Neural Weapon Ammo?

[foleypt]

There is going to be a Neural pistol in the next adventure we are playing.

My question is "what is Neural Weapon Ammo and why is it so expensive and how many rounds do the pistol and rifle take?"

Guess I always figured the Neural Weapon to be an energy weapon, which I suppose it could still be and those values be for the energy pack.. in that case, how many shots does it get and is it a backpack like the laser weapons? I'd have thought by TL16 they'd have found a better solution

There is no mention of neural weapon stats in the Player's handbook but there is in the Imperial Encyclopedia

Previous question about Neural Weapons

 

[HG_B]

There is going to be a Neural pistol in the next adventure we are playing.

My question is "what is Neural Weapon Ammo and why is it so expensive and how many rounds do the pistol and rifle take?"

Guess I always figured the Neural Weapon to be an energy weapon, which I suppose it could still be and those values be for the energy pack.. in that case, how many shots does it get and is it a backpack like the laser weapons? I'd have thought by TL16 they'd have found a better solution

There is no mention of neural weapon stats in the Player's handbook but there is in the Imperial Encyclopedia

Previous question about Neural Weapons

Consider that it is charged for one week before you have to plug it in again. Really won't be that different than a radio transmitter. It probably won't look like a "gun" at all. So, the PC's will most likely not recognize it as a weapon...

 

[McPerth]

There is going to be a Neural pistol in the next adventure we are playing.

My question is "what is Neural Weapon Ammo and why is it so expensive and how many rounds do the pistol and rifle take?"

Being a TL 16 ítem, I guess the ammo is just a miniaturized battery (and hence so expensive), and so it may be recharged, the cost being for spare batteries.

About the number of times it can be fired, you're right there's no metion in the books. I'd make it as a TL9 laser pistol (being the first generation of them), so 50 shoots, but tht is quite taken out of my hat.

Guess I always figured the Neural Weapon to be an energy weapon, which I suppose it could still be and those values be for the energy pack.. in that case, how many shots does it get and is it a backpack like the laser weapons? I'd have thought by TL16 they'd have found a better solution

It is an energy weapon (it's listed among them in the IE). ITTR to have sen somewhere a TL 13 integral pistol, whose battery was not in a backpack (and with less shotts ammo). I guess the TL16 neural pistol would have similar batteries.

 

[foleypt]

Thanks for the reply

I see now if you consider the weight of the Ammo (battery) 0.5kg combined with the weight of the Pistol 0.5kg for a total of 1kg, you can see that is similar to the weights of the other handguns plus ammo.

50 shots seems reasonable before recharging. I hope TL16 batteries are more reliable then our batteries, finding a TL16 relic with a battery that won't hold charge any more would be quite annoying!

Interesting how the Pistol is a lot more expensive than the Rifle.. the effects of the two are similar but the Rifle works over a greater range... guess you are paying for the costs of miniaturization? The battery is cheaper for the pistol however.. so perhaps the Rifle needs more power?

 

[HG_B]

the effects of the two are similar but the Rifle works over a greater range... guess you are paying for the costs of miniaturization? The battery is cheaper for the pistol however.. so perhaps the Rifle needs more power?

The inverse square law would dictate more power for greater range (rifle)

 

[McPerth]

Thanks for the reply

You're welcome

50 shots seems reasonable before recharging. I hope TL16 batteries are more reliable then our batteries, finding a TL16 relic with a battery that won't hold charge any more would be quite annoying!

As we're in MT, it does not need to be a relic. There are some TL16 in MT (Gemid, Vland 1903, according to V&V; Depot, Deneb1613 acording to Rebellion; Dlan...).

Interesting how the Pistol is a lot more expensive than the Rifle.. the effects of the two are similar but the Rifle works over a greater range... guess you are paying for the costs of miniaturization? The battery is cheaper for the pistol however.. so perhaps the Rifle needs more power?

True, but the ammo (battery) for the rifle is more expensive and heavier, so I guess it makes for the higher power needs.

 

[robject]

Even outside of the MegaTraveller ethos, Deneb still has Vincennes.

50 shots seems fine, if your players want to track ammo.

 

[foleypt]

It is Darrian, so a relic. I play MT in 1105, I prefer the more stable Imperium, with an adventure on every world.. but interesting to note the existing TL16 worlds