From:	Starrngr@***.com Starrngr@***.com
Subject:	APDS
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 1999 00:05:43 EST

In a message dated 99-02-23 16:32:07 EST, you write:

> Detail Oriented GMs could exploit this: switching out regular rounds
> for APDS loads in a Smartgun equiped firearm should require switching
> to a different balistic profile. Of course with all the other gun mode
> changes that are handled by Smartgun being nearly automatic (free
> action) over the Direct Neural Interface of the Smartlink, this
> probably wouldn't be too much of a hassle either.
>
> Another possibility is that different loads of ammunition have their
> balistic profiles encoded on the casing (similar to how filmspeed
> information is encoded on canisters of 35mm film in today's time).
> Just another detail to throw into the game.
>

This would seem to me to be something else that makes a Smartlink II better
than the original Smartlink. IE, guns euiped with Smart II's could do what
yoru describing here while those with smart I's would have to adjust for this
fact "manually".