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object resistance table
INITIATIVE TYPE dice pool
Natural Objects 3
Trees, soil, unprocessed water, hand-carved wood, metal cold-worked by hand)
Manufactured Low-Tech Objects and Materials 6
Brick, leather, simple plastics
Manufactured High-Tech Objects and Materials 9
Advanced plastics, alloys, electronic equipment, sensors
Highly Processed Objects 15+
Computers, complex toxic wastes, drones, vehicles
That's the Object resistance table from the book. And I will admit it leaves a lot to be desired.
At the lowest end of the scale (3), you have the natural materials, worked with simple hand tools, or not chemically altered through refinement (hence the "cold worked" blurb)
At the next lowest (6), or have manufactured natural goods (like leather, brick), and simple plastics (think sandwich and garbage bags to plastic casings)
Near the top (9): you have highly processed items... Shatter/UV proof plastics, Stainless steel, circuit boards, and sensors. (a motion sensor on a light, Stainless steel, an Oscilloscope (rudimentary), A drill Press, a Door bell... )
And at the top highly processed items (15+), such as computers, vehicles and drones.
And yes. MOST things in Shadowrun you are going to be in the 15+ range... Thanks to the mass produced, Consumer electronics era we are in.
In fact, I would argue that just about anything you buy from a store is going to be in that 15+ range because its all assembled by machines, from chemical compounds and alloys.. there is almost nothing "natural" left in anything you buy... There is no "soul" for the mana to connect to...
Now as to firearms in SR.. lets look at firearms.
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Firearms come with wireless capability and a digital
ammunition counter. Ammunition (p. 433) is sold separately.
All firearms have the following wireless bonuses
in addition to any wireless bonuses on each model:
Wireless: The weapon displays an ARO that tells you
ammo levels and ammo type loaded. If you have a DNI,
you get two additional benefits. First, ejecting a clip (for
weapons that have them) is a Free Action rather than a
Simple Action. Second, changing fire modes (on models
that have more than one) is a Free Action rather than
a Simple Action
Wireless bonus.... (I know I am going to sound like an asshole but...) I am unaware of any naturally occurring substance that transmits digital data in a readable pattern.
BUT, I do know that computers, and wifi modems can do this... SO they MUST be in a firearm,,,,
Digital Ammo Counter.... (And again... soundling like an asshole) well its DIGITAL... so that means electricity, and and Light Emitting Diodes arranged in a readable pattern, and that pattern has to be controlled by a (even a simple) I/O panel, AND hooked up to a sensor to count the ammo in the gun...
Then there is the fact that
most (not all) firearms use caseless ammo, which means an electronic firing mechanism... Be that a battery powered system, or a Piezoelectric system (which probably wouldn't work for automatic fire)...
And that is not even looking that the actual material composition of the weapon. Most modern firearms are made from with stainless steel (for that silver finish) or high test steel.. which again involves smelting an adding in various other elements. (Iron is a natural substance.. STEEL is an alloy of Iron and Carbon)
so that is where you get your 15+ OR for firearms.. (and quite possibly anything and everything else you pick up in a store in Shadworun.._