From:	Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ>
Subject:	Re: Aztech Armoured Troopers
Date:	Wed, 20 May 1998 12:17:03 +1200

Quoth MgkellyMP5 (1127 20-5-98 NZT):

><< I was thinking of emphasising how nasty the Aztechnology labs could
be
> by making this thing 'piloted' - by a rigged individual who was
> *permanently* wired into the machine's systems and kept doped-up with
> aggression-enhancing drugs. Such a thing would either be voluntary
> ('special duty'), or the last resort of some prisoners ('Either you
sign
> up for this duty, or we kill you.' Which would be worse?).
> >>
>
>The thought itself is pretty nasty. My GM once threw our old group up
against
>an Azzie compound (losts of nasty, money-making stuff going on there,
natch)
>gaaurded by Jaguar Guards, Combat Mages (one or two of whom were Blood
Mages),
>and Rigger-controlled Behemoths.
>I shit you not.

How the Christ do you remote-rig a Behemoth? Or do I not want to know?

>We had to hit the facility (amidst all the confusion,destruction, and
>fireballs),find the riggers controlling the bastards, and whack them to
stop
>the Behemoths (one of whom ate a LAW rocket and kept going).

What, you took anti-tank rockets and forgot the Panther Assault Cannon?
:-)
Sounds like the kinda day that makes you wish you'd become an accountant
instead of a shadowrunner. Makes me glad that both my campaigns (as GM
and player) are set in *way* the hell away from those suckers...

>Personally, I would rather face a Rigger-driven Anthropoid Drone. At
least
>those STAY DOWN when the Merc hits them with an Anti-Tank Weapon.

I'll have to take your word for it (I assume the Anthropoid is a mean
machine out of R2? I only have access to the RBB), but that's the sort
of thing I'm looking for: a mega-tough, well-armed, (vaguely?)
human-shaped combat drone/cyborg that'll bounce most small arms, and
take a good bit of punishment from heavier weapons before going
off-line.

Danyel Woods
9604801@********.ac.nz
'Are you deliberately trying to drive me insane?'
'The universe is already mad. Anything else would be
redundant.'