| From: | "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | CP Drones |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jan 93 07:11:10 CET |
Arasaka RDAK Spy & Assassin Remote Cost 12,000 Eurodollars
"Killer bugs. I HATE those things. They can hide under a piece of paper,
waiting to blow yer face off. Or watch you from the corner of the ceiling with
their beadly lil' eyes til your back is turned..." -- Ripperjack
An advanced sysnthesis of robotics and state-of-the-art remote technology,
the Remotely Deployed Arachniod Killer is Arasaks's premier entry in the field
of remote weaponry. Designed for stealthy urban reconnaissance, sabotage and
assassinations, RDAK's (also known on the streets as "Spiders") have eight thin,
highly maneuverable legs which can also function as crude manipulators. Its
small body (about the size of a paperback book) has a multipositionalbe "head"
which is packed with audiovisual, low-light, and thermal microsensors as well
as a set of small wirecutter "teeth". The abdomen unit has a space for
including a single pistol-sized weapon system such as a handgun, needler,
squirtgun, capacitor laser, etc. (Note: all handgun-type weapons will have 1/2
magazine capacity and 1/2 basic range. Capacitor lasers will be 1-shot. All
weapons are Acc 0). RDAKs are very sophisticated, but also quite durable for
their size; for example, a Spider can easily withstand a fall down a flight of
stairs or from a 2nd story window without harm. Each RDAK has a 5-dose
hypodermic "stinger" built into it, and the ends of the legs are tipped with
molecular adhesive which allows it to climb walls and walk on ceilings.
Available in a variey of colors and camouflage patterns. Their ceretronic
systems (the combined silicon microcircuitry and vat-grown orgainic neural
tissue that funcions as a "brain") are less vulnerable to a Microwaaver than
most cyberware: 1-3/no effect; 4-5/motor malfuncion--runs in random circles for
1d10 combat turns; 6/total breakdown--it just sits, twitches, and smolders. On
4-6, if it has a ranged weapon, there is a 25% chance it will fire once at
random. An EMP grenade or MagField generator has normal effects.
Game notes: Control Modifier -1, SDP 10, SP 10, MA 12 battery time 5 hours,
control range: 300m. Remember, Arasaka normall only sells thes little beauties
to friendly corporate entiteies.
Suggested Shadowrun II stats:
Handling Speed Body/Armor Signature Pilot Cost
4/4 30/60 1/6 6 2 12,000 Nuyen
Rigger and Remote Gear already installed, may mount one pistol-sized weapon
at cost of 5 times normal weapon cost.
Bell "Bumblebee" Remote Rotocraft 4,000 eurodollars
The classic remote vehicle; a design that has been in service since the
1980's. The Bumblebee is the latest refinement of the "peanut" rotorwing --
the light, ceramic body consist of two bulbs, with two counter-rotating blades
spinning around the central body between the bulbs. A meter tall and weighing
35 kg, it can easily be launched from the deck of any ship (or from the trunk
or your car). Its lower bulb, which sports the landing skids, can be fitted
with a variety of cameras, sensor systems and other electronics (such systems
are doubled in cost). Some have been armed (with capacitor lasers, micro-
missiles, SMG's), but this is a rare occurance; anything bigger than an SMG is
too big, heavy and has too much recoil. The ultimate multi-purpose remote.
Game notes: Control Modifier -2, SPD%, SP=6, maximum speed 120 mph,
operational range 250 miles.
Suggested Shadowrun II stats:
Handling Speed Body/Armor Signature Pilot Cost
4 100/160 2/1 4 2 10,000 Nuyen
Has 1 Firm point.
That's all for now boys and girls, maybe I'll (or somebody else) with type in
the stats for the Mitsubishi "Rover" Wheeled Remote and the Militech RPV-400
Light Combat Tiltrotor Remote. Oh, take my suggested stats with a grain of
salt, I don't use drones.
See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker
