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Message no. 1
From: Scott Eponine Fang Gorey Fett Butler Zombie Actually sp00kyt00th@*******.com
Subject: Designing Vehicles/Drones
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:11:46 EDT
I can't for the life of me find out what the power source should be for the
Anthromorph. The electric can be used for Walkers (which don't seem to pack
the same power as an Anthro), and internal combustion of any kind seems
unlikely for a robot. Any ideas/sites which may cover this?
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Message no. 2
From: Herc airwisp@******************.com
Subject: Designing Vehicles/Drones
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:47:12 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Eponine Fang Gorey Fett Butler Zombie Actually"
<sp00kyt00th@*******.com>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: Designing Vehicles/Drones


> I can't for the life of me find out what the power source should be for
the
> Anthromorph. The electric can be used for Walkers (which don't seem to
pack
> the same power as an Anthro), and internal combustion of any kind seems
> unlikely for a robot. Any ideas/sites which may cover this?

Yes, it is very vague. It's a bit difficult even on me too, and that would
surprise many of my players here on HHH too.

When using the Anthroform drone chassis, you use the walker power plant.

That's what I do.

Methinks I am going to whip up some anthroform power plants and throw them
onto HHH later on.

-Mike B.
http://www.hoosierhackerhouse.com
Message no. 3
From: Aristotle antithesis@**********.com
Subject: Designing Vehicles/Drones
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:22:42 -0400
Scott Eponine wrote:
"I can't for the life of me find out what the power source should be for
the Anthromorph..."

Mike B replied:
"When using the Anthroform drone chassis, you use the walker power plant."

<<End Quotes>>

It states in 'Rigger 2' that an Anthroform is a specialized kind of walker.
I always took that to mean that when in doubt, use the rules for walkers. I
could be totally wrong, and I am not saying that it is or is not the best
answer.. just the way I read it.

My $0.02 as usual,
-- Travis "Aristotle" Heldibridle
Message no. 4
From: Simon J. Berger simonjberger@*****.se
Subject: Designing Vehicles/Drones
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:44:21 +0200
>From: Herc <airwisp@******************.com>
>To: shadowrn@*********.com
>Subject: Re: Designing Vehicles/Drones
>Sent: wen 28 jun 2000 19.47

> When using the Anthroform drone chassis, you use the walker power plant.


As a humble student of classical greek, I would like to suggest the term
"anthropomorph" form human-form 'borgs or robots. Or maybe the word has
gotten a bit softened at the edges, and is now spelled "antropomorf", or
maybe you say "'tropomorph". I think I like the last one :)

Be well,

Simon J. Berger
Message no. 5
From: E. Gorey sp00kyt00th@*******.com
Subject: Designing Vehicles/Drones
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:39:37 EDT
I looked at it from the walker angle, too. Sadly, the power plant for one
has a load capacity between 5-15 kilograms, which is about 9-34 pounds.
Reason? Walkers are little spidery things, I imagine similar in size to the
little buggers in Runaway (you've seen it... Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons.
Classic). Anyway, anthromorphs are gonna have load ratings much, much
higher. They're metahuman size, so, anything from maybe short elf for those
delicate but dangerous reactor jobs to the lift and chuck jobs of big ole
trog sized machines. Their base strength is body squared, the base chassis
is 2, for a strength of 4. You can start with a higher body, and hence
strenth if you wish (a 4 would be a nice strength 16 monster) So, I'd say
it's safe to say they can handle more than 35 pounds. I think this is an
honest to goodness screwup in the editing, so I guess I'm looking for any
ideas, or maybe a site someone might have stumbled across.
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