From:	Paul Haggerty <Paul_Haggerty@*****.EDU>
Subject:	Problem with Drone Statistics.
Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 1995 08:54:25 -0500

I'm new to playing a rigger, so I need some help explaining something from
the Rigger Black Book.

Specifically: Drones.

My character wants to run several drones (so that he can participate without
leaving the vehicle and getting scragged). Do the costs for armor, autopilot,
sensors, etc. get reduced when outfitting drones?

Here's an example:

Autopilot: Level 4 costs 25K per original body
Sensors: Advanced (3) costs 45K

For the Windjina, this leaves 5K for everything else, including a +4 Body
increase if we assume an 'original' body of 1.

Here's another example.

The Doberman costs 10K, but also has 45K worth of advanced sensors.

Hell, even the base level Crawler has 5K worth of standard sensors, yet only
costs a little over 1K.

Can anyone shed some light on this. I remember a group splintered off 2 or 3
years ago to develop a more rational and logical vehicle construction system,
but I never heard if anything came out of it.




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