From:	Steadfast laughingman@*******.de
Subject:	Drones and Weapon Mounts
Date:	Thu, 08 Jul 1999 23:04:35 +0200

And so it came to happen that Twist0059@***.com wrote in reply to hy
humble self:

> > B: What can you do when your Assault Rifle mounted on the mini Turret of
> > your Drone runs out of ammo? Is a clipchanger already figured inside the
> > weapons integration kit or does a Rigger need to have some buddy open up
> > the drone, take the magazine out, insert a new magazine close the drone and
> > pray that all that time no one comes and shoots anybody? How is it worked
> > out ruleswise, I have not found anything.
>
> You're using an assault rifle and are having ammo problems? Have you tried
> something like the Enfield AS-7 with it's 100-round drum? That has a nasty
> damage code, and you could make it even more painful with EX rounds.

No, actually I tried to take a plain and simple Colt to do the trick.
It seemed alright with me, moderate Firepower with low cost. Only the
ammunitionproblem arouse after the GM told me that the Assault rifle
is not designed to take belted ammunition.

> If you want a full-auto weapon (why, though? hardly anyone gets to use them
> effectively) would the Ingram Valiant be too much? Ahhhh, but maybe you want
> the versatility of an Assault Rifle.

If I recall the Ingramm beeing an LMG it would not fit into my drone
(Wolfhound, I love that one). Why I wanted a Fullauto weapon? Because
I had versatility in mind during creation of the Rigger, with loads of
drones for nearly any purpose on a relative low level. And a heavy
support drone was missing, so I thought of the assult rifle as it had
also the possibilty of a sniper mode with singleshots from above.

> Well, I had personally always assumed
> that coverting a weapon for vehicle mouting made it belt-fed weapon, but I'm
> sure I'd hideously wrong.

As told, I would gladly accept this, but I could not find anything
about that in the rules. Maybe I am blind, maybe it is one of those
small details that slipped past the eyes during the workout of the
book. After all, you can't take every detail into a book when it comes
to technology related worlds. Too complex, to many variables. But if
there is something that could clarify, I would be glad to hear.
Otherwise its once again HRT
(House Rule Time)!
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