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Ares Viper Slivergun damage and ammo

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skalchemist

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« on: <11-05-19/1318:54> »
For once, a simple question I think...

The Ares Viper Slivergun lists its damage as 4P(fl) [after errata applied] and its Attack Ratings are 12/8/6/-.  The rule for flechette ammo is it increases AR +1 and decreases DV -1. 

Can I assume the flechette mod has already been applied?  That is, in some alternate reality where the Slivergun fired "normal" ammo it would be 5P and 11/7/5/-? 

Also, I'm assuming that the cost of ammo for the Slivergun is heavy pistol+flechette, that is 10 nuyen*1.5 = 15 nuyen per 10 rounds.  Is that right?

Sorry if someone has asked this already. 

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« Reply #1 on: <11-05-19/1328:40> »
That's my reading as well.   Since the (fl) is part of the crunch annotation, flechette modifications are already included.

Had the (fl) annotation been omitted, yet the rules description for the gun say you can only use flechette, then the stat-line could be said to not yet include flechette modification.
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