[Ultra-Tech] Weapons and Equipment Branding

Prince Charon · 01-22-2021, 07:21 PM

Basically, taking the generic weapons and other gear from GURPS Ultra-Tech and related books (or websites like Pizard's equipment page), and creating specific named variants, as GURPS Cyberworld did.

For example:

Banana Republic BR-25 Wasp Mini-Defender

When laser weapons enthusiasts discuss clothing retailer Banana Republic's failed attempt to break into the budget energy weapons market, the Wasp Mini-Defender is almost inevitably brought up. A smaller variant of the company's BR-30 Hornet Defense Pistol released at the same time, the Wasp was seen as even less reliable or accurate than even that weapon. The poor sales lead to further and further reductions in price, before production was discontinued and the remaining stocks were sold at auction (where they didn't do well, even in bulk). Since its introduction, it and the BR-30 have seen far more use in robberies than for self defense.

(Statwise, start with the TL10 Holdout Laser (Ultra-Tech p115), but reduce Acc to 0, Cost to around $150, and give it a Malf. number of 15 (individual weapons may vary, as quality control was also an issue; energy flow problems that reduce damage or armor divisor are also common); weapon quality is cheap. The Hornet is similar, being a cheap-quality (and cost) variant of the TL10 Laser Pistol on the same page.)

01-22-2021, 07:21 PM	#1
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	[Ultra-Tech] Weapons and Equipment Branding Basically, taking the generic weapons and other gear from GURPS Ultra-Tech and related books (or websites like Pizard's equipment page), and creating specific named variants, as GURPS Cyberworld did. For example: Banana Republic BR-25 Wasp Mini-Defender When laser weapons enthusiasts discuss clothing retailer Banana Republic's failed attempt to break into the budget energy weapons market, the Wasp Mini-Defender is almost inevitably brought up. A smaller variant of the company's BR-30 Hornet Defense Pistol released at the same time, the Wasp was seen as even less reliable or accurate than even that weapon. The poor sales lead to further and further reductions in price, before production was discontinued and the remaining stocks were sold at auction (where they didn't do well, even in bulk). Since its introduction, it and the BR-30 have seen far more use in robberies than for self defense. (Statwise, start with the TL10 Holdout Laser (*Ultra-Tech* p115), but reduce Acc to 0, Cost to around $150, and give it a Malf. number of 15 (individual weapons may vary, as quality control was also an issue; energy flow problems that reduce damage or armor divisor are also common); weapon quality is cheap. The Hornet is similar, being a cheap-quality (and cost) variant of the TL10 Laser Pistol on the same page.) __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted. Last edited by Prince Charon; 01-23-2021 at 06:24 PM.