Security 'necessities' for Spaceships

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Originally Posted by AmesJainchill

This is not complicated?

When you leave the ship for an away mission, get the AP-loaded magazine out of the safe you keep your not-currently-in-use weapons in.

Carry two pistol magazines of frangible ammo with you at all times.

Simple?

What you don't seem to get is that, if I don't have it with me, I might not have it at all. I have to base most of the equipment I have on me as BEING on me, because I know my GM and he'll probably give me Absent Mindedness to keep me from taking advantage of all the equipment I'd have.

If the AP magazine isn't on me, and I don't make the 'remembrance' roll, than I leave without the magazine. Or leave it in the safe. Or whatever.

Because you seem to not understand; I need a weapon that I can use for straight-up combat; AP bullets, a grenade launcher, whatever.

But I cannot, CANNOT, logically be able to mistake it as a weapon I can use on a spaceship, and it has to be significant enough to remember. The pistol and it's ammo are neither of these things. I take this seriously because my GM has no problem killing me if I do something stupid, even if I'm doing something because of Role-Playing.

Speaking of which, equipment I can wear at all times; are their rules for jamming electronics and if so, at TL...10, say, is there some kind of wrist-puter or whatever that can fix this? I'm picturing more subtle combat scenarios now, like Space Pirates that jam sensors and radios, which would make the doors on the ship hard to get around without it.

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

The Gauss Shotgun Pistol (and the Gauss CAW too) do not have an inherent (3). They just do 8D unless you load them with APEP. You can load them with sleep gas rounds instead. Or HP or HEC (no frag, no overpenetration and killer internal explosions). It's also usable with baton rounds and a dozen other things.

The Gyroc Launch Pistol takes a clip and 3 seconds to reload just like anything else with a clip. It does only hold 6 rounds but for an in-ship weapon you want one-shot stops and not to have to rely on spraying and praying.

For goodness sake's carry at least one Gyroc guided minimissile (the Holdout launcher will do)when you leave the ship. That will let you attack someone (like a sniper) 1900 yard away without range penalties. If he has the stealth gear to fox the minimissile's guidance you're screwed anyway.

If you want more concealable armor you're going to have to go into the Bionics section. There may be as many 3 different things available at your TL.

The Guass weapon you suggested had the (3) armor divisor. Anyway, are you sure the Gyroc doesn't reload individually? It has the little '6(i)' underneath shots, and I can't get over that when I consider 'one-shot stops'. I can't guarantee my GM'll give me enough skill to use the gun without an aim maneuver, and sometimes you can't spare the maneuver.

Although, this mini-missile idea...I do like that.