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From: Ojaste,James [NCR] James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA
Subject: Rigger design rules --> anthroform
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:41:58 -0500
Sven De Herdt wrote:
> I have a question regarding R2 and the design rules. I was looking
> forward in designing a human-like robot or anthroform and I didn't find
> any engine directly related to the anthroform in the list. Are there
>
Ah.

> errata on this issue or did I just miss something in the book? I tried
> to design an anthroform using the engines of a walker, but then the
>
You did it right - the anthroform is supposed to use the engine of the
large walker.

> anthroform can hardly carry any armor, weapons or anything else for that
> matter. Anyone has some advice / suggestions on this one?
>
Yup - anthroforms are pretty useless in terms of firepower. What
they're *good* for is providing a human-looking target that can get
shot at instead of you... Robocop is still a long ways off.

If you don't have it already, you might want to try out The Shop, my
Rigger 2 vehicle editor available at:
http://ojaste.ml.org/~ojastej/SR/

James Ojaste

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