube can single coat 10 doorjambs or 20 windows.

COST:

Grenade Y50

Canister for spray Y20

Tube Y15

>>>>>[All sorts of creative nastiness possible with this one! If your route into a site includes the motor pool, a squirt of this over the lock panels of the vehicles works wonders. Seize up a computer? Squirt this into the jacks. Lovely stuff.]<<<<<

-Slick

>>>>>[Also becoming popular with police as an adjunct to net-guns.]<<<<<

-SPD

>>>>>[If you can get into the opposition's car, of course....]<<<<<

-Elwood

>>>>>[Been watching too many 20th century classics again, have we?]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Any non-climbing actions (walking, driving, etc) undertaken while wearing the harness are at +2. It takes 5 minutes to don or remove the housebreaker harness: it can be torn off in 30 seconds, but destroyed in the process.

Cost Y3,500, weight 5kg, availability 12/14 days, street index 3.

>>>>>[Now with this, a netgun on one arm, and a grapple-gun on the other, all I need is the mask and the job at the newspaper.]<<<<<

-Peter Parker

>>>>>[?????]<<<<<

-Zinger

Cost Y1,500, weight 1kg, availability 12/14 days, street index 4.

Battery is good for 10 minutes' continuous operation. The cutting speed is (1 / barrier rating) metres per minute. As a weapon this item does 8M damage resisted by half Impact armour and has reach 0. Battery packs are Y500 and 0.5kg each, availability 4/24.

>>>>>[Useful, but beware of polarised light paths within the glass: cut across them and you trip the alarms. Also, many windows in secure installations have capacitance meters attached: removing a chunk of glass also sends an alert signal. Of course, this also cuts wood, metal, construction plastic...]<<<<<

-Gooney Bird

>>>>>[Cutting speed is low, but that's the price of a portable unit. You can at least change batteries quickly.]<<<<<

-Flook

The system has three remote sensors which can alert the main unit if a subject's life signs become alarming. Its computer has Biotech-4, Biology(Medicine) 3. The chemical analyser has a rating of 4. In action, the system allows First Aid to be undertaken at merely Bad conditions in extreme situations, and negates Bad. The system may use its own Biotech skill or add half its rating to the paramedic's ability.

>>>>>[I'd beg to differ on 'hospital in a box'. I'm also not sure about marketing this to the general public. An emergency kit is one thing: you might not save someone, but it's hard to really screw up. This is extremely effective, I carry one and love it, but I'm a qualified MD. There is a great deal of harm you could do with this unless you understand its use.]<<<<<

-Dr Rains-At-Sunset

>>>>>[Granted. On the other hand, things like the mini-monitors mean that one paramedic can work on three patients, leaving two unattended but knowing he'll be alerted if their blood pressure, say, goes too low. DocWagon have begun issuing these on a trial basis.]<<<<<

-Toymaker

>>>>>[My point exactly: DocWagon are the sort of people this should be marketed at, not relatively untrained individuals. This kit will dispense Metoxane or Cimertol on demand, for instance, which could be fatal if wrongly administered: knowing when - or if - to administer such powerful agents is critical. At least when they are incorporated into a trauma patch the risks are widely known.]<<<<<

-Dr Rains-At-Sunset

Cost Y100, weight 0.2kg, availability 8/7 days, street index 0.75

When uncapped and pressed against an object (usually a major muscle group such as the thigh) the combopen automatically injects a dose of atropine (see Shadowtech). This reduces the Power rating of a nerve agent attack (Neurostun group, Green Ring 5, Seven-Seven) by 1. If a victim has suffered a Deadly physical wound from nerve agent, a combopen counts as first aid.

>>>>>[Inject myself with atropine? No way!]<<<<<

-Animal

>>>>>[Well...look at the symptoms. Complete opposites. Atropine opposes nerve agents with an uncanny perfection, which is why it's used. But yes, you do want to be careful about slamming them into everyone with runny noses.]<<<<<

-Whiteout

>>>>>[Notice the growing emphasis on chemical-warfare technology? Perhaps the big corps know something we don't....]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Like to share anything, Lynch?]<<<<<

-Oddball

>>>>>[Hell, we're nuclear and have been for years: we have good defensive CW, but not much offence. Wonder what the other megas are doing, though.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Y5,000, 1kg. Availability 10/14 days, street index 1. Spare filters Y500, 0.2kg, availability and index as respirator.

When worn, the respirator provides complete protection against any air- vectored agents. Some (gaseous HCN is a current example) degrade the filters in high concentration: a filter change is recommended every 24 hours of use in normal circumstances anyway. The mask has adaptors for one datajack and one chipjack, providing a 'straight through' connection to the wearer's sockets, and a communications jack to allow a radio or similar to be used through the built-in earpiece and microphone.

>>>>>[A gasmask. A good gasmask, maybe the best gasmask, but still just a gasmask. I can't really get excited about it the way I can the automatic weapons.]<<<<<

-Slider

ARMOUR AND OTHER CLOTHING

Concealability Ballistic  Impact    Weight  Cost Avail. Index
     10          +1         0        0.25    250 5/24hr   1

>>>>>[Very useful indeed and a significant contributor to survival.]<<<<<

-Linchpin

>>>>>[Armour is for wimps.]<<<<<

-Skumboy

>>>>>[Guess that makes me a wimp :-) ]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

• Full X-E grade protection against chemical agents
• Easy decontamination with 'rip-off' surface layers
• Integrated ballistic protection
• Optimised signature reduction

Concealability Ballistic  Impact    Weight  Cost   Avail.    Index
     6             6         4       2.5    17500 12/14 days   1

An integrated heat management system cools the wearer and also channels body heat through an exchanger to minimise thermal signature: an individual wearing these fatigues has a Signature of 10. The fatigues may not be modified by the insertion of gel packs. Forearm guards may be fitted easily: there are sleeve pockets already provided. Standard options and accessories are as follows:

                     Cost      Weight       Availability   Index
Forearm Guards       250        0.25          4/24 hr         1
Combi-Guards        1250        0.75          6/24 hr        1.5
Ultimate Guards     3750        0.75         10/7 days        2
Utility Helmet       750        1.0           4/24 hr         1
NBC Oversuit         750        0.5           8/7 days        2

>>>>>[I apologise loudly for the crass marketing hype, but these things are good. I wear them myself or I wouldn't ask my troops to.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Why not just go for mil-grade armour?]<<<<<

-Zoomie

>>>>>[Ever see a man in mil-grade run across muddy ground? Climb through a house window? Lie down and get up five times fast? Oh, and let's not talk about operating in hot weather in a sealed suit. Comical, isn't it? And he's big and slow and wide open to a LAW in the chest. Lighter weight with far better mobility is the way to go, at least for now.]<<<<<

-Sasha

Concealability Ballistic  Impact    Weight  Cost  Avail. Index
     6            +2        +2        2.5    250  5/24hr   1

>>>>>[This came from the Afghan rebels. If they saw gunships or aircraft, they'd just fall down and pull a khaki blanket over themselves. Whammo, instant disappearance. This adds armour protection to give you a better chance of surviving artillery fire. Don't forget to pull the hood up.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Running Wolf Security use this a lot. But then they use a lot of artillery and air support too. In winter it's eerie: one minute you're looking at a field of snowdrifts, the next you know a platoon of troops is up and moving. This works really well. Usually reversible, too: arctic- forest and urban-forest are the usual ones.]<<<<<

-Rider

Cost Y250, weight n/a, availability 5/24 hrs, street index 0.75

Reduce penalties for bad or slippery ground by 1: add 1 die for endurance tests (route marches, for instance).

