From:	ROBERSON@***.EDU
Subject:	cybergun comp
Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 93 07:07:25 CET

No, you do not get automatic recoil comp from a gun built in your arm.
If you're familiar with vector arrows you will realize that the force of the
recoil will be along your forearm. That's fine if you're firing in such a way
that the force goes directly back toward your body, but if you're firing
straight forward or with your arm bent in any way, the recoil wll be nudging
your elbow around instead of being transferred directly into your body mass.
This is difficult for me to explain without showing you aht I mean, but just
think about recoil as a force with a specific direction (action/reaction)
and you should be able to understtand.
Another thing: "Normal" recoil comp may be needed just to allow the
weapon to be fired without ripping the arm out of the socket, especially
on low-mass (read: puny) people. A correlation is that Trolls will be better
equipped to handle the recoil of automatic weapons and shotguns.
I suppose a point of recoil comp isn't out of line, though I would not
include it with the basic gun. Trolls should get an automatic comp of one with
those big, burly arms of theirs. And there should probably be a cap of, at
most, 3 levels of recoil comp, which would be rather obvious to anyone with
eyes and incur serious social drawbacks to the firearm bearer.
These statements are merely casual musings on a subject which I find
interesting, though rather disgusting. I mean, who would voluntarily get their
arm removed to be replaced by a mechanical contrivance of death. Spurs are
one thing (though I disdain them as well) but I draw the line at a gun that
cannot be holstered, has a neural trigger (and safety)and above all cannot
be removed from a criminal at the scene of a crime without calling DocWagon.

J.Roberson
b If there's a Bright center to the galaxy, you're on the
planet that's furthest from.