[FreezeBoxJawsh]

Found some shuriken that act as mini UAVs that have smart link built in and auto correct their flight path to seek out weakest parts of enemy armor (joints and neck) and then correct course to direct itself to hit there. Called the Saeder-Krupp Nuriken

[JmOz01]

Don't forget R&G's entirely missable BoomerEye; it's a boomerang reconnaissance sensor. Which is to say you throw it over an open space, try to catch it (Agi + Rea (4)), then check the footage.

Why not wireless?

[Novocrane]

Might not want the AR penalties while catching, and VR would be right out. If you're watching the feed later, wireless seems excessive ... unless you aren't sure about catching it.

I didn't want to assume the user would be someone that can't catch a boomerang.

[Xenon]

Might not want the AR penalties...

AR penalties...?

[MijRai]

Might not want the AR penalties...

AR penalties...?

Augmented Reality penalties of watching what the boomerang is filming while simultaneously catching it on the way back, is what I assume they meant.

[Xenon]

I'd imagine you get a negative dice pool modifier of 2 dice on your meat body perception tests while simultaneous watching the live stream of the boomerang

...similar to how you would take a negative dice pool modifier of 2 dice while your augmented reality matrix persona is in a host hacking.

But beyond that?

[Csjarrat]

id call for a composure check to cover effects from motion sickness. have you seen a boomerang inflight? lol, a camera attached to one would make for...difficult viewing

[martinchaen]

Gyro-stabilization?

[Csjarrat]

Gyro-stabilization?

definitely! :-)

[Xenon]

id call for a composure check to cover effects from motion sickness. have you seen a boomerang inflight? lol, a camera attached to one would make for...difficult viewing

You can have an augmented reality "window" with your persona traveling the matrix, entering hosts or if you are a hacker even hacking wireless devices. The only negative modifier to your meat body get is a -2 dice to perception tests... You can also have multiple live feeds in your field of vision at the same time (from your friends cybereyes, smartlinked firearms, security cameras and drones that your decker hacked and is now snooping and sharing with you). Why would a live feed from your wireless boomerang be different...?

[Csjarrat]

id call for a composure check to cover effects from motion sickness. have you seen a boomerang inflight? lol, a camera attached to one would make for...difficult viewing

You can have an augmented reality "window" with your persona traveling the matrix, entering hosts or if you are a hacker even hacking wireless devices. The only negative modifier to your meat body get is a -2 dice to perception tests... You can also have multiple live feeds in your field of vision at the same time (from your friends cybereyes, smartlinked firearms, security cameras and drones that your decker hacked and is now snooping and sharing with you). Why would a live feed from your wireless boomerang be different...?

it wasn't a serious suggestion mate. I find the concept of a camera attached to a speedily rotating stick a little hard to get on board with.
It'd need to be attached to a gyroscopically stabilised camera gimbal, much like today's aerial drones have, which is a bit unwieldy and probably affects the balance of the flight somewhat.
Don't really care either way to be honest. its not something that'll really ever see much play

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Why stick on gimbals and gyroscopes, when you have powerful computers that can compensate for this crap literally on the fly??  The only reason to use a boomerang is so that you get it back and can use it again.  Well, that and the fact that it'll show the same face to the ground the entire time ...

[Wavefire]

Actually a boomerang is not a bad idea, would advise against live viewing with the swift whirling motion though.

Advantages would include same phasing downwards at all times, ability to go around corners, quiet, no need to radio control it and if discovered would probably get a first reaction of "huh?" instead of "Alarm!". Also avoids difficult customs questions in the more repressive countries.

[welldressedgent]

Wyrm is right. I always assumed software compensated for the rotation not hardware.

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[The other Bandit]

Maybe a bit of both hard/software compensation. Through the rotation you get a 360 degree picture that gets interpreted through software. Maybe even put a laserscanner in there to get a topographical map of the ground. Or Ultrasound? After its return, data gets distributed through your wireless and your entire team has a map of the suroundings. You could simply use a minidrone instead... but where is the fun in that