From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: Riggers
Date:	Wed, 27 Sep 1995 12:44:57 +0100

> From: Gary Carroll <gary@****.COM>

> I'ts kind of hard to move very slowly in planes and helecopters.
> Any suggestion on this one.

That was the drawback I noticed too. It seems FASA assumes people only
want to cross borders on foot...
I haven't really got any suggestions apart from letting the sensors make a
roll vs. the vehicle's Signature; if it succeeds you're spotted.

> Does anyone have a descent method/price for players to get
> passes and proper flight codes to enable them to cross
> borders. *this is currently fuzzy in my game because I
> haven't found any info on this and haven't written any.

You could probably use the rules for fake IDs for this; OK, it's not quite
the same but close enough, I think.

> Whow there... Really people are a sig 8.

Yep, FOF says so.

> So if a rigger is using
> his sensors to shoot people his target # is an 8. And if he uses
> normal vision (still rigged, but not using sensors) then his
> TN# is a 4 (plus mods)

But how does he use normal vision to aim at a target if he is using vehicle
weapons? The rigger has to be behind the weapon to do that, I think.
Unless he's firing tracers to see where he's shooting, and adjust his fire
accordingly.

> *OK if his TN# is an 8 does he still add all the other mods.
> (cover, mist, smoke, etc)

Modifiers to sensor targeting apply for:
-urban environment (+2)
-direct LOS (-4)
-interrupted LOS (+0)
-targeting vehicle damaged (+1/+2/+3)
-ECM in use (ECM rules)

The "interrupted LOS" includes cover, IMO.

> *I'm also guessing that characters with supra-thyroid/other should
> only be a TN# 6 (they are alot hotter, increased metabolism)
> and an even higher TN# if they have anti-thermal armor.

Only if you say that vehicle sensors are thermographic systems...

> *can he use smartgun links with his vehicle, for optical targeting*

For optical targeting, yes. For sensor targeting, no.

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