| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Stupid 2 gun rule |
| Date: | Fri, 9 May 1997 12:47:07 +0100 |
> Since smart gun links are palm pads, and the great majority of people are
> right handed
About 1 in 10 is left-handed (I read somewhere that in animals it's
closer to 50/50, BTW).
> I find it extremely unlikely that mass-produced weapons with smart-gun
> circuitry would be set up for left-handed people. Hence, it would cost
> plenty of nuyen to get a left-handed smart-gun.
Or they could simply have wrap-around links in the grip. Traditionally,
firearms have been made for right-handed shooters, but the last couple of
decades have seen gun design move toward being suited for both right- and
left-handed shooters. This is obviously a necessity with bullpups (except
in the British army :) but many other weapons also have the various
controls on the centerline, one on each side, or so they can be easily
changed from side to side. With smartlinks, this would likely be the case
too.
Remember that in most weapons except pistols, the grip is largely empty.
It would be easy enough to install the smartlink on the side the customer
prefers, and if the gun has removable grip plates (like pistols), all you
need is a smartlink plate for each side, and install the one you need, or
both.
Also note that this only applies to smartguns feeding through a palm
induction plate. If you wear smart goggles (or have one of the smartlinks
from NERPS: ShadowLore) the gun is plugged into the goggles (or a
datajack) directly.
> Not to mention the fact that a second palm-link would be required and
> that the extra cross-hair in the viewing region from the second smartgun
> would add a target number penalty for distraction.....
Smartlinks don't give any TN modifiers when you use a gun in both hands,
so in essence you can say they impose a +2 modifier that negates their
normal -2.
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