Solomani Confederation (Military)

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7. Recoil and heat should be dependent on the actual damage dice, before adjustment.

8. Minus one, and so on, would be disregarded, whereas plus one rounds up to the next dice.

9. Unless, you fractionalize the rounding up, which would probably pay off for really sustained fire.

A. I'm not too clear where the thirty six points for initial threshold comes from in the example.

B. I think I'll just stick to the given values in the table for each receiver.

C. Quick barrel change, like the you have with the detachable magazine, might be interesting.

D. The barrels pop out easily, and you can replace it in a simple action.

 

[Condottiere]

Saturday Night Specials

Generally, I like to have a gun that's disposable and untraceable, as a back up.

The untraceable part is generally done by role playing and sourcing, while the disposable part is usually picking the cheapest and most common handgun, or Kalashnikov.

This would seem less viable when you're on a Ticket, and you and everyone around you, expect your equipment to work.

So we have the option of low quality, and I'm thinking of incinerating parts, or all of, the gun, instead of just finding the next river.

Or easily corroded metal.

 

[Condottiere]

The advanced combat rifle is a lost cause.

But I think I can make a competitive alternative to the heavy advanced combat rifle at two kilostarbux, bulky, automatic two and scope.

 

[Condottiere]

FRED FLINTSTONE FUSIL

Big bang, big bux, big buck.

Weapon
. Fred Flinstone Fusil
Type
. Assault
Component
. receiver type
.. assault
... base cost
.... three hundred starbux
... actual cost
.... 75.00 starbux
... base weight
.... two thousand grammes
... quickdraw
.... two
.. ammunition type
... heavy rifle
.... base damage:
..... four dice
.... ammunition cost
..... two and a half starbux
.... base range
..... four hundred metres
.... base ammunition capacity
..... twelve rounds
.... actual ammunition capacity
.... zero/chambered
.... signature
..... physical
...... high
.. mechanism
... single shot
.... cost
..... minus seventy five percent
.. totals
. barrel
.. rifle
... quickdraw
.... zero
... cost
.... 22.50 starbux
... weight
.... one thousand grammes
. furniture
.. stock
... cost
.... 7.50 starbux
... weight
..... two hundred grammes
Totals
. quickdraw
.. two
. cost
.. 105.00 starbux
. weight
.. 3'200 grammes
Accessories
. scope
.. cost
... fifty starbux
.. weight
... two hundred grammes


Notes
. ammunition capacity based on receiver capacity

 

[Condottiere]

Weapon
. Fred Flinstone Fusil
Technological level
. five
Range
. four hundred metres
Damage
. four dice
Kilogrammes
. 3.2
Cost
. one hundred five starbux
Magazine
. zero/chambered
Magazine cost
. two and a half starbux
Quickdraw
. two
Traits
. physical signature (high)

 

[Condottiere]

Fabrique Nationale Fusil Automatique Léger

 

[Condottiere]

Fred Flintstone Fusil versus heavy advanced combat rifle isn't quite a fair comparison, nor was it meant to be: it's nineteen times cheaper, but the ammunition is three hundred seventy five percent more expensive.

Which is odd, since two and a half starbux is the default cost of heavy rifle ammunition, which presumably the heavy variant of the advanced combat rifle is firing.

No default recoil, in theory, by either, as longarm absorbs four dice and automatic two, but bulky trait means you need strength characteristic nine in order not to incur penalty.

Presumably bullpuppized, gyroscopically stabilized, flash suppressor/grenade launcher, and electronicized sights. And advanced projectiles.

 

[Condottiere]

Actually, what you should do is chamber the Fred Flintstone Fusil for the heavy advanced combat rifle ammunition, which resolves the difference in ammunition cost.

Though I wonder if that ammunition is classified as military?

 

[Condottiere]

SCREWY SQUIRREL SHOTGUN

Big man, very strong man, medium gun.

Weapon
. Screwy Squirrel Shotgun
Type
. Assault
Component
. receiver type
.. assault
... base cost
.... three hundred starbux
... actual cost
.... 56.25 starbux
... base weight
.... two thousand grammes
... quickdraw
.... two
.. ammunition type
... standard smoothbore
.... base damage:
..... four dice
.... ammunition cost
..... one and a half starbux
.... base range
..... slug
...... one hundred metres
..... pellet
...... twenty five metres
.... base ammunition capacity
..... six rounds
.... actual ammunition capacity
.... zero/chambered
.... signature
..... physical
...... high
.. mechanism
... single shot
.... cost
..... minus seventy five percent
.. totals
. barrel
.. rifle
... quickdraw
.... zero
... cost
.... 16.875 starbux
... weight
.... one thousand grammes
. furniture
.. stock
... cost
.... 5.625 starbux
... weight
..... two hundred grammes
Totals
. quickdraw
.. two
. cost
.. 78.75 starbux
. weight
.. 3'200 grammes
Accessories
. scope
.. cost
... fifty starbux
.. weight
... two hundred grammes


Notes
. ammunition capacity based on receiver capacity
. very bulky
. penetration minus one
. inaccurate minus two

 

[Condottiere]

Comparatively, heavy rifle is the better choice to shotgun, no recoil, increased range; also, pellet option.

However, then you have law level six, where the shotgun is the only option; likely, minimum length, and maximum magazine capacity would also be included.

Gyroscopic stabilization and longarm receiver would deal with recoil.

 

[Condottiere]

Weapon
. Screwy Squirrel Shotgun
Technological level
. five
Range
. one hundred metres
Damage
. four dice
Kilogrammes
. 3.2
Cost
. seventy eight and three quarters starbux
Magazine
. zero/chambered
Magazine cost
. one and a half starbux
Quickdraw
. two
Traits
. physical signature (high)

 

[Condottiere]

SCREWY SQUIRREL STABILIZED SHOTGUN

Fire power for the masses.

