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From: dghost@****.com dghost@****.com
Subject: Taser firing rate?
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:52:59 -0700
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:57:37 -0400 George Herman <gherman@***.EDU>
writes:
> In the weapons listing in the Combat section of SR3, generic tasers are
> listed as single-shot, yet the only two tasers I've ever seen described
in
> the various editions' Gear sections (Yamaha Pulsar and Defiance
Super-shock)
> both have semi-automatic as the rate. This is reconcilable: a mythical
> generic 'taser' has SS, but the two specifics have SA. But I was
wondering
> if a semi-automatic taser with four sets of darts made sense.
Single-shot
> makes more sense to me, or a larger clip.

There are two types of Tasers in SR ... One fires darts with capacitators
(and is semi-auto) and the other type has the capacitators built into the
gun and fires a dart with wire trailing (and is SS with piss-ant range).

--
D. Ghost
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx

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