>>>>>[As a wise man once said, "I liked these so much I bought the company! I've worn Danners for most of the last fifteen years.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Combat boots are a very unstylish item of attire. On the other hand, knowing when to be stylish and when to opt for brute practicality is a real survival skill. I have to say these are the most comfortable items of footwear I own.]<<<<<

-Hatchetman

The Fire Force II consists of three 'skeletons' onto which assorted equipment can be attached: two combat vests (basically sleeveless jackets with extra pockets), a combat harness (belt, braces and thigh straps) and a Bergen rucksack (large pack with waist belt). They can be worn singly or in combination, although only one vest can be worn.

To equip them, add pouches and carriers as necessary up to the maximum for that type. Players can be more or less detailed if they want: some just say they wear web gear, others sketch the full rig...

                        Cost     Weight     Capacity    Avail.   Index
Utility Vest            1200       3            8       6/48 hr     2
Ammo Vest                750       1           12       6/48 hr     2
Combat Harness           500       1           15       6/48 hr     2
Rucksack                 500       1            5       6/48 hr     2

                         Cost Points  Notes
Utility Pouch             10    2    Internal dimensions 12cm x 8cm x 20cm
Waterbottle Carrier       15    2    Carries a 1-litre bottle, purification
                                     tablets and canteen cup.
Pistol Ammo Pouch          5    1    Holds two pistol magazines
Rifle/Shotgun Ammo Pouch  10    2    Holds two rifle or shotgun magazines
SMG Ammo Pouch            10    2    Holds three SMG magazines
Shotgun Shell Dispenser   10    2    Holds 20 shells in a sprung dispenser,
                                     presenting them one at a time
Shotgun Shell Carrier      5    1    Holds five shells in elastic loops
Light Pistol Holster      25    1    For all light pistols
Heavy Pistol Holster      35    2    For heavy and machine pistols
Large Holster             50    3    For other weapons e.g. SMGs, shotguns
Knife Sheath               5    1    Carries any Reach 0 knife
Nightstick/Torch Carrier   5    2    Carries a nightstick, stun baton or
                                     large flashlight
Handcuff Carrier           5    1    Holds 2 pairs of handcuffs

WEAPONS MODIFICATIONS AND AMMUNITION

Cost Y100, weight 0.25kg, availability 8/7days, street index 1.

These require a Complex Action to arm. Firing provides the setback to complete the arming sequence, after which they explode on impact. Damage is 12S to the target and 12S blast, decreasing at -1 Power per metre. Misses scatter 2d6 metres.

>>>>>[These are useful but not a cure-all. Firstly, don't arm a quiverful in advance to save time. Jump out of a window or run downstairs and you complete the arming sequence...at which point they're rather twitchy. A colleague blew himself to small pieces when twelve of these detonated on him at once. Secondly, don't forget to arm them before you fire...]<<<<<

-Zippo

>>>>>[Do I have to point out that if you use these, your bow loses its stealth advantage?]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Cost Y500, weight 0.1 kg, concealability -2. Availability 4/24hr, street index 1.

Acts as a laser sight without emitting anything: no range limits. A red dot scope may have image magnification, low light or thermal imaging, and may be used with magnifying/imaging cybereyes. May not be combined with an ultrasound sight.

>>>>>[Basic, old-fashioned but effective.]<<<<<

-Hatchetman

JHPs cost Y30 per 10 rounds and have the same weight and availability as normal ammunition.

>>>>>[Do people still use this stuff?]<<<<<

-Whoop-It-Up

>>>>>[It's cheap, easy to find, works in most weapons, and if your target isn't wearing armour extremely effective. If they are armoured, the round tends to mushroom even on soft Kevlar. For armoured targets, explosives or flechette are a better bet. I'm not actually certain about APDS as an antipersonnel round: it goes straight through without yawing or tumbling. Inadequate wounding has been the rule in my experience.]<<<<<

-Demon Paul

>>>>>[Not that one again, Demon!]<<<<<

-Cheshire Cat

>>>>>[Better put some vaseline on those glass flowers, Cat...]<<<<<

-Demon Paul

Smoke Streamer

Creates a 50-metre ribbon of smoke (assume it's 2 by 2 metres wide and high). Y10 per round. For Y40, CS gas (see later) can be substituted: for Y75, Neurostun agent can be used.

Grenade

Treat as a minigrenade but subtract 3 from all Powers. Cost: 3 x minigrenade cost. Smoke and gas grenades produce only 5-metre radius clouds.

Starburst

Creates a 10m long tongue of blindingly bright flame. Treat as a flash grenade and take range from the nearest part of the flare. Being caught inside it does no damage apart from singeing off some hair and sooting up clothes. Y50 per round.

Flare

Fires a single miniflare available in standard colours, with a rating of 4. Does 4M/4L damage (see flamethrower/WP rules, burns for 1d6 turns) but is at +2 (no targeting system helps) and use hold-out pistol ranges.

Doorburster

An unstable, but highly effective round intended for opening doors in a hurry. When firing at a door lock or hinge, subtract 32 from the Barrier rating of the door and use this as the target for a Firearms roll. Ten successes are needed to get the door open. The doorbuster does 18D damage to other targets...but has a +2 modifier per half metre from the target. Effectiveness on, say, vehicle doors is at the GM's discretion.

