Security 'necessities' for Spaceships

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by SuedodeuS

Electrolasers: Rather than (or in addition to) rubber bullets, an electrolaser can be both more effective and safer for dropping a subject. I think there is an underbarrel model in Ultratech,

Armor: You'll probably mostly want anti-stab rather than anti-ballistic armor, as you'll probably be dealing mostly with irate passengers and local fauna, neither of which tend to have access to firearms. I don't think UT actually has any anti-stab armor, although you could probably extrapolate from HT.

Electrolasers are a decent option but sleep gas is better (HT-6 rather than HT-4). Avoid Sonic stunners and Nerve guns.

You can also reduce that arsenal by having multiple ammo types for a shotgun pistol (go gauss at TL10) or a gyroc and there is very little reason to choose a gyroc longarm over a pistol.

So you can get by with a swiss army Knife selection of ammo for one of these weapons rather than a whole gun cabinet.

Don't bother with trying to fake up anti-stab armor. The concealable balliistic armor in UT is better anti-stab armor than any anti-stab armor in High Tech. Lighter as well as more protective.

Actually, many of these equipment suggestions appear to be from High Tech rather than Ultra Tech. Just get a copy of UT and pick out one or two flexible weapons and some basic tools appropriate for your TL.