From:	Cavalier the Mighty <shadowcav@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Sniping in SR
Date:	Sat, 30 May 1998 21:37:32 PDT

Ereskanti@***.COM
>>writes:
>>
>>> Smartlink, shmartlink...want something *really* fucking frightening,
try
>>> conning and/or scamming Mike out of his "Smart Arrows" he's made
his new
>>> Rigger/Archer. Oh yeah, NOW we are talking some hyper-nasty crap.
>>>
>>> Sure, they're expensive, and he's only got 4 of 'em (IIRC), but
they
>>-really-
>>>
>>> begin to set the stage for some nasty ideas.
>>
>>I took the Small UAV Fixed Wing, which is a Body 1 drone, and made it
into a
>>Body 0 drone instead in the shape of an arrow, and since there is no
power
>>plant, other than my pc in question, the limit on range is as per a
standard
>>arrow.
>>
>>The guy has a strength of 10 (Muscle Aug IV) ... and so has a range of
600
>>meters. The speed of the arrow is 10 times the damage of the arrow
(14)
>which
>>means a Speed of 140, achieved immediately after launch, and still
doing
>arrow
>>damage on impact (14M).
>>
>>The Accel for the drone is a 10, and my pc can make the thing come to
a halt
>>...
>>
>>As for the skill with piloting the arrows, Pilot Fixed Wing (Remote
>Operations
>>/ Arrows) ...
>>
>>And the drones still have Rigger Adaption, Remote Control Interface,
and
>>nothing else for the moment ...
>>
>>As for cost ... 14,200 nuyen each ... and he has 6 of the things ...
almost
>>gave one or two up to make some contacts ...
>>
>>Though, this is still the beginning for the pc ... I have plans to add
in a
>>Tactical Computer and Sentry Gun System onto the Bow, this way all I
have to
>>do is pull back the arrow, and let the sentry gun system do the firing
...
>>which can be accomplished via a remote bow trigger my pc has in his
hand.
>>This is only the beginning ...

Well, mechanically, that would be hard to do. If the arrow has no power
plant, then the rigger would have almost no control over it. What you're
talking about there is more of a missile than an arrow. A SMALL missile,
laucnhed with a teeny tiny jet engine. You have to have some propulsion
other than the bow string for a rigger to be able to control the thing
at all.

Now, in terms of role playing, can you imagine what an arrow like you
suggest would do to a rigger? Remember, riggers have a pretty deep link
with the vehicles they control. They BECOME the vehicle. And I don't
know about you, but I don't want to become anything that is going to
violently collide with other solid objects on a regular basis.
Controlling the arrow would be real cool, but landing it would be the
real bitch.

"Yeah, this is Cavalier. Problem?"

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