>>>>>[Now these are useful...in some circumstances. A pocketful of these and a double-barrel sawed-off could get pretty handy.]<<<<<

-Zonker

>>>>>[The smoke and grenade rounds won't cycle a semi-auto, limiting their utility. The doorbuster is useful for getting into places in a hurry, but since it's an explosive charge you can forget stealth.]<<<<<

-Night Life

>>>>>[The doorbuster will open just about any door...most of the time. It struggles with steel security doors, but then what doesn't? Of course, you're trading steath for speed.]<<<<<

-Pointman

         Rating Conceal.   Cost     Weight    Availability
Level 1   -1        -2        700       1.5       8/7 days 
Level 2   -2        -2        900        2        10/7 days 
Level 3   -3        -3       1500       2.5       14/14 days 
Level 4   -4        -4       2200        4        18/21 days

>>>>>[Well, guys, do you really want a eight-inch humming globe weighing more than your rifle, gracing your weapon? I don't trust these things at all.]<<<<<

-Fright

>>>>>[Well, they're reliable. The problem is the gyros spin down with time: I figure you can expect to lose a point of performance a week. Of course, Ares can spin them back up to full speed for a small fee . They are extremely useful for vehicle weapons, where you have the power supply to keep them running at speed and where the heavy weapons need the extra compensation.]<<<<<

-Cornwallis

>>>>>[Is it just me or do these make the weapon feel sluggish?]<<<<

-Ratboy

>>>>>[One reason you only see these on support weapons is my experience: a Yak jumped me with a katana. I tried to parry with my rifle, and the gyro module fought my move all the way. Cost me most of an arm and my DocWagon no-claims discount.]<<<<<

-Gimli

                 Conceal. Cost  Weight Availability
Rail Mount         -1     Y100   0.25     5/48 hrs
Xenon Floodlight   -1     Y300    1       4/24 hrs (see later)
Grenade Launcher   -3    Y1800    2       9/7 days
"Railgun" shotgun  -2     Y600    2       6/7 days (see later)
Laser Designator   -2    Y4100   0.5     12/14 days (FoF)
Laser Sight        -1    Y1500   0.25     8/48 hrs (high power)
Flash Pack         -2     Y250   0.25     6/24 hrs

>>>>>[Useful for some circumstances. A xenon flood - especially with cybercontrolled focus, an extra Y100 - is very good for law enforcement work. That bright white light spearing a group of evildoers tends to freeze them. Rabbits in headlights. On the other hand, putting the Railgun on your rifle and loading it with doorbusters makes the entryman of a SWAT team much more flexible. This lets you do both quickly and easily.]<<<<<

-SPD

           Cost    Weight  Brightness   Availability   Street Index
Portable    300      1        4            4/24 hr           1
Vehicle     800     7.5       8            5/48 hr           1

Anyone caught inside the beam and trying to target the firer or someone/something immediately adjacent is at a penalty of (Brightness), halved by flare compensation, and reduced by -1 for every full (Brightness) in metres distance. This effect is lost if the IR filter is in place.

The canister minigrenade does 7S(f) damage, and the grenade launcher has a choke of 4 which cannot be adjusted. Cost is Y20 per round.

>>>>>[Worked better when grenade launchers were single shot. If you're carrying magazines of this, you should have brought a shotgun.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Yeah, but load it with slug and watch'em go!]<<<<<

-Fanatic

>>>>>[Try it, Fanatic, and test-fire it a long way from me. If you want to fire slug at a decent velocity, you need a smaller calibre with a heavier barrel. Hey! You just invented the twelve-gauge shotgun!]<<<<<

-Demon-Paul

Type       Conceal Damage        Weight   Cost   Avail.    Index
HE            5    18S (-1/m)      1     100     6/7 days   2
Antipersonnel 5    18S(f)(-1/m)    1     100     6/7 days   2
Concussion    5    20M Stun (-1/m) 1     100     5/7 days   2
Smoke         5    n/a             1      60     4/24 hrs   1
Antivehicle   5    18D* (-6/m)     1     250    12/14 days  4
 * - armour piercing

Use shotgun ranges. Scatter is 1d6 metres and reduces by 2m per success. These weapons use the Grenade Launcher concentration of Firearms. Loading requires a Complex Action to fit the grenade onto the muzzle of an assault rifle: the weapon may not be fired until the grenade has been discharged, since the next shot will launch the grenade.

>>>>>[These are powerful and nasty weapons, but not that much worse than hand grenades. The AV grenade is nasty, but with a range of 100 metres or so most AFVs shouldn't worry unless they're in urban terrain.]<<<<<

-Silk

>>>>>[Remember these work by trapping a bullet fired into the base for momentum? They cope okay with explosive and flechette...but don't try it with APDS!]<<<<<

-Dreamer

>>>>>[The big attraction of these is accuracy, which is why Winter offer an anti-vehicle version. With a standard thumper you'd be lucky to land within a yard of a tank: with this, a reasonable shot can expect to hit it most times. Although this isn't really enough to kill a tank with modern armour, an APC or similar should be very wary of troops with this within a hundred yards. It's cheap and light enough to give every soldier a couple. And it's in urban ops where it comes into its own. No backblast, so you can fire from anywhere...and you can get roof shots on AFVs where they're most vulnerable. I've killed T-95s with these.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Sing me that Nairobi story, Machine, sing it one more time...]<<<<<

-Smiley

Chaff rounds replace smoke rounds in grenades, mortar rounds et cetera. Triple cost, but other statistics are the same. For sensors or targeting, chaff acts to radar as smoke does to imaging: for designators, chaff between target and designator breaks the lock.

>>>>>[This is pretty limited in application to most samurai, but how about this? Ares Sentry with Vindicator, alertly scanning back and forth. Pop go the grenades, and the Sentry is sitting in a cloud of chaff and IR smoke. It can't see and it's radar is out. Can it see to shoot? No way! The only thing left is ultrasound, and we're developing a white-noise jammer to screw that up too...]<<<<<

-Swinger

>>>>>[Also good on vehicles, especially with some sort of threat warning system. Someone illuminates you, and pow! there goes the chaff to break lock. It buys you time.]<<<<<

-Hangfire

CS gas imposes a +4 modifier to all actions (a Body test with a target of 5 reduces this by 1 per success, with air filtration equipment helping) and an additional +4 visibility modifier due to streaming eyes. The visibility penalty can be eliminated by wearing sealed goggles: cybereyes are also immune. (Remember, though, this is an opaque white fog and apply targeting modifiers to attempts to shoot through it). A respirator or filter mask offers complete protection. CS also produces violent nausea: targets failing to generate any successes in resisting the penalty must make a Willpower (6) roll to avoid being violently sick, testing every ten turns (30 seconds) of exposure. The effects persist for 1D turns after leaving the cloud: each Body (5) or Willpower (5) success reduces this by one. In a confined space, CS does 4L damage per turn: hazardous to the infirm, very young and elderly.

