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--- small_arms [2011/06/10 05:58] – hagalaz
+++ small_arms [2011/06/10 06:57] (current) – [Here There Be Banhammers] devik
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   * Melee-range, where the user has to physically touch the electrodes to the target.
-  * 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, pop-out fin-stabilized projectile fired from a compatible conventional weapons system (usually a shotgun).
+  * XREP (eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile) rounds that hold the battery, electrodes and control circuitry in a self-contained, pop-out fin-stabilized projectile fired from a compatible conventional weapons system (usually a shotgun).  XREP rounds fired from a shotgun usually have a range of 30 meters.
+//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//
 ====== Here There Be Banhammers ======
-Examples of things that are NOT allowable in small-arms form:
+Examples of things that are NOT allowable as small arms:
-  * Man-portable laser/plasma weapons.
+  * Man-portable laser/plasma weapons (pistol/rifle/squad assault weapon/etc...).
   * Disproportionately large caliber, multiple-shot weapons (you would have trouble operating a .65 caliber handgun).
   * "Smart" ammunition (able to track a target, etc... Think 'Runaway').
-  * Perhaps the biggest no-no is a fur-portable minigun (which technically doesn't fall under small arms, but it is important enough to mention).
+  * Perhaps the biggest no-no is a man-portable minigun (which technically doesn't fall under small arms, but it is important enough to mention).
 In short, if you are thinking about designing a laser rifle, or a minigun, or a laser minigun, DON'T.
+| [[devik|{{http://www.trmichels.com/WolfHeadStare3310.jpg?75x75|For one, you can't carry enough ammo.}}]]| //Devik Sez: I'm not even kidding on this minigun thing. I promise you I've heard every single argument that can be made on this point; it's not even remotely possible, let alone practical.// |