Re: Speaking of. . .

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:47:21 -0700 (PDT), John Atkinson
<johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:

>And no
>one objects to a plasma gun per squad even in lowtech
>forces.  :) 

Maybe it's because a plasma gun is kind of sucky as a support weapon in
SG2.
It has a high impact die, but the firepower die is a lowly D6. If you
fire it
as a support weapon in the squad (and not as an individual weapon),
you'd be
far better replacing it with a SAW. It can be used as an anti-armour
weapon,
but usually IAVRs or a GMS/P is a better bet.

In spite of Jon's NSL TO&E in the book, I think the NSL would be better
off
putting plasma guns in specialist squads for bunker busting and the
like.

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