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- | ===== Non-lethal weaponry ===== | + | ====== Non-lethal weaponry |
More considered to be deterrents or devices to incapacitate an attacker without causing permanent harm, non-lethal weaponry is commonplace. The most common incarnation of this breed of weaponry is pepper spray. | More considered to be deterrents or devices to incapacitate an attacker without causing permanent harm, non-lethal weaponry is commonplace. The most common incarnation of this breed of weaponry is pepper spray. | ||
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* Melee-range, | * Melee-range, | ||
- | * Wired projectile, which shoots a pair of barbed electrodes on wires from a single-use cartridge. The energy source and control circuitry are in the weapon itself. These weapons can have anywhere from one to three cartridges ready to deploy, but will only fire one cartridge at a time. | + | * Wired projectile, which shoots a pair of barbed electrodes on wires from a single-use cartridge. The energy source and control circuitry are in the weapon itself. These weapons can have anywhere from one to three cartridges ready to deploy, but will only fire one cartridge at a time. Range is usually around 15 meters. |
- | * XREP (eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile) rounds that hold the battery, electrodes and control circuitry in a self-contained, | + | * XREP (eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile) rounds that hold the battery, electrodes and control circuitry in a self-contained, |
- | ===== Here There Be Banhammers ===== | + | //OOC Note: You may be tempted to shrug off the effects of Taser-style weapons and continue roleplaying the scene as if the only thing that happened to you was being poked by a pair of barbed needles. I invite you to search YouTube for videos of US Marine Corps personnel being tased (for a single five-second jolt), and from there, advance the technology a couple hundred years. Tasers work. Even on cyborgs (in fact, maybe even BETTER on cyborgs, depending on where impact occurs). If you doubt this, page a member of RP staff for an opinion. - Hagalaz// |
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- | Examples of things that are NOT allowable | + | Examples of things that are NOT allowable |
- | * Laser/plasma weapons (laser weapons are allowed in LITE combat) | + | * Man-portable laser/plasma weapons (pistol/ |
- | * Disproportionately large caliber (you would have trouble operating a .65 caliber | + | * Disproportionately large caliber, multiple-shot weapons |
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- | * Perhaps the biggest no-no is a fur-portable minigun (which technically doesn' | + | * Perhaps the biggest no-no is a man-portable minigun (which technically doesn' |
In short, if you are thinking about designing a laser rifle, or a minigun, or a laser minigun, DON'T. | In short, if you are thinking about designing a laser rifle, or a minigun, or a laser minigun, DON'T. | ||
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