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[SNAFU]

Erg

Estimate confirmed.

Lahz

Integrate Wilks Cannons

MARAUDER PA
14 -- INTEGRATE/FIRELINK 4 WILKS 1000 Laser Pulse Cannons (MercOps Pg 104) to a Fabricate Custom Heavy Beam Laser Pulse-Rifle for the MARAUDER PA.
Estimated 215lbs & 150 MD with a direct power link into the PA Suit
Military Grade (High-End) Portable Computer using Level 1 Design and Diagnostics Simulation Computer Program [[ Bionics Sourcebook Pg 69 ]]
Weapons Engineer 78+30+2=110%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!
Mechanical Engineering 78+30=108%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!
Robot Mechanics 73+30=103%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!
Robot Electronics 71+30=101%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!

To make the weapon as you'd like to make it, we need a redo. I went to the GM cabal with your plan and here is the method we came up with:

Required Penalty: gives +2 to auto crit fail per weapon beyond 1. so for the four-barrelled version, he'd be at 1-7 crit fail, which means overload for 1d6+2 melees. I'd also make it bulky and make him at a negative to dodge or parry.

Measure it in terms of successes and attempts per day. (2 success full rolls per day)


Step 1: Call it one weapon engineering roll per weapon to disassemble (Armorer and electrical engineer could substitute at -10%; basic could substitute for EE at -20%);

Step 2: Call it it two electrical engineering rolls and four weapon engineering rolls to get the weapons linked so they can be fired at once

Step 3: A computer and computer programming (at least eight rolls, two for each gun and its link to the whole), plus another one to program an interface to accept input from the trigger

Step 4: 3 mechanical engineering rolls to make a case that will hold it all,

Step 5: Four weapon engineering rolls to actually aim that mess of weapons

so call it 25 rolls not counting failures, each represent a half-day of labor.

Handle crit fails one of two ways: Destruction of all materials or inclusion of yet another flaw

[Lahz]

Lahz

Integrate Wilks Cannons

MARAUDER PA
14 -- INTEGRATE/FIRELINK 4 WILKS 1000 Laser Pulse Cannons (MercOps Pg 104) to a Fabricate Custom Heavy Beam Laser Pulse-Rifle for the MARAUDER PA.
Estimated 215lbs & 150 MD with a direct power link into the PA Suit
Military Grade (High-End) Portable Computer using Level 1 Design and Diagnostics Simulation Computer Program [[ Bionics Sourcebook Pg 69 ]]
Weapons Engineer 78+30+2=110%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!
Mechanical Engineering 78+30=108%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!
Robot Mechanics 73+30=103%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!
Robot Electronics 71+30=101%: Invalid dice code!, Invalid dice code!

To make the weapon as you'd like to make it, we need a redo. I went to the GM cabal with your plan and here is the method we came up with:

Required Penalty: gives +2 to auto crit fail per weapon beyond 1. so for the four-barrelled version, he'd be at 1-7 crit fail, which means overload for 1d6+2 melees. I'd also make it bulky and make him at a negative to dodge or parry.

Measure it in terms of successes and attempts per day. (2 success full rolls per day)


Step 1: Call it one weapon engineering roll per weapon to disassemble (Armorer and electrical engineer could substitute at -10%; basic could substitute for EE at -20%);

Step 2: Call it it two electrical engineering rolls and four weapon engineering rolls to get the weapons linked so they can be fired at once

Step 3: A computer and computer programming (at least eight rolls, two for each gun and its link to the whole), plus another one to program an interface to accept input from the trigger

Step 4: 3 mechanical engineering rolls to make a case that will hold it all,

Step 5: Four weapon engineering rolls to actually aim that mess of weapons

so call it 25 rolls not counting failures, each represent a half-day of labor.

Handle crit fails one of two ways: Destruction of all materials or inclusion of yet another flaw

Lahz has already spent over 1 million credits for parts, but for the chance to make a weapon that, even sinking EP into the design or with perfect rolls, will still (statistically) overheat and be useless 1 in 3 times that it gets fired (on a roll of 1-7 on the D20) ...