>>>>>[A little outdated now by some standards, and easy to protect against - but still damned useful in, say, the Barrens. And it's actually safer than Retchox or other riot agents. Useful as long as you're aware of its limitations. Oh, and it's as opaque as IR smoke even to thermal imagers (the particle size is just right from most controlled-burn grenades) so you can screen them, blind them and make them puke at the same time.]<<<<<

-Loop-de-Loop

WEAPONS

Conceal: 6/-1        Damage: (STR) L / (STR+2) M 
Reach: 0/1           Weight 0.5
Cost: Y150           Street Index: 1
avail: 3/12 hours

>>>>>[Call me old-fashioned, but fixing bayonets before an assault seems to focus peoples' minds. And the sight of cold steel has a visceral effect on an enemy which is easily underrated until it's come at you. I've used a bayonet for years and only once actually stabbed someone: but I've never regretted having it.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[I'd think this was obsolete and it makes your weapon more likely to snag or catch, especially in an urban environment.]<<<<<

-Ratso

>>>>>[An urban fight - where the enemy can appear around a corner and be nose-to-nose with you - is just where I did need it.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Conceal: 2             Damage: (STR+3) M
Reach 2                Weight 2
Cost: Y1,250           Street Index: 2
Avail: 8/14 days

>>>>>[Hugely overpriced for what is, after all, just a big knife. I really doubt that this is much use.]<<<<<

-Whipping Boy

>>>>>[Well, you know, I have one of these and it's worth the money just as a work of art. The craftmanship is amazing. THEN I had it Dikoted. Some Eye-Fiver tried to run me down on his bike, and he thought he was safe because he had an armoured fairing...]<<<<<

-Storm

>>>>>[You can take a sword a lot more places than you can a gun, that's for sure. And a sword never runs out of ammo, never jams, is never loaded with gel when you needed APDS....]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Conceal: 4        Damage: (STR+2) M / (STR+1) M stun
Reach 1           Weight 1
Cost: Y250        Street Index: 1
Avail: 4/7 days

>>>>>[Popular with pinkskins.]<<<<<

-Pride

>>>>>[And with people who appreciate good weapons. This combined with a knife makes an almost invincible fighting style.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Conceal: 7/4        Damage: (STR+2) M Stun
Reach 1             Weight 1
Cost: Y100          Street Index: 1
Avail: 5/7 days

>>>>>[This is nonmetallic and inert, so you can walk it through most scanners. It gives you a real edge in a close-up fight, and it's technically non-lethal. Any surprise lots of cops and corps like it?]<<<<<

-Ripper

>>>>>[I don't trust it: a friend of mine got hospitalised when the collapsible he was using...collapsed. One minute he's got two feet of steel in his hand, the next nada.]<<<<<

-Lick This

>>>>>[Two feet? That's too much for the mechanism to support. Sounds like your friend bought a cheap copy, not a genuine ASP :or he modified it himself. I've used an ASP for years and never had that problem.]<<<<<

-Edge

Conceal: NA             Capacity: 30 (special)
Modes: SA/"FA"          Damage: 10M/8L 
Weight 6                Cost: Y1,250
Street Index: 3         avail: 8/14 days 

>>>>>[Lacks stopping power and you can completely forget about stealth. I mean, some of us are putting down controlled bursts from suppressed SMGs and then WHOOSH! Not to mention whiting out everyone's low-light and thermal. And for people who say their flare comps will handle it, you're still blind: you just get your vision back sooner. Oh, and don't forget you're carring a lit pilot light around even before you fire. Very inconspicuous.]<<<<<

-Rip Roarer

>>>>>[I do see the utility in some applications: it's a great way to destroy hardware and eliminate evidence. But it certainly wouldn't be a generally useful weapon. And its antipersonnel effect is dubious, while anyone you use it on is going to be very, very upset if they catch you.]<<<<<

-Demon Paul

>>>>>[Very useful for mob control, though. Spray an arc on the ground and a wall of fire tends to herd people back: and if you do get rushed you can take the front ranks with you.]<<<<<

-Bender

>>>>>[Flamers for riot control? Who is this guy?]<<<<<

-Sasha

Conceal: NA                   Capacity: 20(clip)
Modes: SA/BF                  Damage: 12S 
weight 5                      Cost: Y7,250 
Street Index: 4               avail: 14/30 days

>>>>>[This strikes me as odd. A full auto sniper rifle? The ammunition's less effective and I doubt the accuracy. And why use a sniper rifle that isn't silenced?]<<<<<

-Sniper

>>>>>[The PSG is designed for the military, not covert-ops, mission. Silencing is pretty pointless on a battlefield: soldiers move in groups and they usually notice someone's head coming off, and there's plenty of background noise. .300 Magnum lets you keep a flat trajectory further and still makes the weapon manageable in full-auto. And military snipers in urban areas expect to be outflanked and to extract under fire: I've bludgeoned people to death with a PSG-7 without even disturbing the zero on the sights. A colleage, much enamoured of the SM-3, tried the same thing and had his weapon come apart in his hands. Good thing he had spurs and his opponent didn't.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[The point is, the weapon is available and it's your money. Nobody says you have to like the weapon: but the British SAS, the Tir Leopards, Running Wolf et al use this. Do they know something Sniper doesn't?]<<<<<

-Susan Big-Flying-Fluffy-Snake

Weapon          Conceal. Reach Damage    Cost  Weight Avail. Index
Texas Ranger       4       1  (Str+2)S  1,400    1    6/24hr    1
Legionnaire        6       0  (Str+1)M  1,200   0.5   6/24hr    1
J.D.               8       0  (Str) M   1,250   0.25  6/24hr    1

>>>>>[The blades, for any technofreaks, are a boosted-microcellular single- crystal alloy steel with a DiKote finish - not your usual add-on glaze but a full-bonded surface layer - and extensive nitride and boron-carbide treatment. This composite is a metallurgist's wet dream. Oh, yeah, for the street guys, they cut stuff up real good, okay?]<<<<<

-Bozorth

>>>>>[Yo momma.]<<<<<

-The Neon Samurai

Weapon  Type  Conceal. Ammo  Damage Mode Cost Weight Avail. Index
S&W 95  Heavy    5     6(Cyl)  10M   SA   450  2.25  6/24hr   1.25

The Model 95 has an integral smartgun link and Gas Vent-2 recoil compensation. Each chamber has a sensor identifying load status (empty, ready, discharged) and (with appropriate ammunition) round type.

>>>>>[A very nice piece of ordnance for the traditionalists among us. The Tacticals use these as a style symbol - look at us, we're so good we only need six shots to deal with a situation. Of course, speedloaders remove a lot of the hassle of reloading these things anyway.]<<<<<

-Shooter

>>>>>[Revolvers do impose good fire discipline - you've only got six shots, so you don't waste any. And the reliability is astounding.]<<<<<

-Sixgun

Weapon    Type  Conceal. Ammo Damage Mode Cost Weight Avail. Index
S&W 7107  Heavy    5     16(c)  9M    SA   450   2    4/24 hr   1
S&W 7109  Heavy    5     10(c) 10M*   SA   450  2.25  4/24 hr   1
S&W 7117 'Light'** 6     10(c)  9M    SA   500  1.75  4/24 hr   1
S&W 7119 'Light'** 6      8(c) 10M*   SA   500   2    4/24 hr   1
S&W 7557  Light    6     14(c)  6L    SA   350  1.25  4/24 hr   1
S&W 7657  Light    8      8(c)  6L    SA   300   1    4/24 hr   1

All 7000-series pistols are fitted with laser sights as standard but red- dot sights can be substituted on demand, for a -1 penalty to concealability. Gas Vent-1 recoil compensation is also standard. Smart- adapted weapons are available for only Y150 extra. Other options include blued or stainless construction, macroplast frame and slide rather than metal, and a variety of trigger options (DA, DA-Only, SA/DA 'cocked and locked' or SA-Only - none of which have any effect under my rules, but other GMs may want to use that detail)

