[LionofPerth]

I don't know to be honest. I think there's something to be said for having a few things on your weapon, including a number of sights and lights. I think having a back up set of glasses or goggles is a good idea. The inverse can be said, that it's the stuff on your gun that is the back to that which you wear around the head.

I think about how people move with weapons readied, there's something to be said for keeping them there. It's actually practical, if you're moving with any sort of discipline.

Hell, now I think about it, having a bunch of people wearing light amplification gear and using low light torches, add in a power cut. Sounds like you've turned things around to your advantage.

As a final thought, why removable? How about not turning the thing on in the first place?

[Michael Chandra]

I see talk about Image Link, is this about the SR4 requirement that no longer is present in SR5? Note to self, add it to the list.

[martinchaen]

LionofPerth
Excellent points; there's a reason modern day shock troops carry weapon accessories, and the scenario you outlined using a power cut to your advantage is standard doctrine for many police and military forces.

As for removable, I just mentioned it for flexibility. Some times you just want to read a damned map, and it's fraggin' impractical to have to point your silenced SMG at the blasted thing while holding down the trigger activation button (or, more likely, having toggled it, but that's not nearly as funny a visual )...

To the OP, just don't go overboard. There is such a thing as too much.

Also, this.

[Namikaze]

2) If I add an image scope on the top mount it works as artificial vision so when the elfs looking through a pair of glasses/goggles they can see things clearly till they activate the smartlink they wouldn't see anything because the imagelink doesn't have low light capability.

An image link is just a conveyance of visual data from a source to a screen.  This "screen" might be your eyeball, or it might be part of a scope.  Therefore, your image link is going to see what the camera sees.  For the purposes of the rules as written, smartguns work in all visual conditions.

3) To benefit from the smartlink system I also need an imagelink system as its an upgrade to that and wont work without the base program.

Yes, but all cybereyes and most visual enhancements come with image links already.  If they don't, it's super cheap to install them.  Since this is probably part of your mage/face design you're working on, I'd consider contacts with smartlink, image link, and flare compensation to be my day-to-day wear.  You can then put goggles, a monocle, glasses, or a sight in front of the contacts and stack the benefits (to an extent).

4) Since I'm using a Fichetti Security 600 the bottom/top mounts already taken up by the inherent laser sight leaving me 1 mount available.

Correct.

5) As I have only 1 mount and need an imagelink to benefit from the smartlink I need to buy the imaging scope with an imagelink as well (plus internal/external smartlink and same on the goggles).

Image link only needs to be in your vision enhancement of choice (cyber eye, contacts, goggles, glasses, monocole, imaging scope).  The gun does not need an image link.  If you buy an imaging scope for the gun (which seems like overkill for a pistol) then your image link can be displayed on the imaging scope instead.

So I will end up with a Fichetti Security 600 with a lasercope on the bottom mount and a imaging scope on the top one with vision magnifcation, imagelink and smartlink taking up 2 capacity leaving me 1 to take as flare compensation, lowlight or thermographic vision in my last capacity upgrade?

You could do this, but then you only get those vision enhancements with that one gun and only while using the imaging scope.  I'd recommend using the contacts I described above.

[Senko]

Ok thanks think I've got it now I'm going with . . .

Fichetti Security: Bottom Mount = Laser Sight, Top Mount = Low light flashlight
Helmet: Trodes, Smartlink, Vision Magnification, Flare Compensation and Thermographic vision.

[Kincaid]

Your gun still needs a smartgun system, which won't stack with the laser sight you have on the bottom mount.  Light pistols also don't have a bottom mount, but whatever you end up putting there can be moved to the side.

[kuromi]

Yeah, switch out the top mounted flashlight for a smartgun system in the top mount, and mount the flashlight on your helmet. By my count you have 1 capacity left on the helmet, and a flashlight takes up one capacity, so you're good.

[martinchaen]

Trodes take up 2 capacity when mounted in headwear.

[kuromi]

Trodes take up 2 capacity when mounted in headwear.

Whoops, I was going by the chart on p87 of RaG, which listed trodes as 1 capacity, but yeah, I just noticed the main book says it takes up 2. Then I guess instead of a helmet, a ballistic mask, which has 8 capacity.

[LionofPerth]

LionofPerth
Excellent points; there's a reason modern day shock troops carry weapon accessories, and the scenario you outlined using a power cut to your advantage is standard doctrine for many police and military forces.

As for removable, I just mentioned it for flexibility. Some times you just want to read a damned map, and it's fraggin' impractical to have to point your silenced SMG at the blasted thing while holding down the trigger activation button (or, more likely, having toggled it, but that's not nearly as funny a visual )...

To the OP, just don't go overboard. There is such a thing as too much.

Also, this.

There I can see what you mean, although I have to ask, if you're equipping your weapon like that and not taking a back up torch or visual aid, aren't you asking for it on some level?

[Senko]

Whoops forgot the internal smartgun system, laser sight comes with the gun so I don't know if I can remove it or not (just assumed undermount as that's where they seem to go on tv). Don't have run and gun yet so no ballistic mask.