| From: | Hamish Laws h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au |
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| Subject: | Underwater weapons from Cyberpirates |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:14:16 +1000 |
>And finally, Paul J. Adam expressed himself by writing:
>
>> Who the hell _wants_ them?
>
>Everybody in my gaming group once we start a pirate campaign?
>Who wouldn't get one together with his SCUBA gear? 2.5k Y, and wait
>about 12h longer for your package...
>
Yeah. But how many pirates are there in the world?
What I'd have is the availability be around that where they might be
purchased reasonably often but never in stock in most places.
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>> limited demand. So, it's not too hard to come by them: provided you don't
>> mind word going out through the fixer network that someone was asking.
>
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>> And someone asking for them would tend to stick in the memory. That is
>> the _real_ downside of such weapons.
>
>Agreed. They would be noticed for sure, but my problem is that these
>highly specialized weapons seem to be factured by the thousands,
>they are as likely to get as a SMG.
>For Real-Life check: ever tried to get a HK P11? The fancy underwater
>pistol in use by many underwater operation units?
I can't get a rocket launcher or assault cannon either.
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