From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: vehicle combat question
Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 1995 13:18:12 +0200

> } Anyway my problem (our problem) is the sentence under "Remote Turrets"
> }that sez that a remote turret counts as another drone as far as the
> }"control limit" of the rigger is concerned. I figure that the control
> }limit is the number of ports the remote control deck has, but isnt
> }wiring a turret on your own car through a remote control deck stupid ?
> }
> Lets throw another spanner in the works. What if the drone has
> two independently mounted weapons ? Does that mean that the rigger
> has to add two to his limit instead of one ? Personal opinion
> cropping up, and I hereby stand to correction. ie I've never played a
> rigger before.

The number of weapons is irrelevant. We are talking about remote
pop-up turrets here. Fixed arc weapons require no effort ot control,
our problem are remote turrets (turrets that are operated by the
rigger not a gunner).

> From what I understand the control deck has a number of ports.
> That is the limit of the number of drones that a rigger can have
> active at one time. Each vehical takes up a single port. Each weapon
> point after the body of the vehical counts as an extra 0.25 (round
> up). So

Not only drones, remote vehicles. Yes the problem is that the RBB
refers to some "control limit" in the paragraph about remote turrets.
Now logically this "control limit" should be the total number of ports
on the remote control deck, but why would anyone hardwire a turret
located on the car through his remote control deck????

HEY I got an idea!!!! (no jokes please :) What if they actually mean
that the rigger can use the remote turret even when not in the car.
This would explain why he has to connect the turret to the deck
and I suppose that the remote control gear or the car would have
some sort of slot for the remote control deck.
So arigger would get into the car slot the remote control deck in
then jack himself in. This would allow him to use the turret without
paying an aditional action (and even use the turret when he is not
in the car) and would cost him one port from his remote control deck.

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