That doesn't seem worth it. I suppose I can RP considering it, but I can't afford to have a gun that can only be shot with EP to avoid overload or hope to be effective with such an unreliable weapon.

[Lahz]

Soo, without spending EP for any of the rolls , such would give you a very good chance to make the rolls.
For example:
Weapon Engineer 78Base +30Gloves +30(2x time Extra Careful) +2 Computer simulator Bonus = 140%
With no EP spent you can eat up to 42% worth of skill penalties, you still have a 98% chance of success. Very good odds.

I'm not saying Lahz couldn't do it, although the unstated penalties seem quite high.
I'm saying that it looks like the overtly-stated penalties that will be applied even to a perfectly finished project will still be a gun that doesn't fire 1/3 of the time (and which will, in those circumstances be useless for a lengthy period).

Also , as this is Lahz's 1st prototype with such a design , any flaws he might be able to refine / fix / reduce / etc , later on .. Like a computer software patch to fix a bug in the software, the hardware didn't need to be destroyed .. but until that software update there was a 'flaw' or 'bug' in how it functioned.

Agreed, but realize that for $170k in gems you are creating something that bends Time (your chamber thing), and if you fail, you can still use the gems.
This will cost Lahz over 1 million credits for what at best will be a semi-functional weapon, and if he fails it's going cost him alot more.
The Spooks really aren't interested in being 'kind-of-occasionally-effective'
I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm saying it does not appear cost-effective given the inefficiencies in play.


With 1 of these Wilks Cannons (just 1 of the 4), Lahz with his 8 APM can potentially can do 1080MD in 1 round.
Every pull of the trigger on the proposed Cannon has the chance of knocking the weapon out for 1d6+2 melees.
That means every single pull of the trigger COULD stop the firing for 24 Actions (if the 1d6+2 resulted in a 3).
Therefore every pull of the trigger COULD result in a net loss of up to 3,240 MD damage.
It would make ALOT more sense to me if on a mis-fire situation it was Roll regular damage, then roll 1d4 and divide your damage by the result.
As outlined though, it makes more sense to just RP out the design as being lengthy, and not eventually doable (at least ahead of this mission).
I still love the idea, but it's not considered feasible (game imbalancing), so that is what it is.
Maybe I can get a 2-barrel cannon going, or a 3 barrel with a lesser-penalty.


SNAFU, you had asked about other multi-barrel weapon examples:
Belofsky Heavy Laser Cannon (Warlords of Russia Pgs 182-183)
Naruni NE-700 Vulcan (Wave 2 Pg 34)
Samson Tri-Laser (NG2 Pg 143)

[Lahz]

Lahz will attempt to assemble a custom frame/stock (not sure what to call it) that will create a large beam-rifle fit for the Marauder's hands (as opposed to the humans the single weapon was previously designed to be used by.

The frame should hold the 4 [3-4] Wilk's 1000 Laser Pulse Cannon(s) in parallel 2x2 matrix to preserve targetting, and feed all of them off a NG-W10 Heavy Labor Drone Solid Oxide Power cell and as many of the Wilks Cannon standard power generators are necessary to meet the necessary firing load.
Having the weapons' power system integrated into the stock is intended to counterbalance

Original Weapon: 3000', Single shot 5d6+3, Pulse blast 3d4*10

Pulse Cannon Estimated Stats:
240MD
215lbs
Range: 2500' (to accurately maintain focused fire)
Single shot 2d6*10 (reduced from 2d6*10+12)
Pulse blast 10d4*10 (reduced from 12d4*10)
Payload: Unlimited payload

[SNAFU]

Stage 1: Casing and Structure:
Custom-built from scratch this laborious project takes 7 days total. 4 for initial construction and three for adjustments later on.

Roll Once each Weapons and Mechanical Engineer: barring crit failure, this is done.

What's the next step?

[Lahz]

Stage 1: Casing and Structure:
Custom-built from scratch this laborious project takes 7 days total. 4 for initial construction and three for adjustments later on.

