[CanRay]

Same peak-discharge batteries run the gauss rifle...

Give a Redneck a few days, and he'll figure out a cheaper alternative using a bunch of transport truck batteries that he's got laying around in the "back yard" of his trailer park. 

[KarmaInferno]

It'll be a few days cos a couple of them will be wasted being knocked out by accidental self-administered electrical shock. Probably while drunk.



-k

[CanRay]

It'll be a few days cos a couple of them will be wasted being knocked out by accidental self-administered electrical shock. Probably while drunk.

-k

And when you compare that to the years of R&D the Eggheads did with far more equipment and budget? 

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

'A bunch of car batteries' does not equal peak-discharge batteries -- which are batteries with a capacitor that charges up to a level much higher than the constant charge that the batteries have, then releases it.  With a gauss gun, it releases it in sequence to the electromagnetic rings, yanking the ammunition forward -- but the amount released at once is much higher than the battery can do on its own.

Think of it as a water source.  The capacitor is the 5-gallon bucket that you're filling up from your kitchen sink (the regular battery).  It takes a bit, but you get to the top eventually.  Now, instead of the kitchen's moderate but steady stream, you could go to the outside hose (your Hick Science) and kick THAT on.  Bucket fills much faster, doesn't it?  However, even the outside hose's stream is not as much water in one moment than the 5-gallon getting instantly dumped on you.

[CanRay]

Which is why I introduced Redneck Scientists into the mix. 

After a couple of "Hold muh beer an' watch this!"-events, that won't be an issue any more. 

[Crash_00]

So thirty hoses and a water heater?

Now I'm getting a Deadlands vibe again.

[CanRay]

What else do you expect from me? 

Deadlands:  Hell On Earth.  Junkers. 

[Kontact]

I'd suggest the multi-launch drone rack from arsenal added to your vehicle.

Toss in some heimdall's like you suggested.   Also great because you can toss in a lot of other utility drones.  With the missile scatter rules... the heimdall drone is one of the few missiles which can actually use an anti-vehicle warhead effectively since you literally kamikaze it directly into the target.

If push comes to shove, you can also duct tape grenades to bust-a-moves... and load em in as well ;P.


Who doesn't want to play robotech... where you walk up in your big robot... open the missile hatch cover and spew out 20 missiles at once!.   With SR4 scatter, it's about the only way to actually hit something.

As for heavier weapons.  I kinda like the lasers in Arsenal.  They have AP-half... and firing off vehicle power gives plenty of grid.   Use a called shot for damage if need be.  Also they don't leave shell casings behind  (and lets face it... why spend money on ammo when you can spend it on more toys... uhh drones!).


There's also what I like to call the A-10 of attack drones in the Runner's Black Book.
The Ares Air Supply... (IMHO far superior to the Kull in arsenal).   Internal cargo built in (bomb bay?!)
Large drone... ***BODY 6***.   Repeat ***BODY 6***.  (space for 6 modification slots... plus max armor on drones is 3x their body score!).

Here's why I call it the A-10 of drones... that means for 1 point you can fit on Armor 18!! (on a drone with full VtoL performance!  VSTOL-2 built-in!).
2 points, you can fit on a reinforced weapon mount for something like a HMG.  And you still got 3 more
All for a bargain basement $8500! and a mere 8R availability!  As obsolescent military tech... it's effectively a rating 4 device same as other 'security' drones.

There had to be something to make a Rigger better than a Magician for heavy remote support.

[Lichtbringer]

Hi & once more thanks for all the suggestions you did make. In case someone is interested how all this turned out:

I could not use use Heimdall since my GM said that they need to be fired from some sort of missle launcher and I can't use my drone platform.
When the GE Vigilant light Auto-cannon arrived I learned that my turret was not strong enough for it and that I needed to get a reinforced one. Which I did in form of a Citymaster (which was very expensive and took a lot of time to get).
Said Citymaster is now fitted with the minigun as well as all of the standarf upgrade my rover already had. Of course we don't drive everywhere in an armored APC, but we get more than enough contracts where we are glad to be able to rely on it. Since such a huge vehicle attracks a lot of attention (often in form of missles) she just got a countermeasure system. Currently I am wondering if I should use the remaining 6 mod slots for another weapon mount (small laser to increase the missle defence or a MRL for Zapper-rockets). Of course I am open for further suggestions

[UmaroVI]

What mods do you currently have? There's a lot of useful ones (and even more trash).

[Lichtbringer]

the Rover and the Citymaster use a very similar loadout, this is for the Citymaster:

Chaemelon plating
Rigger adaption
Rigger Coccon
Improved Sensor Array
Anti-Missle-System
Increased Acceleration
Anti-Theft-System (delivers Stunattacks around and inside the car if required)
Drone-Platform

(I am translating the names back from German into English, so some might be a bit off, sorry)

[UmaroVI]

Smart Armor 10 is a significant upgrade to your defenses, although it does cost a not-insignificant amount. Then again, so does repairing a totaled vehicle.

[CanRay]

< BadRussianAccent >Now, how to mount Heavy Weapon's Troll on vehicle?  < /BadRussianAccent >

[ArkangelWinter]

In Soviet Russis, troll carry APC

[Lichtbringer]

Smart Armor 10 is a significant upgrade to your defenses, although it does cost a not-insignificant amount. Then again, so does repairing a totaled vehicle.

I don't think you can mix smart amor with chaemelon platting