| From: | "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl> |
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| Subject: | Re: smuggling |
| Date: | Sat, 11 May 1996 11:26:04 +0100 |
> Has anyone ever worked out any rules, etc., for smuggling? It's an aspect
> of Shadowrun that I've always thought would be a lot of fun, but information
> on it has always been sketchy in the source books (eg. smugglers jam in
> T-birds, which are supposedly LAVs, but the only LAVs the black book
> gives us is the Banshee, which has, like, ZIP storage capacity). So, anyone
> ever designed a decent smuggler's T-bird? Anyone ever played smuggling in
> their games? Details, details, details, PUH-lease :-D.
If the Banshee is a military LAV, and the military uses LAVs a lot, what
you do is dig up some generic book on armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) and
adapt what you see there to Shadowrun, basing it all a bit around the
Banshee.
For example, I see the Banshee pretty much as a reconnaissance vehicle --
sort of like the modern-day M3 Bradley. Now the M3 has a "sister" -- the
M2 Bradley, which is basically the same vehicle but with a different
interal layout in the rear third or so of the hull. Instead of two seats
and lots of ammo (a in the M3), the M2 has six seats and only about half
the ammo of the M3 there.
What am I trying to say? The Banshee has 30 CF cargo space. Since one
seat takes up 5 CF, you could fit six seats in there. Assuming those are
typical military seats, they won't take up much room (see note, below)
so more can be crammed into a tight space. With the empty cargo area, you
could make quite a lot of money if you only smuggle stuff that's both
small and which gives a good profit per unit of volume.
This is for a turreted vehicle. Any AFV without a turret will have a lot
more internal space -- removing the turret of an M2 or M3 and simply
covering over its opening would at least double the room available for
carrying stuff, which is a solution adopted for some AFVs to create
battlefield cargo carriers). If LAVs are commonly used in the military,
such cargo carriers would also quite likely be around, if nothing else
then to resupply the other units equipped with LAVs. The largest part of
any modern army is the supply chain and all the other support units, not
the actual frontline combat units.
Now the trick is getting your hands on one :)
Note: the M2's passenger area is less than 2 meters wide, about 2
meters long, and less than 1.5 meters high, or less than 6 square meters.
As said, it holds six people who are wearing combat gear, plus a lot of
other stuff. Mind you, this is actually a lot of room for such a vehicle
-- in a BMP, even a dwarf would have a hard time sitting up staight.
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