Shadowrun
Shadowrun General => Gear => Topic started by: psycho835 on <08-28-17/1038:52>
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Hoi, chummers!
So, it started when gun bunny wanted an Ares Alpha with an underbarrel shotgun instead of a grenade launcher. That's when I remembered the variants from WAR! - Bravo and Sierra, which replaced the GL with, respectively, a vibroblade and a stun baton. I thought, why not, surely Ares wouldn't mind earning a few nuyen more with such a minor modification, right? Then, I thought: "Hey, wait a sec! They could earn even more if they made a civilian variant!"
So why is this rifle illegal? Well, there's the smartlink, but I that's R availability. Then there's the underbarrel weapons - grenade launchers and vibroblades, I can understand, but stun batons? Wouldn't that be an excellent weapon for security forces? So, I've decided to change that. Eventually, I've decided to simply replace the underbarrel weapon with a slide mount. Aaaand then I went a little... Further. In my defense, I was a little sauced.
Model Availability Cost Standard Upgrades (in addition to the internal smartgun system)
Alpha (original) 11F 2650Y Underbarrel Grenade Launcher
Bravo (bayonet/blade) 13F 3450Y Underbarrel Vibroblade (Acc: 4, DV: STR+3, AP: -2, Reach: 2 NOTE: battery sufficient for 1h of operation)
Sierra (stun baton) 13F(should be 13R, IMHO) 2900Y Underbarrel Stun Baton (Acc: 4, DV: 9S(e), AP: -5, Reach: 2, Ammo: 10)
Charlie (crossbow) 13R 3150Y Underbarrel Crossbow (Acc: 5(7), DV: 7P, AP: -2, SS, RC: -, Ammo: 1 NOTE: barrel mount is unoccupied)
Foxtrot (flamethrower) 15F 3600Y Underbarrel Flamethrower (Acc: 4(6), DV: 10P, AP: -6, SA/BF, RC: -, Ammo: 3(c) NOTE: can lay down suppressive fire)
Golf (grapple gun) 13F 3000Y Underbarrel Grapple Gun (Acc: 3(5), DV: 7S, AP: -2, SS, RC: -, Ammo: 1(ml))
Kilo (shotgun) 11F 2500Y Underbarrel Shotgun (Acc: 3(5), DV: 9P, AP: -1, SS/SA, RC:-1 , Ammo 4(m))
Lima (laser) 18F 24500Y Underbarrel Laser (Acc: 8(10), DV: 5P, AP: -10, SA, RC: -, Ammo: 5(c) or external power source)
November (netgun) 13R 3100Y Underbarrel Netgun, Basic (Acc: 4(6), DV: -, AP: -, SS, RC: -, Ammo 1(m))
Romeo (mounting rail) 12R 2100Y Underbarrel Slide Mount
EDIT: Fixed and updated. You might be wondering why the shotgun variant is designated "Kilo". That's K for "Knocker" - as in, breaching shotgun.
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I think a variant of the Ares Alpha without any built-in underbarrel accessory, marketed towards private security would make sense. Just be known that, from a metagame perspective, that will give players even less reason to not get anything other than an Ares Alpha. It would almost completely obsolete the Colt Inception from Gun H(e)aven 3. If you don't care about that kind of thing though, what you did isn't unbalancing or anything and works for a houserule.
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Good to know, thanks.
Could use a suggestion for naming the shotgun variant, though. Thoughts?
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"Foxtrot" for Flechette?
Or maybe "Romeo" for Redundant! XP
I personally don't see why you'd need an underbarrel shotgun that is generally worse in every way than the gun it's connected to, unless it's purely for firing flechette ammo.
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The gun bunny wanted to use it with shock lock shells
Foxtrot, hmmm... I was wondering about underbarrel flamethrower variant, but now...
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Sierra Bravo = Stun Baton
Sierra = Shotgun
Foxtrot = Flamethrower
Charlie = Chainsaw
Mike/Mike Romeo = mounting rail