Best HT/UT weapon(s) for a ST 15, 16, 18, 20 and 25 characters?

[lexington]

Originally Posted by SuedodeuS

Away from my books, but in general you want a weapon you can comfortably carry around (and use without having to set it up), can use to send out a large volume of fire, and can carry a good deal of ammunition for. Some sort of LMG using 5.56 ammo (on account of it being so much lighter than 7.62, although you could use it instead) would work nicely. Be certain to pack +P ammunition! For the really high ST, you could get away with an HMG, provided it's possible to fire comfortably without mounting it. If CQB is common, however, you'll probably want a good, rugged assault rifle. You still get an advantage over weaker characters due to both carrying more ammo and doing more damage when you bash someone over the head with the rifle (or stab them, if you attach a bayonet). If armor piercing ammunition is rare, you can instead opt to go with the largest firearm you can use one-handed and a nice big shield (probably a custom one) for use as portable cover. In all cases, a high ST character can opt for carrying around a lot more ammo than more typical soldiers (thus allowing a higher volume of fire) or wearing better armor. At sufficiently high ST, you can get away with doing both!

The above is biased for TL8 or so, but could probably extend to UT.

Sounds like you'd want the Grav Heavy Needler. 100 armor piercing, high damage, high accuracy, rounds per second. *drool*

Of course you probably wouldn't want to use that in an urban setting.