Roll Once each Weapons and Mechanical Engineer: barring crit failure, this is done.

What's the next step?

Step 1: From-Scratch frame construction over the course of 2 weeks:

Weapons Engineer 78+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 140%: 1d100 = 89
Mechanical Engineering 78+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 140%: 1d100 = 94

Step 2: Fire-link the component cannons for synchronized firing, and include the cannon as a HUD window. Lahz should have fire-linking pretty much down, its even done on Hovercycles down at NG for 5k (See NG 2, Pg 159), and he had to pass a recent test on it to get his certification. He also should have the programming from the Splugorth tri-cannon turrets to use.

Lahz's previous projects, and his thorough study of the Splugorth turret, have made Lahz a 'Fire-Link" expert. From now on he may apply an additional +10% bonus to his rolls when fire-linking or he may chose to re-roll one critical fail per session after the fact ;whichever he prefers at the time. (Must declare his intentions before hand.)

Give me 5 rolls each of the same skills as above. Barring critical failures this is done. I'm expecting at least 3 more steps. What's next?

[Lahz]

Step 2: Fire-link the component cannons for synchronized firing, and include the cannon as a HUD window. Lahz should have fire-linking pretty much down, its even done on Hovercycles down at NG for 5k (See NG 2, Pg 159), and he had to pass a recent test on it to get his certification. He also should have the programming from the Splugorth tri-cannon turrets to use.

Lahz's previous projects, and his thorough study of the Splugorth turret, have made Lahz a 'Fire-Link" expert. From now on he may apply an additional +10% bonus to his rolls when fire-linking or he may chose to re-roll one critical fail per session after the fact ;whichever he prefers at the time. (Must declare his intentions before hand.)

Give me 5 rolls each of the same skills as above. Barring critical failures this is done. I'm expecting at least 3 more steps. What's next?

Re-Roll Crit Fail ...

Weapons Engineer 78+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 140%: 1d100 = 96; 1d100 = 65; 1d100 = 28; 1d100 = 3; 1d100 = 75
Mechanical Engineering 78+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 140%: 1d100 = 2; 1d100 = 84; 1d100 = 85; 1d100 = 80; 1d100 = 94

Done

[Lahz]

Step 3 -- Power -- Lahz assembles the power couplings from the Solid Oxide Power, power packs from 2 of the Wilks-1000 Laser Pulse Cannon, and a pair of NG Universal Energy Links to create a power system capable of sustained fire matrix within a heavy triple-wide stock built of heavy-plated Splugorth hull-plating armor.


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Install duplicate Dyna-Bot Skill Combat Programming into Tony the Tiger-Bot:
Computer Operation 103+30=133%: 1d100 = 8, 1d100 = 30
Computer Programming 83+30=113%: 1d100 = 23 1d100 = 24

Install duplicate Dyna-Bot Skill Combat Programming into Kit the Robosistant (he prefers Robo-Sapien)
Computer Operation 103+30=133%: 1d100 = 82, 1d100 = 79
Computer Programming 83+30=113%: 1d100 = 74, 1d100 = 8

Complete

[Lahz]

Step 3 -- Power -- Lahz assembles the power couplings from the Solid Oxide Power, power packs from 2 of the Wilks-1000 Laser Pulse Cannon, and a pair of NG Universal Energy Links to create a power system capable of sustained fire matrix within a heavy triple-wide stock built of heavy-plated Splugorth hull-plating armor.

Weapons Engineer 78+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 140%: 1d100 = 35; 1d100 = 73; 1d100 = 62; 1d100 = 38; 1d100 = 53;
Mechanical Engineering 78+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 140%: 1d100 = 88; 1d100 = 49; 1d100 = 63; 1d100 = 66; 1d100 = 42

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Step 4 -- Sensor Integration -- Lahz assembles a contact-based uplink into the handle and trigger-assembly that will allow the Marauder to access the cannon's internal targeting and integrate for use in conjunction with the suit's radar and other sensors.

