| From: | ArkAngel <DUNN@******.BITNET> |
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| Subject: | RE:Drones |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jan 93 11:02:00 EST |
are significantly smaller than the size of a shoebox... think like the 4inches
a size, up to maybe 6x4x12... drones that are small enough to fit through just
about any heating duct.
Actually, it wasn't Minotaur who suggested that a drone couldn't fire a
light weapon, it was me... And I still stand by it, and Yeah, I've fired .22s,
and yeah, I've also driven small R/C vehicles... for starters, the recoil on a
pistol, which is basically what we're talking about here, isn't the same as the
recoil on a rifle, ya can't compensate for it as well, and a small R/C car,
etc. right now doesn't weigh much at all, as in, probably not much more than
the gun itself would weigh. Now, try setting a gun down on the floor, pick the
smallest caliber you want, point it at somthing, and then without steadying it,
pull the trigger. I can assure you, that the gun won't hit the thing you were
originally aiming at... it's basically the same difference. and frankly I
don't care if the thing you're using has 40 legs... if it doesn't have enough
mass, it can't do suffiecient recoil comp...
However, I will retract my statement that they couldn't have ANY
weapons. A contact Taser could probably be relatively easily installed, and
possibly a spring loaded grenade launcher or a maybe a micro missile launcher
(something akin to a modern model rocket with a C12 tip) However, I wouldn't
put much money on the accuracy of either of the last two... Firing something
spring loaded isn't easy, and the accuracy of a micro missile would probably be
minimal--they'd need some sort of a platform to launch from, and in a drone
less than a foot long, there really isn't space to aim something like that...
If your GM allowed for the creation of some sort of laser unit, that
might be workable, however, I've always thought a basic tenet of SR was no
lasers smaller than the MP (which is just a little bit unworkable)
Thus, with drones this size, I'd come down to either load it with C12,
and make it a kamikaze, or give it a contact taser, so that it can shock
anything that tries to grab it, giving it time to get away...
"Watch your Back. Shoot Straight. Conserve Ammo.
And Never, Ever cut a deal with a Dragon."
dunn@******.jcu.edu
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