| From: | Ulrich Haupt sandman@****.uni-oldenburg.de |
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| Subject: | Ruger Thunderbolt (A correction) |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:30:54 +0200 |
> 1) The character's fixer would laugh at him and say
> "You want me to get WHAT!"
>
> Remember that the Thunderbolt has an availability
> of 14/12days.
Very hard but not impossible especially if you use extra
rules to obtain hard-to-get items from companion3 or
Shadowtech(I believe) it's just a matter of about 3 month
(by the rules).
<snip>
> 2) If the player expressed such an obsessive desire
> to locate one and 'appropriate' it from it's owner it
> wouldn't be found in the hands of a mere security guard.
<snip>
That's right.
> 3) My player would have to target a cop to get one.
> If you was stupid enough to do that AND lucky enough
> to get away from the crime scene with the gun and
> your life then you would have every Lone Star FRT & SWAT
> grunt gunning for you and every available Lone Star mage
> busting out the ritual sorcery materials on that trail
> of blood that you left behind . With a citywide manhunt
> for a cop killer, and a 50,000Y reward for information leading
Hey - 50kY for every dead cop? Lone Star must be RICH. (I
know not for every dead cop just for those with the killers
escaped). Cop-Killers are hunted but Lone Star, yes, but
THAT hard ???
BTW you don't have to kill the cop - just some good shots
with narcoject or Neuro Stun granades can do wonderful things.
<snip>
> Apprehending cop killers make people feel safe, it
> restores the limited faith that Joe Q. Public has in
> his elected officials and the police that keep your
> neighbourhood gangers from placing that sign out
> the front of your apartment that says "Dead Ork
> Storage". It's a superficial sign that the decaying
> justice system still in it's own sick way works.
>
> So do you still want that gun so bad ??
Apart from the reasons of how intense Lone Star will hunt
the cop-killer I don't think that the Ruger Thunderbolt is
really THAT bad. The only real advantage is that you have a
comparable small weapon (conceal of 5 I believe) and a high
damage (12S). But the second shot if +4 (or more!) so it's
really hard to hit a second time in one initiative pass. You
can do similar damage with EX-ammo and an aimed shot. And
the most important reason is that you must fire burst with
your 12-ammo clip. That means 4 shots and your magazine is
empty. Of course you can let the character build LONG clips
but that gets really obvious and uncomfortable.
In my view sniper rifles are more unbalancing than a pistol
with four shots. Of course it depends on your game!
All just my opinion.
BTW, I though that I've read somewhere that explosive ammo
cannot be shot in burst or auto mode. Did I have a day dream
or is there such a limitation?
Sandman
