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Message no. 1
From: Paolo Marcucci <marcucci@***.TS.ASTRO.IT>
Subject: Landmates
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 15:41:53 METDST
About Landmates... (and other strange vehicles)

What is exactly the benefit of rigging a vehicle? I mean, other than
give the control pool and additional dice to the rigger?

Bye, Paolo
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Message no. 2
From: "C. Paul Douglas" <granite@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Landmates
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 10:05:44 -0400
On Wed, 18 May 1994, Paolo Marcucci wrote:

> About Landmates... (and other strange vehicles)
>
> What is exactly the benefit of rigging a vehicle? I mean, other than
> give the control pool and additional dice to the rigger?
>
That sounds like enough to me...
-----GRANITE
Message no. 3
From: Paolo Marcucci <marcucci@***.TS.ASTRO.IT>
Subject: Re: Landmates (fwd)
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:10:59 METDST
>
> On Wed, 18 May 1994, Paolo Marcucci wrote:
>
> > About Landmates... (and other strange vehicles)
> >
> > What is exactly the benefit of rigging a vehicle? I mean, other than
> > give the control pool and additional dice to the rigger?
> >
> That sounds like enough to me...
> -----GRANITE

Supposed that..

Well, so I can give one to my players :)

Of course I keep the other twenty.
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Paolo Marcucci marcucci@***.ts.astro.it
http://www.oat.ts.astro.it/marcucci.html
"In the Earth's history, it is estimated
that 10^36 snowflakes have fallen." - Snomax fall 1993 newsletter
(1.0.1) GCS/GMU d-- -p+ c++ l- u+ e* m+ s n-- h* f+? g- w+/++ t+ r+ x+
Message no. 4
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Landmates
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 11:04:53 -0400
>>>>> "Paolo" == Paolo Marcucci <marcucci@***.TS.ASTRO.IT>
writes:

Paolo> About Landmates... (and other strange vehicles)
Paolo> What is exactly the benefit of rigging a vehicle? I mean, other than
Paolo> give the control pool and additional dice to the rigger?

Exactly. Do that to a suit of powered armor and you've got a vehicle that
can carry more armor and firepower than a street samurai and still go
almost everywhere the sammi can.

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Message no. 5
From: "Seth A. Buntain" <enthar@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Landmates
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:38:17 -0500
> Exactly. Do that to a suit of powered armor and you've got a vehicle that
> can carry more armor and firepower than a street samurai and still go
> almost everywhere the sammi can.

The standard caveat of course applies 'almost.'
I have never succesfully negotiated one of those things past a corp guard...
:) (Now a corp guard *corpse* yes... but only as a diversion)
they are great for diversions, firepower and other customary rigger things,
but still cant sneak worth a damn and certainly cant disguise themselves. My
group uses me as damage control: I come in with a pair of drones and the suit
to get them out if they screw the run up. That and I double as the decker, so
I usually get to do _something_ throughout the run.

Btw, I flipped throught Fields of Fire at a book store today (no money or I
would have bought it) and noticed under the comments for the Military class
armor people making the comments that strength boosted and *flying* versions
were being researched... I *knew* they were going to come out sooner or later
:)

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Message no. 6
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Landmates
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 21:32:42 -0400
>>>>> "Seth" == Seth A Buntain <enthar@***.edu> writes:

Seth> The standard caveat of course applies 'almost.'

Well, of course :).

Seth> I have never succesfully negotiated one of those things past a corp
Seth> guard... :) (Now a corp guard *corpse* yes... but only as a
Seth> diversion) they are great for diversions, firepower and other
Seth> customary rigger things, but still cant sneak worth a damn and
Seth> certainly cant disguise themselves.

Actually, depends on the LM type. Most LM are 2 to 3 meters tall and mass
upweards of a half-ton. But Appleseed Book 2 features an OP using an "orc"
suit which is small (man-sized), soundproofed, etc., designed for
clandestine ops. Of course it doesn't have the firepower that a full-sized
LM, nor the armor.

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