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vallen

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« on: <09-01-15/0029:32> »
ok so im working on a troll mystic adept/technomancer with a obvious right cyber arm likemy last post but this time it wont be a focus but itll have a custom rail gun basicly an assault cannon. i would like to try to conceal it and it ammo basicly the troll wares a necklace of 1 inch pasteel ball barngs (ammo 2nu each) and when he needs to he hook theammo/necklace into the arm an start shooting it take two simple actions and a free action to do this in a round. free action tear off neclace simple action load weapon simple action fire 1 round this will have recoil compsnstation down to -3 dice for every shot fired and up to two shots per round after the reload  round. the arm also hosts two agents a rating 6 and a rating 3 the rating six agent is for hack/deffence. the rating 3 agent is for matanice and used as a weapon personallity/optumizer and we dont have a decker so tgat why ive got the agent

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 dam 10p acc 4(6) rc -3 mode sa ammo 20 belt + 40 chargepack large
    str 9 agi 9 armor 9 
       cyber gun fore arm smart link internal, cyber deck w/ data jack upper arm, and agent rating 6 lillith agent  rating 3 may
the total cost 350,500 out of our 500,000 leaves some room for other ideas i also need to buy atmor but that will only cost me 15,000 for a armourd jacket googles(smartlink) the ammo/charge pack is included in the weapon cost 40 shots in total
thanks any helpful tips inquirys or comments are welcome aslong as there contructive

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« Reply #1 on: <09-01-15/0039:19> »
Considering that even rifles are too big to be mounted in a cyberlimb I dunno how even a Troll will manage an Assault Cannon or Railgun... also note that Railguns need both munitions AND power packs to fire.
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« Reply #2 on: <09-01-15/0052:19> »
Umm...no. Just no. There is no way that someone is going to be able to fit a fragging assault cannon in their arm.
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« Reply #3 on: <09-01-15/0156:06> »
Umm...no. Just no. There is no way that someone is going to be able to fit a fragging assault cannon in their arm.

Just have a Look at the Krime Cannon ;)
She( It ?) is small enough.
A Panther or Vigilante Assault Cannon is too big, sure, but the Krimne Cannon is small enough (at least for a big Ork or Troll !)

A Railgun otoh would be way too Big even for a Troll Arm (ImO)

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« Reply #4 on: <09-01-15/0159:06> »
Even the Krime Cannon wouldn't work. Fire one shot and there goes your arm a few hundred yards behind you.
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« Reply #5 on: <09-01-15/0233:57> »
Even the Krime Cannon wouldn't work. Fire one shot and there goes your arm a few hundred yards behind you.

OK, thats a good Argument and I'm on "your side "
( but it does NOT concern the Size ! A Krime Cannon will still fit into a Troll Cyberarm ;) )
I myself would never do such a nonsense ( a Railgun or Assault Cannon in a Cyberarm )
Those Guns are for rare and Special Situations.
And I need the Slots in "my" Cyberarms for other Gimmicks (like Cyberarmor, Monowire, intern Comlink, hidden Secret Compartments for Smuggling, etc)
When the Moment comes and I need a Railgun I get it out of the Weaponslocker or hidden Bunker and then "Rock & Roll" !
 But I would never run around with it so that the Cops  can find out about it and arrest my Char
(this would be extremely Stupid ImO)

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« Reply #6 on: <09-01-15/0902:25> »
Here's how I would allow it:

If the troll has a cyber torso (to account for extra bracing) and the assault cannon is the arm.  Like, instead of an arm, he has a huge gun mounted on a ball-and-socket.  There's no "concealed assault cannons".  Maybe some military would think it was a good idea, but it would be a liability for a shadowrunner.

And firing ball bearings?  Not unless you don't want accuracy.  Bullets are bullet-shaped for a very good reason.

At that point, yeah, just go grab an assault cannon out of the trunk of your car when you need to destroy things.  No sense in trying to conceal that sort of firepower.

KABOOM!  KABOOM!
Officer:  What was that?
Troll: Nothing.  Just me and my innocent cyber arm.
Officer:  Oh, ok.  Carry on then.

Yeah, I don't see it happening, even if you did manage to make it look like an arm.

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« Reply #7 on: <09-01-15/1132:39> »
>> And firing ball bearings?

for a Railgun !
Vallen wants a Railgun in his Arm....

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« Reply #8 on: <09-01-15/1146:05> »
For a nice big boom in an arm, I say just hide a Ruger Warhawk in there loaded with APDS ammo.
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« Reply #9 on: <09-01-15/1245:47> »
I think you should install a seat in the arm so a pixie decker can sit there and fire the autocannon for you and deck with those agents.
Then you can also fire another weapon with your other arm (heavy machinegun, one handed!) for double the whammy!
Mebbe give the pixie a tac-nuke in case things go really sideways?

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« Reply #10 on: <09-01-15/1251:48> »
I like your thought process adzling!  I was just thinking "You know what this needs?  A tac-nuke."  The pixie decker is just gravy.

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« Reply #11 on: <09-01-15/1952:12> »
ok so no on the assault cannon then what about some sort of small rail gun i mean its not suposed to be for the cops in our last session we fought 3 dragon and we are retring that mission for our first session so i think i need this and the panther assault cannon or maybe i could have a costom drone fight with me with a big gun just another idea im might need help with character to so ik working on posting our house rules hevy priority build system next but i need either a new idea of some strong as hell costom item or i wont survive long at all with a troll street sam with technomancey/mystic adept so going with the weapon stats is it possbile to have a rail gun in a cyber arm hand and all or am im barking up the impossible jst let me know

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« Reply #12 on: <09-01-15/2028:09> »
Dude.  You have a Troll samurai technomancer mystic adept?  Yeah, buy a railgun.  Buy two or three of them.  Mount them wherever you like.  One on each shoulder and one in an eyeball mount.  You might as well get the tac-nuke option too while you're at it.

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« Reply #13 on: <09-01-15/2310:31> »
ok so then im barking up theimpossible then what kninds of costom gear do you think would help me agiast dragons our team want revenge for or characters that died agianst them maybe some sort of custom assault cannon not in a cyberarm but strong enough to deal decent damage against the dragons and other stuff the gm might through in there maybe a gun like the pather xxl with something to soup it up or something like a monofliament katana or somthing any thing that will help

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« Reply #14 on: <09-01-15/2313:28> »
I think you should install a seat in the arm so a pixie decker can sit there and fire the autocannon for you and deck with those agents.
Then you can also fire another weapon with your other arm (heavy machinegun, one handed!) for double the whammy!
Mebbe give the pixie a tac-nuke in case things go really sideways?

That makes me want to hide a Pixie Decker in a large smuggling compartment so that you can have an on-site hot sin Decker without having to deal with someone being comatose. Just gotta customize it with a Pixie-sized crash harness and you're good to go!