>>>>>[Now given their past record on automatic pistols, I wouldn't touch these with a barge-pole.]<<<<<

-Gunner's Mate

>>>>>[Wrongo, Gunner. These are all-new and very nice guns. I'd rate the 7109 over the Predator II anytime, especially with the ported barrel thrown in for free. The UCAS military is evaluating the 7107 (among others) to replace the Predator and they may well end up buying it...it's such a patriotic brand name, isn't it?]<<<<<

-Shooter

>>>>>[The 7000 series owes a lot of experience to the older S&W autos - not the 1400s and 2200s, which I admit, were often pretty poor, but the old 4500 and 5900s - and draws on other classics - the CZ-75, mostly, but there are other influences in there. Reliability is up to about 12,000 rounds between failures (cleaned every five hundred and mixed factory ammo) and accuracy is right up. I used a Smith myself for years...okay, I admit, it was a 1990s model 4506, but you get the point. We harked back to that and skipped the misguided 'improvements'.]<<<<<

-Fenris

Weapon     Type   Conceal. Ammo  Mode  Damage Weight Cost Avail. Index
H&K VP53  Machine    5     24(c) SA/BF   6L     3    1200  8/7d   2.5
H&K VP53T Machine    5     24(c) SA/BF   6L     3    1500 107/d    3

>>>>>['Styled to appeal', sure: this is aimed at paranoid corpers and security guards in the public eye. A damn good gun, too, and has some users: the Tir Taingire Leopards, the Palace guard, use these and so do a few other specialist outfits. Rumours are that SCK may buy a licence, in which case you'll see Renraku guards carrying these.]<<<<<

-Guns-R-Me

>>>>>[These weapons have really taken off recently, haven't they? Light automatics firing bursts. Don't try making a full-auto version, by the way: it's a fast track to a sprained wrist. Needs a stock and long barrel - in other words, needs to be a SMG.]<<<<<

-Cleanser

>>>>>[How about the Savalette Guardian?]<<<<<

-Hangfire

>>>>>[Iffy. Notice the rate of fire is half that of, say, a VP53 or Crusader? Cyclic's the same, but controllability is minimal. I stick with semiautomatics and rely on good shot placement.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Good or bad depending. Excellent if you don't want to overpenetrate, like in a shopping mall, but a 10mm is better against vehicles or for shooting through hard cover. Terminal ballistics are similar: about a 90% stop on an unarmoured target (ha ha) with either, depending of course on what you load.]<<<<<

-Jerry

>>>>>[With the right ammo, say Black Talons in 7mm, this in burst-fire is as effective as a 10mm auto. It is still quite demanding of user skill, though.]<<<<<

-Demon Paul

>>>>>[And the 'custom colours' include Day-Glo orange, for maximum visibility - Sea-Tac Mall guards get guns to match their coveralls! Do you believe it?]<<<<<

-Whoop

>>>>>[The idea is to make the gun blend into their uniform, but be obvious when drawn. So Day-Glo guns and black sleeves: makes it more noticeable. Personally, though, I think that theory's a load of psychobabble bullshit: if I have to walk a mall unarmed, I want the guards packing and I want everyone to know it. ]<<<<<

-Old Timer

Weapon       Type Conceal. Ammo Mode Damage Weight Cost  Avail. Index
Calico 7500 Heavy    4      50   SA    9M     3     700   6/48hr   2
            Heavy    2     100   SA    9M     4     700   6/48hr   2

>>>>>[For most applications, the magazine capacity's a gimmick, and the weapon is hard to shoot really well- like most 'black gun' pistols. On the other hand, accuracy is OK, reliability excellent, and the magazine is huge, gimmick or not. A plinking gun or a survival weapon rather than any sort of combat arm.]<<<<<

-Shimek

>>>>>[Although it still shoots 9mm Parabellum or 10mm caseless, and is combat-accurate... so don't sneer when one gets fired at you. It's popular as a personal sidearm for aviators and survivalists, simply because one magazine holds enough ammo to keep you hunting for a week or two, Calico team with Sionics to produce a screw-on suppressor which is pretty good. I go for the MP-5K myself, but my daughter Mercy swears the big magazine on her 7500 SMG was what let her get away from two squads of angry, horny Iraqi soldiers.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[How....? What...? Where....?]<<<<<

-Sqeeky

>>>>>[She was flying a gunship that lost an argument with an Iraqi SAM, and had to E&E out of there on foot. The Iraqis came looking for the pilot. She burned most of a magazine and took them out or drove them into cover, then beat feet before any of them got heroic.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Weapon       Type  Conceal. Ammo Mode Damage Weight Cost   Avail   Index
Bushmaster   Heavy    5      6Cy  SA   9M      2     600   5/24 Hr   1
Bushmaster S Heavy    5      6Cy  SA   9M      2     800   6/24 Hr   1

>>>>>[Now this is nice, if a little pricey. Too few wheelguns on the market these days.]<<<<<

-Cowboy

>>>>>[.357 Magnum is over a hundred years old (out in 1930, boys and girls!) but remains effective. Only .45 Winchester is significantly more efficient (.44 Magnum is too hard for Joe Blow to shoot well) but try rapid-firing a Warhawk. The Bushmaster is nicely controllable and has the sweetest trigger since the Python. Avoid the caseless version: the headspacing is too erratic. Revolvers still need metal cases.]<<<<<

-Guns-R-Me

>>>>>[This, the Super Warhawk - which really should be available in a double-action version - and the Model 95 are all good combat guns. Revolvers are also excellent survival guns: the Air Force, Navy and Marines have just bought 12,000 Model 940 revolvers: five-shot 9mms. Idiot proof survival guns. (For combat ops they're evaluating the MP-5KX and the Calico series...) Anyone who wants a basic handgun for self-defence should look at revolvers: the Ruger SP101, Charter Arms Pit Bull and various offerings from Smith and Wesson are all good, but consult a dealer and he'll advise.]<<<<<

-Fenris

>>>>>[Fenris owns Smith and Wesson, by the by, so it's nice to see him plugging Ruger products as well as his own. (I'm PR at Ruger when I'm not hacking). The SP101 is good, and nearly beat the 940 to the Joint Aircrew Pistol contract, except it was Smith and Wesson who thought of the idea and pushed it: that, and the fact that the 940 uses 9mm while our adapted SP101 wasn't ready in time...I admit it, they beat us fair and square. But we beat them to the California Air National Guard contract...]<<<<<

-Plugger

>>>>>[And the official who awarded you the contract is starting five to ten in San Ferdinand Corrective Institute for bribery and corruption of a minor. (Were the schoolboys necessary?)]<<<<<

