From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: Questions
Date:	Wed, 16 Aug 1995 13:06:08 +0200

>As far as that 3G3 thing goes, I don't know what that is...

3G3 is a weapon design system for any RPG (or so the back of the book says).
Because SR weapon stats don't follow any logical patterns, not to mention
they're not based on any calculations whatsoever, it's as good as impossible
to construct a set of accurate conversions from 3G3 to Shadowrun. I did make
one though :)

>What I was thinking
>of was more along the lines of things you see in futuristic movies...guns that
>fire little balls of energy that can stun, or kill, or disintegrate... :)

I'd say a particle weapon would nearly always use a beam, due to the high
speed of the particles. If you want a "ball" you'd have to shut down the
firing circuits _real_ fast...

>Maybe something akin to a star-wars type blaster, much bulkier, of course,

Oh, you mean either a Mauser pistol or an L2A3 submachinegun, but with knobs
on? :)

>with probably a small (hehe) chance of the thing exploding in your hand.
>The charge would move at the speed of light, and since it's energy, there
>would be no gravity on it (I think...correct me if I'm wrong) so it would
>be very, very accurate, but OTOH, it would probably have to lose power over
>distance, to maintain play balance...

Not only gravity wouldn't affect the aim, also movement -- because the
weapon hits the spot you're pointing at, you don't have to aim in front of a
moving target to hit it.

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