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From: Cugel the Clever <cugel@**.NET>
Subject: Re: Recoil question
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 21:46:24 +01.0
On 21 Aug 95 at 16:57, Greg James wrote:

> >My name is nobody :)
> >It's easy, the example is dead wrong; Everything is okay till you
> >reach the third paragraph from below. The right numbers are: (book
> >quote -> right number) The weapon compensates for 3 -> should be 4
> >, leaving 3 -> 2
>
> No, this is wrong. The weapon only generated 3 points of recoil, so
> you can only compensate for 3. It is correct in the example.

Nope, from SRII black book, p. 93:
"The Valiant has a damage code of 7S, and this particular weapon is
equipped with a rating 3 gas vent system on the barrel and a shock
pad on the stock, for a total of 4 points of recoil modification"

I rest my case :)

Martin Steffens (Cugel@**.net / bdi05626@***.rhij.nl)
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