[blackshade10]

Hey guys, first time poster.


On page 58(Girls with Guns), there is this dude surfing a drone walker that has a platform-esque top.  Any idea what drone that is, or if it isn't specific, what drone might best replicate it?


Thanks! =D

[Stainless Steel Devil Rat]

I don't think it's meant to represent anything specifically.

But it appears to be a walker motive type, so I'd suggest the walker chassis of the ubiquitous MCT Seven drone from Rigger 5.0.

[blackshade10]

That was my first instinct when browsing Chummer, but they're just so limited in what you can do to modify them.

[Stainless Steel Devil Rat]

Well you can probably ride on top of it while it carries you around

[blackshade10]

This is true!

I had this idea of creating a tiny shell on top of the platform for my character to hide in(a Rigger Cocoon basically), so I can have this tiny mini walking tank thing that I can rig into while not getting shot to pieces. 


Trying to do this as a Technomancer even, which I am learning is a nightmare and a half because of how crappy they are.

[Stainless Steel Devil Rat]

Well if that's what you want, there's a drone that's pretty much meant to do exactly that: The Transys Steed.  Of course it's basically a Professor X chair.. it's wheeled as opposed to walker.  But you can always mod that.

The Ares-Segway Terrier is a vehicle that does the same thing, and being a vehicle is much more moddable than a drone is.  Easier to turn that into a walker.

[blackshade10]

Oh, I'll take a look at those!

Is there a way to swap out one movement system for another on a vehicle?  All I can find is the Secondary Propulsion. 

[Stainless Steel Devil Rat]

Oh, I'll take a look at those!

Is there a way to swap out one movement system for another on a vehicle?  All I can find is the Secondary Propulsion.

No way I'm aware of other than delving into house rules.

[blackshade10]

I mean, do you see any mechanics problems that could be caused by grabbing the stats from one vehicle and just saying "This is now a Walker of appropriate size"?

[Stainless Steel Devil Rat]

I mean, do you see any mechanics problems that could be caused by grabbing the stats from one vehicle and just saying "This is now a Walker of appropriate size"?

Well walkers aren't particularly fast.. so if you simultaneously nerf the speed to be comparable to other walkers it's size I wouldn't have an issue with calling it your own made up model of drone.  But again it's gonna vary by GM.

[blackshade10]

Cool, I'll run it by my GM.  We're all fairly new to the system, so I don't know all the little things that can kind of leap out and break the game by accident.  So far, research has shown that SR5 is a little... finicky.