-Fenris

>>>>>[The 'schoolboy' is 23 and an ex-boyfriend of mine who agreed to help me out. Surprised your boys missed us on that one, Fenris.]<<<<<

-Plugger

>>>>>[We were busy winning the US Navy Combat Aircrew Personal Weapon contract with the Calico 900: eighteen thousand weapons, spares, support, the works. Have fun driving the three thousand SP101s down to San Fransisco...]<<<<<

-Fenris

• Converible to fire FIVE of the world's favourite calibres (9mm Parabellum, 5.56mm NATO, 7.62mm x 51 NATO, 5.45mm Soviet, 7.62mm x 39mm Soviet)
• Wide choice of barrel lengths (from 10" microcarbine to 24" heavyweight barrel for section support)
• Range of magazine-well options (Steyr Universal, STANAG-442 NATO, or Kalashnikov series) without adaptors or converters!
• Flexible stock options (standard synthetic bullpup, conventional with fixed stock, or conventional with high-stress telescopic butt)
• Easy change of sighting system (x4 scope with red-dot aiming standard, imaging scopes simple to mount, easy-fit smart adaptor available)
• Superb ergonomics and easy handling
• Flexible magazine sizes (30 and 40 rounds standard, 100-round C-Mag available for Light Support version)
• Recoil compensation designed in from the outset.

>>>>>[Gimmicky.]<<<<<

-Whooper

>>>>>[Maybe, but this was developed for the Tir Taingire Leopards. You see, the AUG-CSL is a fine piece of ordnance, but try butt-stroking someone with a bull-pup rifle. So they wanted their beloved AUGs to have a conventional stock option...and this is it. Neat.]<<<<<

-Rifleman

>>>>>[The AUG - presumably in 5.45mm - has been seen in use by a few Russian Empire airborne troops, interior ministry, and spetznaz.]<<<<<

-Spook

>>>>>[A sniper version is repeatedly rumoured, similar to the H&K PSG-7. Look for it in 7.62mm or maybe .300 Winchester Magnum. Again, I'd bet on it being a Leopards job, although their snipers use either Barratt 92s or PSG- 7s at the moment.]<<<<<

-Trouble

Conceal: 2         Capacity: 20(clip)
Modes: SA/BF/FA    Damage: 9S
weight 4           Cost: Y1,250
Street Index: 2    Avail: 9/14 days

>>>>>[A rifle-sized medium machinegun, for those who can handle the recoil. Overpowered according to some, but I think the uprated military armours are more to blame for this appearing. Loaded with APDS it's a frighteningly effective weapon.]<<<<<

-Demon-Paul

>>>>>[And although you might say it's obsolete...how many people use AK- 97s? How much real difference is there between the AK-97 and the original AK-47? Not too much, neh? If it can kill you it ain't obsolete.]<<<<<

-Grinner

Conceal: 4         Capacity: 20(clip)
Modes: SA/BF/FA    Damage: 8S
weight 3.5         Cost: Y1,050
Street Index: 2.5  Avail: 10/14 days

>>>>>[I ran into some Running Wolf security carrying what I thought were HK227s. No problemo, I think, relying on speed and my Kelmar gel-packs to save me. That's why I'm writing this from a chop shop. A friend tells me the recoil is sickening, but the Wolves kept their bursts short and on target. And with that ammo, they don't need many hits...]<<<<<

-Zaphod

>>>>>[But it can't be that bad, cause you got away.]<<<<<

-Finagle

>>>>>[He didn't mention it was our hospital he was in. He hit our business, he owes us money, we'll help him heal and then he can earn enough to pay us back.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Conceal: 4              Capacity: 60(clip)
Modes: SA/BF/FA         Damage: 8M
weight 3                Cost: Y1,250
Street Index: 2         avail: 9/10 days

>>>>>[I swear by this weapon! Nobody can touch it for ease of handling, high capacity, and accuracy in three round burst.]<<<<<

-Smiley

>>>>>[Beg to differ. The bullets don't tumble when they should, so your wound is too clean and you don't have much stopping power. I can outdamage this baby with a Browning Max-Power. I do like the lack of ballistic evidence that this one leaves though.]<<<<<

-Demon-Paul

Weapon    Type    Conceal Ammo      Mode Damage Weight  Cost  Index
P27M8     'Light'   6      8 (c)     SA    9M    1.75   400   1.5
P27M10    Heavy     5     10 (c)     SA   10M     2     425    2
P27M14    Heavy     5     14 (c)     SA    9M     2     400   1.5
P27M14SD  Heavy     4     14 (c)     SA    9M    2.25   600    3

>>>>>[These are good guns. Especially the M10: okay, .45ACP is an old calibre, but it still works.]<<<<<

-Demon-Paul

>>>>>[Should have guessed. Relax! Have a glass flower!]<<<<<

-The Cheshire Cat

>>>>>[The M8 concealed-carry version is very nice indeed: easy to hide, good hitting power. The cut-down barrel affects range, but not by much, and at pistol distances it hardly matters.]<<<<<

-Whichway

Conceal: 2       Capacity: 25(c) or 12/12(c)
Modes: SA/BF     Damage: 9S
weight 4         Cost: Y1750
Street Index: 3  Avail: 12/14 days

>>>>>[Now this is a really useful weapon. Why didn't anyone think of the dual-feed magazine before?]<<<<<

-Boomer

>>>>>[Autocannon and the like have had it for decades. I guess since Smith and Wesson were taken over their new management think more clearly than the old mob.]<<<<<

-Dagon

Conceal: 3        Capacity: 30(clip)
Modes: SA/BF/FA   Damage: 8M
weight 4          Cost: Y1,950
Street Index: 3   Avail: 8/7 days

>>>>>[Overpriced and underspecified.]<<<<<

-Likely

>>>>>[I beg to differ. Expensive, but worth it. This is an AK-type gas action mated to H&K lockwork and trigger group, with their usual quality of build.]<<<<<

-Demon-Paul

>>>>>[The British SAS use this, as do Running Wolf Security and several other major forces. Usually in a spec-force role, but some are beginning to issue it as a general-service weapon.]<<<<<

-Susan Big-Flying-Fluffy-Snake

Conceal: 4        Capacity: 30(clip)
Modes: SA/BF/FA   Damage: 7M
weight 3.5        Cost: Y1,750
Street Index: 3   Avail: 9/7 days

Conceal: 4         Capacity: 10 (c)
Modes: SA          Damage: 8M
weight 2           Cost: Y250
Street Index: 0.5  Avail: 3/12 hrs

>>>>>[Now after the fun people had with the TMP, they've got a nerve trying to sell another 'budget' weapon.]<<<<<

-Findler-Man

>>>>>[I acquired one of these and checked it. It's actually not bad: the real problem is the ammunition, which as well as being useless against armoured targets also chronically misfeeds. Recut the feed ramp, clean up the machining marks, and it's actually quite a good gun.]<<<<<

