Weapon Damage Output Balance?

[Condottiere]

Depends on jurisdiction, and, I suspect, terrain.

Probably, less obvious, or more tolerated, in an urban ghetto.

 

[rinku]

Oh, situational for sure. At one extreme, if there's an active war in progress, body armour probably counts as appropriate clothing. And anything required for the environment gets a pass.

Just had an image flash into my head of some kid coming in from the airlock, in their vacc suit with the helmet off, and their mother yells from inside the habitat: "I CAN HEAR SUIT BOOTS, YOUNG LADY! YOU'D BETTER NOT HAVE TRACKED REGOLITH ON THE DAMN CARPET! YOU TURN RIGHT AROUND AND STORE THAT SUIT PROPERLY, YOU HEAR!?"

 

[rinku]

Also, seen at an upmarket starport bar:

"NO WEAPONS, NO BODY ARMOUR, NO VACC SUITS. Kindly check yours into the cloak room. Courtesy clothing in a range of tasteful styles and colours is available at no cost."

 

[Terry Mixon]

Also, seen at an upmarket starport bar:

"NO WEAPONS, NO BODY ARMOUR, NO VACC SUITS. Kindly check yours into the cloak room. Courtesy clothing in a range of tasteful styles and colours is available at no cost."

Or available for "a reasonable fee." Credits are credits, after all.

 

[rinku]

That would be an average status joint. This was upmarket.

 

[rinku]

Actually, that sign probably should say "at no charge."

There's always a cost.

 

[Condottiere]

Locker room.

Presumably, thumb print scanner key.

 

[rinku]

What, and pass up the opportunity for a memorable cloak room NPC? Never!

 

[MonsterX]

In Spitzbergen, the policy in the shops and restaurants is that you don't bring the guns inside, but luckily there is no charge for storage. It saves on having to argue with gun-toting customers about whether they should stow their guns.

 

[Condottiere]

I thought it over for a law level/zero society, and decided that custom would insist that the owner, or operator, of the property you're on, has the right to ask for the removal of weaponry while on the premises, and the obligation to provide safe and suitable storage.

 

[Ol'Weedy]

Just saw the helmets above. You'd have to give a pretty high armour value for this one, but at least a -2DM to see...or move.

(Rick Moranis)