Weapons Engineer 78+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 140%: 1d100 = 38, 1d100 = 12, 1d100 = 23, 1d100 = 64
Robot Electronics 71+30 (Gloves) +2 (DISCUS)= 110+30 (extra time) = 133%: 1d100 = 29, 1d100 = 99 --- EP CRIT SUCCESS, 1d100 = 67, 1d100 = 19

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Step 5 -- Testing -- Lahz takes the beam-cannon thing, he's not decided on a name for it yet, out to test-fire in the Merctown countryside


Complete

[Carl]

Carl's Projects

[Vheld]

Vheld's Projects

Spells Learned through Study

Level One
Blinding Flash
Cloud of Smoke
Globe of Daylight
Level Two
Cloak of Darkness
Concealment
Manipulate Objects
Level Three
Invisibility: Simple
Light Target
Negate Poison/Toxin
Level Four
Charismatic Aura
Seal
Magic Net
Watchguard
Level Five
Energy Disruption
Eyes of Thoth
Featherlight
Implosion Neutralizer
Lifeblast
Mental Blast
Level Six
Frequency Jamming
Mask of Deceit
Targeted Deflection
Words of Truth
Level Seven
Level Eight
Lightening Arc
Level Nine
Level Ten
Level Eleven
Level Twelve
Level Thirteen
Level Fourteen
Level Fifteen
Void
Spells of Legend

(This is used as an archive to record spells studied.)

Spell Scrolls on-hand
None

Spell Books on-hand
See character sheet.

Name of Spells Being Actively Studied: Multiple image, Thunderclap

Length of Study Required:

Date Started:

Date of Expected Completion:

[Minerva]

Minerva's Projects

[Lahz]

Lahz's Projects

[Whisper]

Whisper's Projects

[Calamity John]

Calamity John's Projects

Condensed Summary of Calamity John's Tinkering Info

Level 1 (.5)
Basic Electronics, Basic Mechanics, General Repair and Maintenence (.25*3=.75)
Situational: Gemology
Attempts per day: 1 (1.25, round down)

[Ronan]

Ronan's Projects
As of July 8th, 2019

Upon the completion of the campaign, or when the time is right; Ronan plans to enlist the help of his applicable teammates to M.D.C.-ize the A.D.F. Armor and Goggles; He will also try to get schematics made for them, and then modify them to be on par standard M.D.C. E.B.A.s

Potentially Applicable Skills @ 3rd Lvl

Demolitions ☞ 85% (+3%)
Demolitions Disposal ☞ 85% (+3%)
Underwater Demolitions ☞ 83% (+4%)
Cyberjacking ☞ 54% (+5%)
Intelligence ☞ 54% (+5%)
Recognize Weapon Quality ☞ 39% (+5%)
Basic Electronics ☞ 44% (+5%)
Salvage ☞ 49% (+5%)
Jury-rig ☞ 39% (+5%)
Mathematics: Basic ☞ 59% (+5%)
Radio: Basic ☞ 79% (+5%)

Gear Items in Question

A.D.F. Combat Goggles

A.R.: 15
S.D.C.: 25
Features: automatically filters any harmful bursts of light across the spectrum. A nanite-based internal lens layer automatically polarizes and darkens the lenses whenever exposed to light in excess of 35 watts. Can receive and display visual data on the inside of the light emitting polymer lenses.

A.D.F. Standard Armor

Stored in ATV
A.R.: 16
S.D.C. by Location:
--Helmet: 100
--Arms: 100 each
--Legs: 150 each
--Main Body: 200
Weight: 14 lbs. (6.35 kg)
Modifiers: -5% to movement & physical skills
Features:
• Fully environmental
• HUD in helmet visor
• Encrypted short-range audio/data transceiver, range: 12 miles (19.31 km).

Tasks

1. M.D.C. the Armor
2. M.D.C. the Goggles
3. Draw Schematics for both
4. Augment or otherwise modify armor/goggles to become on par with Naruni-style EBAs