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Gear you'l never have no matter how badly you want it...

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« on: <05-15-13/0133:27> »
Anyone who flips through the rule books knows that there's a lot of cool gear, most of it for the GMs to throw at stupid runners who think they can go Pink Mohawk on the UCAS military. So of it is potentially useful, but with the cheapest helicopter still being more than 200,000 NU and a permanent middle class lifestyle costing less than most of them you know you'll never have the money to get one. Steeling one is generally a bad option because odds are anyone who has one also has the means to track you down and kill you. So, What gear have you been eying but will never get?

My top five...

1. BAE CENTURION
2. GMC “HARPY SCOUT”
3. DASSAULT PAYNAL
4. Cascade Skraacha (LAV)
5. Just about any submarine

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« Reply #1 on: <05-15-13/0139:58> »
1- GMC Banshee
2- Aztechnology Lobo
3- Ares Dragon
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« Reply #2 on: <05-15-13/0142:21> »
I remember when we became the new ruling class of Dubai we totally had a submarine.  ;D
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« Reply #3 on: <05-15-13/0213:17> »
I do not know what dimension you are from but it sounds like a fun one.

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« Reply #4 on: <05-15-13/0417:13> »
For me, any (or all) of the thunderbirds and the Dassalt Paynal. I don't know what it is but the picture of that thing just makes think it is the best thing ever. Not quite a helicopter, not quite a thunderbird, not quite a fighter jet but combines elements of them all.

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« Reply #5 on: <05-15-13/0447:36> »
1) Aesir Satellite
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« Reply #6 on: <05-15-13/0456:09> »
  • 1) Boeing Unicorn
    • 1A), ordnance for Boing Unicorn
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« Reply #7 on: <05-15-13/0849:55> »
Yeah. Even the cheapest T-bird, which is supposed to be a favorite among smugglers, is out of reach to runners. Due to its high cost. Unless you’re playing with the “characters can spend any number of points on Nuyen” house rule.

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« Reply #8 on: <05-15-13/1106:52> »
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« Reply #9 on: <05-15-13/1205:40> »
a dragon's tooth...  :'(
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« Reply #10 on: <05-15-13/1444:07> »
a dragon's tooth...  :'(
That's... not as unattainable as some of the other things on this list, if you go for an adult dragon. It is difficult, but not impossible, for a team of metahumans to take down an adult dragon, especially if they have some heavy weapons on their side. A Great Dragon's tooth, however, is not something you'll ever lay your hands on.
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« Reply #11 on: <05-15-13/1447:58> »
Unless that was the plot for your run, and your GM made up a new great dragon for that purpose, (Or even one of the lesser known ones, though I wouldn't.)
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« Reply #12 on: <05-15-13/1450:11> »
Yeah. Even the cheapest T-bird, which is supposed to be a favorite among smugglers, is out of reach to runners. Due to its high cost. Unless you’re playing with the “characters can spend any number of points on Nuyen” house rule.

Not to mention being given a metric ass-ton of points so one can have that T-bird and the skills and attributes to be a decent, well-rounded character otherwise.

Now I want to see a 900 BP game with that house rule in effect....
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« Reply #13 on: <05-15-13/1455:08> »
Of course, that only applies if you're BUYING these things, instead of stealing them.
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« Reply #14 on: <05-15-13/1458:33> »
Yeah. Even the cheapest T-bird, which is supposed to be a favorite among smugglers, is out of reach to runners. Due to its high cost. Unless you’re playing with the “characters can spend any number of points on Nuyen” house rule.

Not to mention being given a metric ass-ton of points so one can have that T-bird and the skills and attributes to be a decent, well-rounded character otherwise.

Now I want to see a 900 BP game with that house rule in effect....
You're flying a 2'084'775 Nuyen stealth VTOL in one game!
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