| From: | Michael Orion Jackson <orion@****.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Standardized protocols for Smartgun links |
| Date: | Thu, 20 Aug 1998 08:33:49 -0500 |
modem protocols maybe(v.32, v.43, etc.)), the definition of "gun" could be
expanded a bit. With progressive software upgrades (I'm sure flash BIOS
would be standard by then), more things could be inegrated into the
system, kinda like adding upgrade cards to your mother board, in this case
the smartgun linkage would act kinda like a data bus (PCI, etc.).
Integrate with any pistol/smg/rifle/shotgun/LMG/etc. as a basic protocol.
Expander module would allow smartlinking your fired GL, reducing scatter
if not air-timed, and allowing you to rangefind somebody better if
air-timed. Further expander module (to SL2) would allow integration of
fire bonuses to indirect weapons from angled underbarrel GL fire to
mortars (think about this: ovewrhead spotter drone, battlelink network,
mortar with AP rounds, and a gunner whose smartlink allows a tie in to the
mortar and network... Bye-bye armor... (probably too expensive for most
shadowrats, but handy for merc games)). An expander module (i.e. software
upgrade) for riggers would allow them to "smart" every compatible weapon
on their vehicle's network. Combine this with a tac-computer expert
system on-line (like the cyber version, but in the vehicle instead of your
head to avoid a 3.5+ essence loss :) ) and that's one mean vehicle...
(Imagine this system on a Banshee...)
As a gm you could either just assume this stuff works
automatically (free downloads from manufacturer's site (for registerd
users of the cyberware, and since most shadowrats don't have a license for
their ware or a legitimate reason in the eyes of official-dom to need the
capability to smartlink a mortar, a decker wwould be most handy...)). Or
they could use them as SOTA advances, costing money to buy (like Y50-100
depending on the module, officially. Or roll an etiquette (street)
(10)/ettiquett(decking)(5) to find a warez site to dl it for free! :) ).
And hey, a rigger rigging a building could SL all the buidlings
weapons...imagine that with a tac computer and something else to help with
simultaneous firings of multiple weapons in different locations...ouch...
And a decker hacking into a buildings security node somehow could do the
same thing...double ouch to the defenders.
*****************Michael Orion Jackson******************
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