Re: [HOE] Junker device: Sunray laser pistol

[Robert Holland <robert@macauley.com>]

>I thought of an interesting question when reading this description:
>
>Robert Holland wrote:
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>> <snip>
>> A final note: by removing the batteries and applying a bit of efficiency, you
>> can cram the whole deal into a single cyber mount or light hardpoint, making a
>> kickass holdout weapon. This is the route Jared took, building a custom
>> quickchange clamp mount into his cyber arm to hold it. One of these babies ought
>> to make your cyborg or scrapper buddies happy campers.
>>
>
>When putting this gun into a cyborg, would you need the switches, or would the
>cyborg's brain do the trick on that one?

Hm, good question. Actually, I'd think you'd need to spend the slots for them in
any case, to represent the switching hardware; eitherwise you're getting
something for nothing. You might reduce the slot cost to 0.5 each instead of 1,
which would remove the need for miniaturization.

--Robert Holland