Weapon
. Screwy Squirrel Stabilized Shotgun
Type
. Longarm
Component
. receiver type
.. longarm
... base cost
.... four hundred starbux
... actual cost
.... 75.00 starbux
... base weight
.... two thousand five hundred grammes
... quickdraw
.... zero
.. ammunition type
... standard smoothbore
.... base damage
..... four dice
.... ammunition cost
..... one and a half starbux
.... base range
..... slug
...... one hundred metres
..... pellet
...... twenty five metres
.... base ammunition capacity
..... ten rounds
.... actual ammunition capacity
.... zero/chambered
.... signature
..... physical
...... high
.. mechanism
... single shot
.... cost
..... minus seventy five percent
.. totals
. barrel
.. rifle
... quickdraw
.... zero
... cost
.... 22.50 starbux
... weight
.... one thousand two hundred fifty grammes
. furniture
.. stock
... cost
.... 7.50 starbux
... weight
..... two hundred fifty grammes
Totals
. quickdraw
.. zero
. cost
.. 105.00 starbux
. weight
.. 4'000 grammes
Accessories
. scope
.. cost
... fifty starbux
.. weight
... two hundred grammes
. gyrostabilizer
.. technological level
... nine
.. cost
... three hundred starbux
.. weight
... five hundred grammes
.. effects
... removes bulky
... aiming
.... movement
..... removes upto minus two


Notes
. ammunition capacity based on receiver capacity
. bulky
. penetration minus one
. inaccurate minus two
. with gyrostabilizer
.. cost
... four hundred five starbux
.. weight
... four and a half kilogrammes

 

[Condottiere]

Recoil compensation is ten percent receiver cost, five percent weight, per.

Problem is damage gets reduced by one and three respectively, so for the assault receiver, you're not getting much, or anything, at least in regard to standard smoothbore; also you would retain bulky even with stabilizer.

 

[Condottiere]

SCREWY SQUIRREL STABILIZED STATUARY SHOTGUN

Your kid sister could use this.

Weapon
. Screwy Squirrel Stabilized Statuary Shotgun
Type
. Longarm
Component
. receiver type
.. longarm
... base cost
.... four hundred starbux
... actual cost
.... 440.00 starbux
... base weight
.... two thousand five hundred grammes
... quickdraw
.... zero
.. ammunition type
... standard smoothbore
.... base damage
..... four dice
.... ammunition cost
..... one and a half starbux
.... base range
..... slug
...... one hundred metres
..... pellet
...... twenty five metres
.... base ammunition capacity
..... ten rounds
...... detachable magazine
....... cost
........ sixty one and three fifths starbux.
.... actual ammunition capacity
..... ten rounds
.... signature
..... physical
...... high
.. mechanism
... burst capable
.... automatic two
.... cost
..... plus ten percent
.. totals
. barrel
.. rifle
... quickdraw
.... zero
... cost
.... 132.00 starbux
... weight
.... one thousand two hundred fifty grammes
. furniture
.. stock
... cost
.... 44.00 starbux
... weight
..... two hundred fifty grammes
Totals
. quickdraw
.. zero
. cost
.. 616.00 starbux
. weight
.. 4'000 grammes
Accessories
. scope
.. cost
... fifty starbux
.. weight
... two hundred grammes
. gyrostabilizer
.. technological level
... nine
.. cost
... three hundred starbux
.. weight
... five hundred grammes
.. effects
... removes bulky
... aiming
.... movement
..... removes upto minus two


Notes
. ammunition capacity based on receiver capacity
. bulky
. penetration minus one
. inaccurate minus two
. with gyrostabilizer
.. cost
... nine hundred sixteen starbux
.. weight
... four and a half kilogrammes
. standard magazine cost based on receiver, barrel and furniture total cost

 

[Condottiere]

You can add accurization, high quilization, bullpuppization, and so on, but that will shoot way beyond a kilostarbux.

For people with lots of money, probably it doesn't matter, but becomes a little questionable when you're looking for banging that buck.

When do we actually have breech loading shotguns?

 

[Condottiere]

Weapon
. Screwy Squirrel Stabilized Statuary Shotgun
Technological level
. five
Range
. one hundred metres
Damage
. four dice
Kilogrammes
. 4.5
Cost
. six hundred sixteen starbux
Magazine
. ten
Magazine cost
. fifteen starbux
Quickdraw
. zero
Traits
. physical signature (high)
. gyroscopic stabilizer
.. technological level nine

 

[Condottiere]

The Browning Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. Designed by John Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900,[4]

That would be technological level five.

 

[Condottiere]

No, actually late nineteenth to early twentieth is technological level four.

 

[Condottiere]

The AA-12 (Auto Assault-12), originally designed and known as the Atchisson Assault Shotgun, is an automatic combat shotgun developed in 1972 by Maxwell Atchisson. The most prominent feature is reduced recoil. The current 2005 version has been developed over 18 years since the patent was sold to Military Police Systems, Inc. The original design was the basis of several later weapons, including the USAS-12 combat shotgun. The shotgun fires in fully automatic mode only. However, the relatively low cyclic rate of fire of around 300 rounds per minute enables the shooter to fire semi-automatically de facto with brief trigger pulls. It is fed from either an 8-shell box magazine, or a 20- or 32-shell drum magazine.

 

[Condottiere]

For the shotgun, the game changer would have to be the gyrostabilizer at technological level nine.

Automatic would probably coincide with the rifle variant, so technological level six.

Gauss variant at technological level twelve is likely military grade, though I think I'll take a shot at a monobarrel and a skeet shooter.