[JustADude]

Y'know, there is a riot control device IRL that is essentially a Claymore mine firing a bunch of taser darts. Can't for the life of me remember the name. Help?

Shockwave, or something, IIRC. They used one on the SWAT vs SG6 episode of Deadliest Warrior, though, so it should be on the Wikipedia entry for that episode. I'd look myself,  but I'm on my smartphone right now.

[Redmercury]

Is it the Taser Shockwave? http://recessionreadyamerica.com/2011/05/new-taser-shockwave-system-is-a-truck-mountable-taser-claymore-mine/ Yaaay police states! It seems a bit dangerous, can't believe this is a legal riot control device. Now I'm wondering why I haven't seen any tasers in FPS's. Imagine the humiliation shots.

[Mithlas]

I was going to say "Taser Shockwave" before Dude and Red beat me to it. Sometimes it's also called a "Taser Claymore", but I think that's just something passing through internet lingo.

Is it the Taser Shockwave? http://recessionreadyamerica.com/2011/05/new-taser-shockwave-system-is-a-truck-mountable-taser-claymore-mine/ Yaaay police states! It seems a bit dangerous, can't believe this is a legal riot control device.

I'd rather be hit with this than a shotgun with beanbag rounds with their tendency to not unfurl and thereby bruise ribs, or plastic rounds that have killed people in every country, or worse: "mushrooming" rounds that tend to fragment on striking unarmored people.

Now I'm wondering why I haven't seen any tasers in FPS's. Imagine the humiliation shots.

It's been in Siphon Filter, though it functioned more as an infinite-ammo "I hold down the button to burn you alive", quite unlike the function of a real taser. It might be in others, but I haven't been in the FPS scene for a while since DRM joined the picture.

[Reaver]

If you have been following the news any, tasers have been linked to a number of deaths over the years, so even this "less than lethal" system is killing people...

[JustADude]

If you have been following the news any, tasers have been linked to a number of deaths over the years, so even this "less than lethal" system is killing people...

The actual phrase is "Less Lethal," or at least it is these days. The word "than" isn't part of the equation, thus noting that they can potentially kill... they're just a lot (let me emphasise "a lot") less likely to kill you than a bullet hitting your center of mass at 2000 ft/sec.

[Mirikon]

IIRC, those people typically had preexisting conditions or other factors that contributed to their deaths.

[Reaver]

IIRC, those people typically had preexisting conditions or other factors that contributed to their deaths.

Depends on the case. The guy at YVR in 2007 had no existing condition... Too soon for the autopsy on the guy last week in Surrey. But some had undiagnosed heart conditions.

[Mithlas]

All of the cases I've heard of involved pre-existing weaknesses (congenital heart weakness, etc). Either way, I think we all know pretty much anything can potentially be lethal. Even water can be toxic if taken to the right extreme.

Getting back towards the thread topic, Spy Games has a throwable micro-net that entangles enemies, so this could be seen as support for a conductive-filament-based electrical stun grenade. Or just get yourself a Taser Shockwave and have the capability to put down a crowd repeatedly. It's good PR because you're not spraying blood around, and it's safer than a rubber pellet claymore because you can re-activate it for those trolls and other toughies who didn't stay down.

[JustADude]

It's good PR because you're not spraying blood around, and it's safer than a rubber pellet claymore because you can re-activate it for those trolls and other toughies who didn't stay down.

And that's one thing I really think is missing from the Taser rules... although only the already horribly under-crunched Defiance EX Shocker uses wires to actually take advantage of that capacity. The rest are basically purpose-built Stick'n'Shock dispensers.

Since Net Hits = Dart Placement, that would mean Same Darts = Same DV... so I could easily see spending another Simple Action to jam the trigger again and nail them again for the same DV. Downside, of course, is that it would take a Simple Action (Free with Smartlink) to disengage the cartridge and ready the next set of darts to be fired.