Hailspork wrote:

THe description of the Battle Laser does say it's mounted, so I doubt that's a typo.

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This heavy laser pulser is typically mounted and used for battlefield support, firing more powerful beams than the standard laser pulser.

Emphasis on "typically". If it were meant to be a mounted weapon exclusively then they would probably be rolled into Weapon Systems (p9) which are "beyond the scope of this book". So no, it seems like something clearly meant to be used by infantry as well. Even besides that, my point with how batteries can get confusing comes from this scenario: Fire one shot from a laser pulser, then take out the battery and place it in a plasma rifle. How much ammo is left in that plasma rifle? My point is that batteries should come in different types to fit their weapon (like bullet caliber) because it's far simpler than doing math. The plasma rifle thing just doesn't seem to make sense at all. There was no blast radius in 1st Ed, and I see no reason why ionized gas would explode in general. It just feels really out of place.

HEALING & REPAIR (p. 33) First Aid: This looks to be a powerful option. At least for getting rid of wounds. I'm wondering if you could ignore nanotech healing (causing injury if need be) in order to fix wounds? Most nanotech (not counting healing vats) only heal 1 wound per day, while first aid can conceivably heal all your wounds before the day is over. Am I correct to assume that 2 different weapon attacks count as separate injuries? Recovery: Could you fix the example? It should be "2 nanobandages heal 2d10 damage in the first hour, they heal another 2d10 on hour 9 (they needed 8 hours to replenish), then on hour 13 you heal 1d10 thanks to you basic biomods.". Or something like that. Surgery: Can healing vats skip the need for surgery? Revivification: What is the proper gear for putting someone in medical stasis? Tool Kit paramedic? Nanobandage? What about reviving? Tool Kit paramedic? Nanobandage? Repair of Synthmorphs: I'm tempted to say that repairing wounds might take too long. For instance, a Reaper has a wound threshold of 12. Repairing that damage would take at least 3 hours + 8 hours for the wound. A Case flexbot has a WT of 4. Repairing that damage takes an hour but the wound will still take 8 hours. With a DUR of 20 and a DR of 40, I could repair 20 DUR in 4 hours, and repair it from DR in 8 hours, yet wounds will still take 8 hours each. I suppose what I'm asking for is for the repair time to scale with the DUR of the morph.

My thoughts on weapons and armor. WEAPON/GEAR TRAITS (p. 4 - 12): I couldn't figure out where to look for weapon traits. The information didn't precede or follow immediately after the gear that has it was listed. We get the basics for combat before we see a single weapon. We get rules for melee combat before we see melee gear, and rules for ranged weapons before we get to see a single ranged weapon. This was inconsistent and left me confused until I did a word search on the pdf. Maybe a little note above notes or traits that says to say where to look would be helpful. Or you could move were weapon traits are listed so its easier to find. Sprayer (p. 9): The complexity rating isn't in bold. Also, does a single dose affect every target in the whole area? Standard Ammo (p. 11): I'm confused. Are we supposed to be tracking standard ammo? The segment on AMMUNITION AND RELOADING (p. 6) left me with the impression that batteries and standard ammo was... well... free. Its the specialty ammo that I would have to buy. Maybe its complexity should be free unless you are buying more than 500 or something. Beam weapons don't list batteries in the same way. Underbarrel Seeker (p. 12): The complexity rating isn't in bold. Splash Seeker (p. 12): How many doses of chemical, poison, or whatever, does it carry or need? I want to be able to affect multiple targets with the payload, not just one. Does a single does affect the whole area? Ballistic Shield (p. 14): Could a large morph carry it with one hand? What if the morph had 3 or more hands? Could those extra arms wield weapons? Extended Magazine (p. 16): What about Railguns? Can they get +50% ammo? ARMOR MODS (p. 17): I'm a bit sad that I can only put on one armor mod. A specialized hive [Maj] might be a bit too pricey to make the armor mod a lasting feature. Also, how does this work on flexbots? Err... wait, maybe I'm trying to open a whole can of worms here. Reactive (p. 17): What if I'm a synthmorph adding this mod to their armor? Does it bypass their armor and inflict injury anyways? What if they are wearing a layer of armor on top their innate armor and apply the mod to that? Fixed (p. 22): OK, I get it. A medium sized character can't run around using a fixed weapon without penalty. They need to have it mounted on something. So what about a large character? Could they use the same weapon and run around with no penalty? No Point-Blank/Close (p. 22): Is there a way to know if your seeker ammunition has this setting on? After doing the hardware or infosec test, can you sure that you override the safety? As for time, how long does this take? Do I have to have do this in advance, or can I hack it seconds before I fire it?

I think there was a mix up with tab indentation and a table entry that was too big. So I think the x2 was pushed from damage to rate of fire. It happens sometimes when working with text files.

Vladimiravich wrote:

I see that there is a small bar at the end of the kinetic weapons table reading that rail guns do everything as above plus, but then the bar only shows a x2 under the SS/SA/BF/FA tab. What does this represent?

This is saying that the railguns have twice as many shots per magazine as the normal weapons. It should be in the next column. The range is 1.5x the normal range. The main advantage of railguns is that they get Armor-Piercing without losing the 1d10 that standard firearms would take for using Armor-Piercing ammunition.

I guess I spoke too soon. The sizes rules does in fact mention that large sized morphs can use two-handed weapons with 1 hand. I hadn't reached those rules when I spoke (I skipped ahead to get to weapon traits). Unfortunately, there is no mention of fixed weapons and sizes. Reactive Armor (p. 17): The numbers for reactive armor don't match. The numbers in the description is +5/+5 while the table shows the numbers as +3/+3. Large Size (p. 20): Typo. "navigating the confine sof cramped habitats". Should be "of" not "sof". Radiation (p. 29): Possible typo. "Radiation can be countered by thinner, better shielding and nanomedicine...". Maybe try "thicker" instead of "thinner"? I don't think thinner helps with radiation. Encountering non-sapient alien life (p. 39): I don't like this entry. I think you could get used to discovering alien life without freaking out every time.