From:	hansen <hansen@********.COM.SG>
Subject:	Re: Armor Question regarding Skwaaaaark!
Date:	Wed, 13 May 1998 03:43:13 +0800

>>Hi Jon !
>>In my opinion Skwaaark is not able to wear the heavy armor, because as you
>>quoted he is only able to use gear/cyberware cards and heavy armor is a
>>gear/armor card. There is no match. I would try to use 'Dermal Plating'.
This
>>is a gear/cyberware card and the user recives 0/+2 (A+1) (-3 Essence).
>>
>>Hope this helped
>>Peicky
>>And never forget: Maybe I'm right or wrong.

Yup your right. Skra<snip>ark! cannot have anything but cyberware on
him.....

>
>Hi, Peicky.
>
>I tend to agree with you. For everyone's benefit, let me explain also why
>I asked.
>
>In the group that I play in, one guy tends to play a big bruiser deck
>(Skwaaark, a couple of Knuckles, Grizzly, etc., etc.) and has played Heavy
>Armor Full with Dermal (I think) on Skwaaaark, effectively making him one
>tough SOB to kill (it IS possible, but then it seems that everyone is
>gunning for him....which isn't that bad of a thing, because he still
>manages to win a few games....)
>
>I just wanted to see if the general consensus was the same as ours, that
>Skwaaaaark is just too mean with an AC of 5.

Actually if you can find a game legal way to get him A(5) I really wouldn't
oppose (I'd be whining a lot though...)

>ALSO, in the future, I've been trying to put together a Merc deck that I
>want to post to get some advice from everyone here. It's the first deck
>I've really tried to assemble, and it's really expensive to get going. I
>have a few changes I want to make before posting it, but just a heads up,
>when I do, I will really look forward to everyone's input, as I've seen
>some really good comments here.

Post it ... We will strip it and build it better ;-} (Dr Frankenstein
laugh).....

>Thanks in advance,
>
>Jon
>