Stephane

I'd suggest using like : missed by half the targeting malus (2 for a -4) = still possible hit, but not where targeted (too bad for the human shield ), more than that = missed completely.

for the "possible hit", you could re-roll a location, or alternatively use a grenade-like dispersion roll - this way a called shot to the head is highly likely to miss completely, but one to the torso has significant chances to hit some other body area.

It will dull the edge faster and require some strength, but I think Skinweave can still be cut by most scalpels. Subdermal armor is harder, and the worse is rigid body plating. Endoscopic surgery suddenly looks like a mandatory filed surgery training !

When speaking of guidance, I was thinking to something more along the lines of terminal trajectory correction - small adjustments to the course to be sure to be close enough to the target for good impact.

With the differential of speed between the weapon and it's intended target, you don't need jet fighter style manoeuvers, just a few degrees of deflexion - something along the line of this piezo-actuated nose pointing AA shells at the target.

They can probably be wire-guided from the sub - if we made it for AT missiles this can be transposed underwater. Maybe they could be fitted with some kind of optical or laser targeting system.

Just one thing I've just seen about your MPK2020 variant. Base accuracy for the weapon is +1. This rise to +2 with the integral laser sight, but you don't stack Smartlink and laser sight bonus. So the stats after accurizing should be Acc +3, +4 when smartlinked, +5 with targeting scope cyber-option.

No, it's paying a bit of attention to game world consistency and plausibility.

Belt-feeding caseless ammo is a bit tricky. A belt holding box is bulky, and spells "handling problems" in a bullpup weapon.

Assault rifle are *not* designed for continual burst fire. This helps making them not too heavy to be hauled around for days by unimproved troops. Spray two belts in a row and you jam the thing.

You want to have a powerful weapon able to toss bullets for a long time ? Take the latest M-60 machinegun, add an underbarrel grenade launcher Punisher-like and rock ! Maybe carry a spare barrel in case you need it.

As for the MP-2020, it's already a very compact design, packed with as much ammo as possible (description of the weapon is clear about this). Imagine firing a SMG with a magazine protruding 8" extra below the gun, or even (if it's a P-90 configuration) in front of the weapon ?

Here we are not rule-lawyering, it's the reverse. The rules says "you can do this", and a bit in ours brains says "but it's silly !".

You asked for opinions, you got them. Like them or not as you please. You may have expected us to watch with tears in the eyes saying "How cool ! You're a genius", but things didn't always go the route planned.

IMHO Detcord is one of the fastest and most effective solutions to cut a hole through a concrete floor/ceiling, but there is the drawback of the noise and a stand-off distance from detonation point.

Alternatively some kind of thermite or plasma cutter can be used - no detonation but still a good deal of noise and heat, and for the second option the need for a *lot* of electricity.

Mortar rounds are fired when the firing pin hit the ignition cap of the shell. In most light mortars the firing pin is fixed at the bottom of the tube and does it's job when the round drop at the bottom of the tube.

There are a few models where the firing pin can either be used this way or spring-loaded and triggered after loading the shell, like a single-shot rifle. The modification is on the mortar, and it use standards rounds. This allow to have a set of tubes loaded and laid to target, ready to drop a bunch of shells on a target, but can also be used for a trap (loaded, horizontal tube and tripwire) - the payload is larger than a grenade.

I'm not sure you need the full 1-G to offset the most etrimental effects, 0.5 g will still gives some needed exercise and result in lower structural stress.

I don't think so, as muscles *not* replaced by cyber-alternatives still need to work (maybe even harder than before when pushing cyber parts to their limits) and those replaced are no more likely to shrink.

In Shadowrun cyberlimbs were usually powered by the metabolism of the user - an array of supraconducting microscopic fibers collected body generated electricity and directed it were needed (techno-babble at work ! But this get rid of that pesky battery change problem).

Maybe  a nanite-build array, able to react with ATP to generate electricy plus some storage for peek power, that can be reloaded externally for heavy-duty use ? Or simply get away with the reload, thanks to a more efficient conversion from chemical (read food) to mechanical energy. A 'borg will probably still need some extra energy for prolonged operation at peak performance.

AFAIK, muscle contraction work thanks to molecules able to change shape and contract/relax, and blood brings the necessary energy/nutriment/whatever and take the wastes away. The process is not very efficient, about 4/5 of the energy used is converted into heat and only 1/5 is mechanical action !

Not necessarily - if the strengthening nanotubes are 1-inch length fibers to strengthen concrete they're not very useful, or if the'yre veawed into an even 1/100 inch diameter thread  - how do you separate several thousands ultra-fine (molecular-sized !), ultra-strong and *cutting* fibers in usable length ? Even a lab microscope won't allow you to "see" the individuals elements.

IMHO monowire *is* made out of carbon nanotubes - think about it : a very long, very fine and very strong molecular string - good description of a nanotube !

It's the way the "flash-pack" in Shadowrun operates - strobing powerful light flashes at random, very close and short intervals.

This won't burn anti-dazzle features, but is likely to serioulsy hamper even cyber-protected sight as long as the device keeps flashing. Now you "simply" need a lightless way to "see" (ultrasound goggles, radar, whatever) or something which doesn't rely on aiming - like explosives.

I guess that's a way a neural processor and machine link can be used - whithout needing a (removed) cyberarm. but if you've got a cyberarm and no processor this can be a solution...

I'm with Phipps on that. Long, single-use encryption keys are impossible to break unless you get a copy of the key.

And since you can put a *huge* amount of keys in a single data chip, this can probably even be integrated to a numeric radio link allowing for encrypted audio and data transmissions - like vocal report of situation, updates to a tactical map...

Well, since TL's represents a continuum, obviously devices from early TL XX are likley to look severely outdated by late exemples of the samle TL. Taking for exemple TL 6, 1900-1950, well, 40's stuff significatively outperform 10's.

A cyberlimb is already a marvel of miniaturization and integration, so effects should be limited. I'd suggest the following :

You can add one extra option space, at the cost of -5 SP to the limb and 500 Eb (no extra HL). This can be done only once per limb.

Alternatively you can buy "compact" cyberoptions taking 20%room less (0.8 option slot each, allowing 5 options without the -5SP) for a 100% increase to the cost of the option and an extra penalty (+2) to maintenance/repairs rolls - it's state-of-the-art stuff packed very densely.

Yes, but there is a trick : your cybereyes are behind the lenses, so options "compatibility" need some GM arbitration.

Say you've teleoptics or microoptics in your cybereyes, and lowl-light/thermograph in the lenses. Zooming the eyes in darkness will allow you to get a cristal-clear view of the pixels of the IR/low-light image generated by the lenses (not very useful !). Also beware of the optical transparency of the lenses. If they scramble IR or block UV's (they're sunglasses tyes ?), some cyberoptics options become next to useless...

It will be pointless to put them that far ! In clothing industry the pression is today on manufacturing cost (the pay of the women - mostly - behind the sewing machines).

With an autofab, no human work cost, so you can put it anywhere, and you'd better put it closer to your market for increased reactivity thanks to short sipping times.

Safely from the viewpoint of the weapon not bursting maybe, but for the user, with more than 3 times the velocity (and a proportionnal increase in recoil) I think this will be trully brutal and not really safe - a 175 grams grenade launched around 240 m/s means a recoil impulse similar to a .50 heavy machine gun round (43 grams around 900 m/s)...

They destructed the whole package - rocket + payload. I guess for some reasons the launcher drifted too far from it's intended trajectory or suffered some technical failure making it unable to put the satellites in orbit properly, so they destructed the complete package. It's a standard procedure during launches, so there is no reason to suspect a cover-up.