[sg] Imperial Tactical Technologies (long)

(Based on discussion with TomB and some inspiration by Marc Miller)

Alarishi Weapons and Equipment

Imperial Tactical Technologies is the largest and best-known name in the
Alarishi industrial military complex.  ITT divisions provide a wide
array
of military equipment, from sensors to battle armor to warships.  While
the
Imperial government is a major shareholder, ITT also sells many of its
products to other clients within and outside AE space.	Similar
equipment
is also available from Reynolds Battlefield Technologies or other
manufacturers.

All these weapons function in vacuum and zero gravity, which means that
they do not need air for cooling, gravity for ammo feed, etc.; however,
only the lasers are low-recoil weapons for purposes of zero gee combat. 

The stats listed are for use in atmosphere. Lasers used in vacuum gain
+1
dieshift to Impact; plasma weapons used in vacuum gain a +1 dieshift to
FP
to indicate increased range.

Conventional weapons:
ITT AGL30 is a licensed copy of the NSL auto-grenade launcher.
ITT RG4 Gauss Rifle FP2 IMP D12 "A competing design to the FSE weapon, 
produced by legal (in some jurisdictions, anyway) reverse engineering."
ITT SG30 assault shotgun can use conventional pellets or penetrator
flechette loads, for FP3 IMPd8 or FP2 IMPd10.

Energy weapons:
ITT LR3 Laser Rifle FP3 IMP D8	Low recoil
ITT LRS10 Laser Sniper Rifle FP D12 IMP D8 Low recoil
ITT LRG42 Gatling Laser squad support weapon.  FP d12 IMP d8
ITT PGMP85 FP D8 IMP D12* This weapon uses antimatter microburst
cartridges
instead of the conventional power cell/laser array to generate the
plasma
pulse. The smaller round makes possible a higher rate of fire.	High
recoil, requires powered armor.
ITT DFFG01 is a favorite support weapon

Exotic:
The following are available only from ITT, are rare, have high recoil,
require powered armor, and have a remarkable^h^h^h purely coincidental
resemblance to KV grav-pulse railguns.
ITT RG4K Railgun Rifle FP2 d12*
ITT RGS4K Railgun Sniper Rifle FPd8 IMPd12* 
ITT RG6K Heavy Railgun FPd6 IMP2d8*

AE Advanced Powered Battle Armor technology was initially based on
licensed
designs for NSL fast/heavy powered armor, with improvements (and price
increases!) based on the AE's extensive (or was that "expensive"?)
experience and research.  Three basic frames are available:
  Fast: 2d4 armor, 16/2d8 movement
  Standard: 2d6 armor, 12/d12 movement
  Heavy: 2d8 armor, 8/d8 movement
After selecting a frame, modification kits provide capabilities for
specific functions, including Raider, Combat Engineer, Medic, Assault,
Marine, Assault Marine, and others.  All versions of APBA have a
variable-appearance surface, which can be tuned to Parade, Dress, or
Adaptive color schemes.  The Adaptive--also known as Chameleon--surface
gives a range die shift to the defense die:
  +2 range band shift versus troops with primitive or basic sensors
  +1 shift versus troops with enhanced sensors
  +0 shift versus troops with superior sensors
Note1: if you're playing with different Tech Levels, call it +2 vs
sensors
of a lower tech level, +1 vs same level, +0 vs higher levels.
Note2: this die shift modifies spotting and attack rolls, but unlike
Soft/Hard Cover it does  not apply to Impact vs Armor rolls.

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