[HOE] Oh, boy, more Junker problems! [HOPLER]

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

One of my players and I are havign a rather heated discussion (read:
argument) about him building an energy scythe with Shield and Weaponsith.  I
have no problem with the idea- in fact, I think it would be kinda cool.
However, what we're disagreeing over is the Frame size.  He says it should
be Frame 7 because of the blade (which I don't think should factor in on
energy weapons, since it isn't really there most of the time) and the
height.  I, however, think the Frame should be smaller due to the fact that
it's going to be pretty much a pole that a beam of energy extends from.  My
logic is that, in the exampe of Framesize 5 (I think it's 5, anyway), it
gives the examples of a small fridge (I'm guessing a dorm fridge) and a
battle axe.  Both are listed as Frame 5, yet you're going to be able to fit
a lot more onto/into a dorm fridge than you are a battle axe.  The fridge is
a box, whereas the axe is essentially a stick with a sharp thing on it.

I mean, you take a Size 6 human and then take a metal handle that's the same
height or a little taller.  Now, both would be Frame 6, from my
understanding, but the human has a Hell of a lot more volume than the metal
pole.  To say that you can fit the same number of things into/onto that
human that you can that pole, to me, is ludicrous.  My interpretation of
Frame is that it's a measure of volume, which Slots (which are correlated to
Frame) seem to be a measure of, and the aforementioned human has much more
volume than a 6-foot metal pole.  I think he figured that if it was any
smaller than Frame 6 he wouldn't be able to build it (though this was before
I got a chance to see in the AR that an energy weapon uses half the number
of slots).  Basically, what I'm looking for is some kind of ruling on what
exactly Frame is supposed to measure- surface area, volume, what?  Also,
will we ever see some kind of chart detailing roughly how big a Slot is- say
maybe a cubic inch or two?  That could help a lot in determining how big
something needs to be and in saying exactly how large something turns out.

Nick "the player needs a computer" Zachariasen