[HOE] Junker Laser Sight Question

[Matt and Teresa Steflik <grifflik@stny.rr.com>]

Here's batch number one - I'll send more as I get 'em.

Matt


Theo McGuckin wrote:

> I would just leave the game stats exactly as-is (unless he wants to make a
> sight that can burn through people) just have him spend some time and
> parts and make some skill rolls to design/build the thing (give him a HUGE
> bonus if he actually has one to take apart, then make him roll high to put
> it back together).
> The only thing I'd change is making his version much bigger (more like a
> cell-phone on top of his gun then a little tube under the barrel).
> Micronization is just too hard with current tech. He could always make it
> smaller by actually making it a junker device but then that involves
> spirits and reliabilities and all that garbage.
>
Darrin Bright wrote:

> Ugh. I hate the rules for sensor/targetting in the junker book... but
> I'd either try to use the Targeting power, but the write-up is a mess
> since it says something about using Commo and Sensor in conjunction with
> it. After banging my head against the targetting rules, I'd probably
> just make it a very simple beam active sensor with the Sensor power,
> give it a range, and just use the bonus from the non-junker Laser Sight.
>
Nick Zachariasen wrote:

> Well, if he wants to go the Junking route, I'd say that he could use a
> flashlight (a reasonably strong one, though), a small parabolic reflector
> (to collect the light into the fine point), and a lens of whatever color he
> wants it to be to change the color of the light (Hell, celophane could even
> work).  Then just give it the Light power (I really think they should be
> called something else, like "Functions"- "Powers" just doesn't work), since
> it's really just a light.
>
Rich Ranallo wrote:

> Now why the Hell would anyone want a laser sight that burns people?  Once
> the sight is on the victim, you're going to do enough damage just as soon
> as you pull the trigger.  Not to mention that having a burning sensation
> hit the target's forehead is likely to make them flinch and ruin the
> shot.  A laser sight that burns people is a completely useless sight and
> a pretty wussy laser, if you ask me.
> Unless you decide to up the power on the sight, and then make a laser
> sight for the laser sight...
>
Rich Ranallo wrote:

> The reason Targeting is obnoxious like that is because you're using it
> for the wrong thing.  Targeting makes a computer that can analyze a
> situation and make the best of it.  a laser sight is far, far from it.
> Here's a brilliant idea for making a laser sight: use LIGHT!  Maybe come
> up with a slight alteration to make it directional, but the choice of
> power should be fairly obvious.
> Saying Targeting is inappropriate is like the argument some people made
> about junker-built lockpicks after Junkman just came out, "MacGuyver can
> build a lockpick in 30 seconds to get through a door, but a junker has to
> use Sensor, Brains and Agility to do it."
> But how often did MacGuyver build a hand-held computer with small robotic
> arms that picked the lock for him?  If your junker wants to make a
> lockpick, he can grab a chunk of metal like anyone else, and use the
> Lockpickin' aptitude.
>