From:	Ojaste,James [NCR] James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA
Subject:	Rigger stuff
Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:51:16 -0500

Damian Robinson wrote:
> This is probaby explained in R2, but with mine just leaving Amazons, I
> don't know.
>
More or less.

> Is there a fixed mount for SMG's and such, Internal to a bike, available
> in canon books?
>
Yes and no. A bike can fit a firmpoint (they can't take hardpoints),
but an internal firmpoint is pushing things. An internal firmpoint
is meant for vehicles which enclose the firer (although the rules don't
specifically disallow bikes from having internal points, as I recall).
You can stick a pintle-mount on the firmpoint, it'd hold an SMG.

> or anywhere else for that matter?
> Not a firmpoint, but just an fixed SMG-point or something that size.
> Say conceal 4 or higher?
>
Nope, sorry. Conceal 4 is very concealed. I guess you might be able
to disguise the pintle as something else provided the SMG isn't
attached, but as long as you've got the SMG sitting pretty you're
not going to be able to hide it.

> I've given one to a PC in my game, but we're about to stage up to SR3
> and R2 rules when the books arrive, and I would like to have a ruling
> ready for him.
>
Prepare for a bit of confusion - the layout of the vehicle construction
rules is confusing and the language used is not always the clearest
possible. I suggest that you grab a copy of The Shop - my vehicle
editing program. You can get it at:
http://ojaste.ml.org/~ojastej/SR/

James Ojaste
Would I miss a chance for a plug? Nah. :-)