If I gun's text says it comes with a laser sight, is that "baked in" to the published stats? What about a smartlink?
The most significant example I could find is on pg 252:
"The [Ares Light-Fire] 75 comes preloaded with smartlink hardware and software, and both [the 70 and 75] come with a laser sight."
The 75's listed AR stats are 10/7/6/-/-/. What, then, are the effective AR stats for the 75 when used by:
1) a user without a smartlink - I think this could be 10/7/6 (ie. the laser sight is "baked in"), 9/6/7 (the smartlink was baked in and must be subtracted), or 11/8/7 (neither was baked in and the laser sight should be added.)
2) a user with a smartlink - similarly to above, it could be 10/7/6, or 12/9/7, or 11/8/7.
A similar issue effects every weapon with a pre-fitted laser sight or smartlink, though. The '75 is egregious as it has both.