From:	shadowrn@*********.com (Damion Milliken)
Subject:	Riddle me this.
Date:	Sat Sep 8 02:25:03 2001

BD writes:

> <Snip questions 1 and 2>

I think people adequately responded with the same ideas as me to the other
questions.

> But, when you reverse-engineer the AK-97 carbine: 1.5 FCU to start, then
> add FA firing mode (-1 FCU) and 10 extra rounds (-1.25 FCU) you end up with
> a total FCU cost of 2.25, higher than the 1.5 the SMG starts out with.
> Does this mean the AK-97 SMG can never incorporate an internal smartlink?
> It would seem that way. That's sort of a pain, as it means to see whther
> you can add a smartlink to any weapon, you have to re-build it.

I think this is because the CC rules were not meant to encompass the
original SR weapons. And they certainly don't. Try to reverse engineer the
Walther Palm Pistol. Where's the "double barrel" design option?

Actually, the CC rules don't even work for many of the CC guns (which I
think is a little slack of the writers). Try to make any of the
hyper-velocity weapons for example.

For what it's worth, I allow _both_ the CC and SR3 rules for smartlinking to
be used. The SR3 rules tend to cost way more than the CC rules, but they do
not require you to have FCU and all that jazz. It evens out in my opinion.
If someone can reverse engineer a gun and show me that it has the needed
space, then they can use the CC rules. Otherwise, I use the SR3 rules. All
that extra nuyen you pay in the SR3 rules has to be good for something,
right? That something is probably cramming the smartlink into a weapon that
really doesn't have the space for it ;-).

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Damion Milliken University of Wollongong
Unofficial Shadowrun Guru E-mail: dam01@***.edu.au
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