-Demon-Paul

>>>>>[Yeah, but of the people who buy this piece, who'd know how to do that? And if you don't finish it up yourself, it jams every ten to fifteen rounds even with Ares XT ammo.]<<<<<

-Rikki

Conceal: 4         Capacity: 30(c)
Modes: SA/BF/FA    Damage: 7M
weight 4           Cost: Y2,450
Street Index: 3    Avail: 12/14 days

>>>>>[A superb weapon for those prepared to work hard. The suppressor clogs easily, so use low-residue powders and clean regularly.]<<<<<

-Night Mare

>>>>>[About 300 rounds on - even single shots - and the suppressor starts coughing out the baffles and you lose the reduced signature. The recoil compensation seems better after that... may just be my imagination. It's cheap and relatively easy to change the baffle plates, but not something I'd try in the field.]<<<<<

-Kinky

>>>>>[Well, this is a one raid-fall back and regroup weapon, not a cut-down assault rifle. I can change the baffle group in ten minutes with just my pocket Leatherman tool, so I like this weapon a lot.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Conceal: 3        Capacity: 75(clip)
Modes: SA/BF/FA   Damage: 8M / 6M
weight 5          Cost: Y7,500
Street Index: 5   Avail: 14/30 days

The weapon has two settings: low and high velocity (reflected in the two Power ratings). High velocity is considered suppressed: low velocity is considered silenced (yes, even in autofire). High velocity uses Sporting Rifle ranges: low velocity uses SMG ranges.

Power comes from high-energy batteries in each magazine. Each magazine weighs 1kg and costs Y250: the batteries are not rechargeable.

>>>>>[Now this is novel and interesting. Be even more interesting to see how it works in practice. How does it cope with firing, say, APDS ammo? I would imagine feed problems are minimal and it should manage.]<<<<<

-Zipperhead

>>>>>[Easily. The problem - for shadow scum like us - is ammo supply. It's not like ripping off an Army G-11 and being able to buy 4.7mm caseless in Kwik-Mart: even the vanilla ammo for this is as hard to find as APDS, and if you want sabots... The reliability figures will be interesting, too. And I guarantee that for Y250 each, those batteries *are* rechargeable - just not by anything we've got easy access to.]<<<<<

-Sandman

>>>>>[I've seen Red Samurai and Running Wolves using these, usually just one man in a unit. Looks like evaluation testing: posting it in a catalogue is a little premature.]<<<<<

-Thinker

>>>>>[Make like the handle, Thinker. SCK know people like us use lots of guns, so they're waiting for someone to jump up and say "I stole one of these and loved/hated it because...." ]<<<<<

-Demon-Paul

>>>>>[Nobody's that dumb.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[These things are wizzer! Minimum recoil, hardly any firing signature, rate of fire and accuracy mega! Does anyone know where I can get more ammo, though? I tried Weapons World but they didn't have any.]<<<<<

-Napalm Ned

>>>>>[Or then again....]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Conceal: -2                   Capacity: 6 (magazine)
Modes: SA                     Damage: 10S
weight 3                      Cost: Y600 
Street Index: 2               avail: 6/14 days

>>>>>[Groovy!]<<<<<

-Toymeister

>>>>>[This has its uses, no doubt: I saw a Tactical guy put a three-round burst and a twelve-gauge slug into two Knight-Errant guys during a firefight. The bullets mostly bounced, the slugs took them down.]<<<<<

-Ripper

>>>>>[Be careful about overdoing it: it does need judgement or you just use up ammo on the landscape. Practice with this before you take it on the road. But yeah, it does make you very flexible: assault rifle for point- target fire and shot for area suppression, say.]<<<<<

-Loopy

>>>>>[I use this a lot. I'm entryman for a Hostage Rescue team, and I use a HK59KA1 assault rifle with a Defiance under the barrel. The shotgun with doorbusters gets the door open, my partner leads in low and I come in high with the rifle ready. Previously I just used the shotgun: too bad if you got jumped in the corridor.]<<<<<

-Slide

Conceal: 6           Capacity: 2 (break)
Modes: SA            Damage: 8S
weight 2             Cost: Y250
Street Index: 0.5    Avail: 4/24 hrs

>>>>>[Cheap, basic, clunky. On the other hand...this is probably the most vicious weapon, size-for-size, anywhere. If you have laced bones, load slug for close encounters. It's hard to spot and does devastating damage.]<<<<

L M K Machine

>>>>>[Too limited in ammunition capacity.]<<<<<

Whiteout

>>>>>[Give the nearest bad guy both barrels point blank. While he's going over backwards, grab his weapon and use that instead. This isn't a flat-out combat weapon, but it's a hellish ace-in-the-hole and easy to hide]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

Weapon      Type Conceal. Ammo Fire Mode  Damage  Wt.  Cost Avail. Index
Calico 7500  SMG    4      50   SA/BF/FA    7M    3    1200  6/48hr  2
             SMG    2     100               7M    4    1200  6/48hr  2

>>>>>[Now face it, guys: who in their right minds (outside an all-out war) burns a hundred rounds in a firefight? And what happens to the barrel when you try it? This is just a way to sell bullets wholesale to bozos who can't shoot straight. Thirty rounds or so sees you through almost any security or police engagement under squad level (unless you're bogged in a military shootout). Apart from that, though, it is an okay SMG: sooner have a HK227, but this comes ahead of Uzis and TMPs for build quality and reliability.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Eat dem words, Machine, this is getting marketed to aviators among others. The issue weapon is a Smith and Wesson 940, plain vanilla 9mm revolver, very nice, but the Calico gives you ten times the ammunition and yet fits a lightly-modified survival vest. I wouldn't recommend it to a lot of amateurs, but with a little training (it can't be as idiot-proof as a revolver) it's an outstanding survival gun...okay, I take it back, you were referring to police and urban security use and you're right there. Doan crash dem files, massah, I a sorry Orkie now.]<<<<<

-Tusker McGee

>>>>>[Go crawl back into your tunnels, Tuskie.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Sysop, you can leave that in, Lynch and I go back a ways.(Gee, the censorship! Can't a guy be honestly racist anymore?]<<<<<

-Tusker McGee

>>>>>[Eat drek and die, Ork scum.]<<<<<

-Human Pride

>>>>>[After all, let the racists say what they want and they just make fools of themselves. Pride managed a very reasoned and literate statement by Humanis standards: six words, all properly spelt, and a correctly-placed comma! Tomorrow he wants to discover the joys of multiple syllables.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[This debate can continue somewhere else, okay? We're trying to sell guns here!]<<<<<

-SysOp

>>>>>[Sorry. ]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Sorry.]<<<<<

-Tusker McGee

>>>>>[I said it first. ]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[I said it better.]<<<<<

-Tusker McGee

>>>>>[Guys.....]<<<<<

-SysOp

Weapon     Type  Conceal. Ammo Mode Damage  Wt. Cost Avail. Index 
Mini-20   Assault   2     32    SA    8M    4   1200 4/24hr  0.8 
AC-470    Assault   3     32 SA/BF/FA 8M   4.5  1800 6/48hr   2

