Re: [SG] Needle Weapons

On 17 Apr 2001, at 11:19, bkb@beol.net wrote:

> I am looking to give statistics to 3 weapons.
> The first is a Needler Pistol that fires short bursts (10-30) of
> needles in a fairly small pattern. The second is a Needle Assault
> Weapon (similar to Advanced Assault Rifle - AAR). The third would be
> the Needle equivalent of a Squad automatic weapon (SAW). 
> 
> My thought would be to up the Firepower (rate of fire) and decrease
> the Impact. 
> 
> Normal Weapons from p.34 of SG2:
>		     Range     FP   Impact
> Light Autopistol:   Close	1      d6
> Heavy Autopistol:   Close	1      d10
> AAR:				2      d10
> Conventional SAW:	       d8      d10
> Gauss SAW:		       d10     d10 
> 
> I was thinking for the Needle Weapons:
>		     Range     FP   Impact
> Needle Pistol:      Close	2      d4
> NAW:				4      d6
> Needle SAW:		       d12     d6 

All look okay to me except the FP4 for the NAW. FP is a measure of a 
lot of things, (including the accuracy of the weapon and light 
projectiles like needles tend to be inaccurate) and I just can't see 
needle rifle having a better firepower than a gauss rifle/grenade 
launcher. 

Can it really have a higher rate of fire than a gauss rifle AND a 
greater area of potential hits than a 30mm grenade AND have both of 
those quantities in large enough amounts to counter act the poor 
accuracy of the needles?

If someone fits a grenade launcher to the NAW do they get FP5?

If you do go with such a high FP then I'd suggest some sort of 
penalty to account for the poor accuracy (and poor range - light 
projectiles with probably lowish muzzle velocity). Say a die shift to 
the targets' range die?

Of course it may all depend on what PSB you're using. What propels 
the needles? What, if anything, stabalises them in flight?

	Steve

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