| From: | Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com |
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| Subject: | Snipers (was Re: Questions of great importance) |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Sep 1999 19:40:33 -0700 (PDT) |
probably partly due to the way my SR sniper operates. (He isn't the
toughest, but he's a good sniper and he can take care of himself up
close too, so he CAN operate solo if necessary.)
>
> Doc', have you seen the original LETHAL WEAPON? Go rent it some day
and watch it again (if for no other reason than that it's a really fun
movie), and watch the scene where Murtaugh rides out into the desert to
pick up Rianne from Joshua and his men.
>
> Martin Riggs is about half, three-fourths of a click back, acting as
a sniper (and pulling off some beautiful shots, too, I might add; ain't
movies grand? <g>). He has no spotter.
>
> Look what happened to him. Riggs was more than capable of taking
care of himself, but as General McAllister told him, "You're not that
fast."
>
> Always remember: Your spotter is not just your friend, he's your
lifeline. Sniping without a spotter is not generally a good idea.
> (>) Texas 2-Step
I know that. You think I don't know that? I KNOW that.
8-)
Sometimes you just don't have the option. When you're on a team of four
or five with a sniper, a decker, a mage and a combat grunt or two, you
don't have the personnel (or the equipment - no rigger, Kevin!) to HAVE
a spotter.
I would LOVE to always play with a spotter. Doesn't mean it's gonna
happen.
Contingencies are everything in SR, even moreso than in the military,
because what you have to work with is so much more limited. Believe me,
if my SR sniper can mount a GL on his rifle, he's gonna do it, because
that's ONE less thing he has to worry about not having. Y'know?
*Doc' sighs. The sigh of an exasperated, frustrated man. The sigh EGMs love...*
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)
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