Wednesday, January 29, 2003

/ Blake // 9:57 PM

Ok, so what do you want to know about the world of the future? Politics? The rise and fall of the US? The Hostile Takeover of the Megacorps? Future Fads? Fashion? Perhaps we can start with a quick refresher on the past 50 years?
No? What's that?
You'll have to speak up...

Oh.

Fine.

We'll talk about "Blowing Shit Up." (uncultured heathens...)

First off, the weapons of today are not forgotton, instead just cheaper. A DEagle will shoot a hole through a bystander just as well as an Laser Rifle, Infact, with a couple of HEAT rounds and some TL8 Chemical amunition, it'll be a much bigger and deadlier hole. Pretty much any TL 7 gun can be found new for half-price, and no license is needed, these are consetered 'collecters' weapons, and are largely overlooked by the general public. This dosen't count for machine guns or explosives though, which require a license to buy (or there's always the black market, which gladly supplys old cheap explosives to those willing to pay inflated prices for questonable goods). Ammunition is another matter, as things like APS (Armor-Piercing Saboted) rounds and Explosives Bullets make any gun an increadbly deadly weap

Modren slugthrowers use chemical-based reactions to propel the bullet. The main advantage to this is that the ammo is incased in a solid chunk of propellent which is consumed, and lowers the weight and size of a clip, increasing ammo capacity, while eliminating the need for an ejection port for spent cases. Many kinds of guns can be bought, and TL7 weapons remodled into chemical slugthrowers at there normal cost. Normal ammo is unrestricted, special ammo is a bit harder to find, and can be a crime to have loaded into a carried weapon, or to have on you while carrying, but not to sell and possess.

Gauss Needlers, usualy just called needlers, use a magnetic pulse to fire steal slivers at super-sonic speeds. They are the general weapon of choice for most people of 2050, being small, not heavily regulated, and carry a lot of ammo. People from all walks of life, Shinobi Assasian to Middle-Class Thunderball Mom, carries these quiet little weapons. They work great against flexable armor like kevlar and monocrys, but break on rigid armor, and can shoot 200 shots on a single B battery. They are avalable in many forms, from holdout pistol to sniper rifile, and can be carried with only a regestration and payment. There are also needlers that run off of gas cartrages instead of magnetic pulses. These are mostly legal, howerer their most comman useage (shooting drugs into unwilling targets) is consitered highly illegial.

Gyrocs are supposedly heavily regulated, but show up with great frequency. They fire self-propelled .75 caliber spin-stabilized rockets, and make up the backbone of infantry and police weapons. The technology is somewhat outdated, but are kept in serves due to their versatility. They are mostly quiet, but heavy, half the weapon is ammo supply. Lots of diffrent ammo exists, from APEX rounds to gas rounds. These require a permit to buy, but can be found on the black market, gathered from shadow wars fought over the globe.

Yeah, I know you want them. You can even have them. They're in the url for sakes' sake. Yup, Lasers, now refering to just about any coherent energy beam. These are sold with only a registration, but aren't very popular, due to arugments from the gun culture agenst them being a 'pro' weapon. They'll mostly be found in the homes and hands of the rich and corp-hired mercinaries. Snipers love them. Children love them. They get a lot of show in the media. They've got no recoil. They are pretty much nullified by reflec armor, which is a popular fassion statement. They follow the standard rules, can be hot shotted illegialy, and make great stocking stuffer.

Personal Tanglers are available off the streets, and are totaly unregulated, you have to register to buy a heavy model.

Melee weapons are mostly unregulated, and are in populer useage. Stun clubs are legal, and are found in use by security and police. Vibroblades are considered legal, and all current blades weapons are automaticly super-fine. Melee weapons have hit a high point lately, with every hero on the web and screen using melee weapons. People carry swords as a current trend, it's not uncommon to see a 10 year old showing his friends his new claymore. Actualy, they've started to lose popularty among the younger croud, and may carry a negitive penelity when dealing with young kids, being seen as 'old-fassioned.'

Explosives are highly illegial! But that dosen't mean you can't find them on the mean streets, for right price.

Biochemical weapons are also illegal, aside from sleep gas, which can be bought with a licence, and prism gass, which is used to refelct laser beams, although it can also be used to block radar.

Well, that's all for now, tune in next week, when I'll discuss Disruptors, Electrolasers, Plasma Flamers, and maybe some other stuff. Boogum.

/ Blake // 7:42 PM

Ok, minor technical dificulities....

/ Blake // 7:41 PM

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