>>>>>[These are nice weapons for civilian shooting: the milspec version is distinctive, with a folding stock, pistol grip and short barrel. Some security forces equip their line guys with the Mini-20, and give the crisis boys the AC-470: the parts commonality is over 90%. Also, beware: some units use AC-470s in Mini-20 sporting stocks as 'Q-rifles' or just because they look less intimidating: the British police force are big Mini-20 users and some specialist firearms units have AC-470s: full-stocked, full- barrelled, the only way to recognise the autofire capability is to spot the discreet compensator.]<<<<<

-Susan Big-Flying-Fluffy-Snake

>>>>>[Notice this doesn't fall foul of the Brady Act? No 'grenade launcher, bayonet lug, pistol grip or folding stock'. So although it's a 4.7mm semi- auto with a thirty-two shot clip, it's still a nice safe cuddly sort of gun that hardly hurts at all when it shoots people. Ludicrous or what?]<<<<<

-Hooter

>>>>>[Yeah, but Hooter, when was legislation about logic? The Bad Guys on the trideo use Uzis and AKs, so all criminals do, and if we make the guns they use illegal they'll stay at home and learn needlepoint instead. Go figure.]<<<<<

-SPD

Cyberware And Biologicals

Shielding

System         Cost     Essence
Shielding      Y25,000   0.25

>>>>>[A small but significant contributor to personal survival. Of course, you could be cocky and declare that such a thing will never happen to you...]<<<<<

-Doc Daneeka

>>>>>[Sure, Doc. I came up with the concept for this and Soryama developed the implementation, and it's saved my life at least once. Anyone can be unlucky: this helps save your butt big-time.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[Although it only matters when you're really hurting. But then as Machine says, that's when you need it most.]<<<<<

-Paramedic

System         Cost      Essence
Silicone Fists Y5,000      0.1

>>>>>[Now all we need is the big THUD! ZAP! POW! captions.]<<<<<

-Whomper

>>>>>[I know a megababe samurai who uses these on her hands and feet. She's got muscle-augment 4 and magically enhanced strength, and her bones are titanium - but she has these just so she doesn't shred the flesh off her knuckles when she punches people. I saw her kick a hole through a steel security door one time...]<<<<<

-Nickel

>>>>>[Watch out for overstress...oh. Of course, the muscles act on titanium bones. She should have enhanced articulation to protect the joints, though, and I'd be surprised if she didn't.]<<<<<

-Cutter

System              Cost                     Body Index
Venom Glands Y25,000 + 100 doses of toxin       0.4

>>>>>[Sneaky and subtle, although not as much use as a toxin exhaler...but damned effective under the right circumstances. I can see confusion coming, though, as people with multiple glands try to remember which finger's razor has which poison...was that Narcoject or Fugu-5?]<<<<<

-Winger

>>>>>[Cue the happy idiots who don't use poison - I know one moron who has a mouth gland that gives him a fix of Electric Lady every two hours! Cost him nearly a million and at the rate he's going, it'll have cost him ten thousand newyen for every day he lived to enjoy it.]<<<<<

-Look-No Hans

>>>>>[Bet it's the fixed grin that kills him, though, when his head completely unscrews... I know a doctor who has five of these - morphine, No-Shock, epinephedrine, wide-spectrum hypoallergenic vorocillin and Coraxine - hooked up to her hand razors. Quicker than injections and she can leave her black bag at home more often.]<<<<<

-Louise

System              Cost      Essence
Tooth Replacement   Y5,000      0.1

>>>>>[No more halitosis! Wow! Hey! Order a dozen sets for the Wolfman right away!]<<<<<

-The Smiling Bandit

>>>>>[Die in screaming agony, Bandit.]<<<<<

-Wolfman

System         Cost      Essence
Microcamera    Y5,000      0.1

Disorientation can be a problem: tasks using the camera instead of normal vision (e.g. shooting around a corner) are at +2. However, the camera may reduce penalties for working in confined spaces where visibility is poor.

>>>>>[Now who's gonna use this? I mean, an eye in your thumb? Big deal.]<<<<<

-Looper

>>>>>[Here's a scenario, Looper. There's a sniper after your ass. You need to spot him - except he knows where you are and all you know is he's 'over there'. If you stick your head up to look, he'll blow it off. Stick a thumb up, though... you can see him, he can't see you. This is a useful, if subtle, equaliser. Not to mention just the difference between looking around a corner and poking one fingertip around it... Another of my ideas that I've used a lot.]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

>>>>>[And nothing to do with peeking up ladies' skirts, Lynch?]<<<<<

-Athena

>>>>>[What, there are actually still some ladies out there??? I musta missed 'em!]<<<<<

-Cobra

>>>>>[Actually, I got it to look down blouses...]<<<<<

-L M K Machine

System              Cost      Body Index
Artifical Gill      Y45,000       1

>>>>>[A nice idea...except the water round here's so foul you wouldn't wash in it, let alone drink it. And now they say we should breathe the stuff? Gah.]<<<<<

-The Smiling Bandit

System         Cost        Body Index
Shift System   Y350,000       1

>>>>>[Tricky and risky: a few test subjects went howling mad for reasons they haven't discovered yet.]<<<<<

-Shyster

>>>>>[You still need four to eight hours of honest unconscious sleep per week: mostly for REM sleep. If you don't dream you go mad. Don't ask me why: my nightmares should send me insane, not save me from it.]<<<<<

-Ripper

>>>>>[I don't like the long-term health implications of going without regular deep sleep either. The mechanisms aren't fully understood and interrupting them is risky. Use this at your peril: or schedule your life properly. If you can't go 72 hours without sleep, shape up: and if you need longer than that, you should have planned ahead.]<<<<<

-Dr Rains-At-Sunset

System                   Cost      Body Index
Gastric Enhancement      Y55,000        0.5

>>>>>[A wonderful idea in theory. In practice...oh, boy! Who's gonna be seen dead out munching the lawn? I mean, a lean mean street samurai, all chrome-death killing machine...eating grass. Big-time style disaster. I know, I know, style versus survival, but really! I can't see many people using this one.]<<<<<

-The Smiling Bandit

>>>>>[Although paper, cotton cloth and even some plastics are all edible with this modification. And explosives are positively bursting with healthy nutrition...so how about snacking down on a bar of C-12? Is that any cooler?]<<<<<

-KAM

>>>>>[Sorry, doc, you're on a loser with this one. The problem is simply the amount of cellulose needed to provide worthwhile nutrition: the human stomach just can't hold enough, so you end up grazing all the time. If you've got C-12, you need it for a demolition job: chocolate's much cheaper and legal. As for cotton, you've got a real cotton shirt and you're going to *eat* it? This one is useful for specialised applications only.]<<<<<

-Sorrow

Paul Jonathan Adam