Weapons

TAPS Sharpshooter SPU

TAPS stands for target-acquisition processing system. The TAPS Sharpshooter SPU is an outgrowth of the existing TAPS Sharpshooter Autosoft for drones. The skillsoft version is a target acquisition and firearms expert program interfaces with a chipjack and smartgun system to increase the accuracy of a metahuman gunman. The implanted optical chip connects the Smartgun II system with the chipjack and permits the associated TAPS Skillsoft chip for that specific firearm to download the specifications and ballistic test data on that firearm. The TAPS Targetsoft OCC corrects the projected sighting point in the smartlink II view for range, barrel conditions, and ammunition type, and highlights targets acquired by the smartgun sighting system.

Game Effects
TAPS Sharpshooter grants a Task Pool, equal to its rating, to be used with the firearm encoded on a chip, in a similar fashion to a Skillsoft Expert Driver. The user must have an internal cybernetic smartgun II link, and a chipjack in order for this to work. This task pool is not comulative with any other task pool providing cyber or bioware, but is cumulative with a character's Combat Pool.

	Essence	Cost
TAPS Sharpshooter SPU

C3 System

The COT (Cyber-Optic Triangulation) System is the target aquisition end of the C3 system. The COT consists of a variety of sophisticated scopes attached to high resolution digital cameras, which in turn is linked to the COT computer module. The COT computer module takes the data and applies Image Resolution algorithms to integrate all of the information from the various scopes into a single image designed to be outputed to the Image Link of a cybereye via a datajack. The COT system can be modified to transmit an image to a HUD monocle, but at reduced effectiveness.

Available Packages

Danger 6-Shooter Ring:

Firing microbullets, this is a ressurection of a 1920s device sold for discreet personal protection with modern materials. Six micro-bullets are chambered within a drum pointing up from the ring. A capacitor discharges the an explosive charge that hurls an armor piercing sliver at your attacker. The ring is available in both a Single Shot revolver retro style and a bulkier Semi-Automatic & Burst fire advanced model. Various camoflaging faceplates are available for the revolver version, ranging from decorative skulls to flower motifs for the ladies.

	Conceal	Modes	Damage	Price
Revolver	8	SS	4L	2000¥
Automatic	6	SA/BF*	4L	6000¥
Faceplate	+4			500¥

* When fired in Burst Fire Mode, the ring fires a 6 bullet burst and does 4L Stun to wearer

Explosive Gun:

When you need a way to equalize the opposition at a hostile meet after being frisked and disarmed, take along this piece of a equipment. This weapon consists of a molded brick of plastique with a metal casing and embedded lead weights to make this toy indistinguishable from the firearm of your choice. With a remote detonator that can be easily added to everything from your watch to your favorite pair of sunglasses. Concealment: 5(14), Damage: 12D (-1/meter), Weight: 2kg, Cost: 1,200

Garter-belt holsters:

A highly concealable holster attached to a very feminine lace garter belt keeps one hold-out or light pistol in an area where no gentleman would ever dare search. Be ready for any occassion and stun the opposition with this field tested one of a kind garter belt. Concealment: +4, Cost: 150

Heavy Hands:

The classic weighted gloves have come into the modern era. These gloves have a complex set of layers: an outer layer of synthleather covers monocloth, which in turn surrounds a plastic that bends easily under ordinary usage, but instantly hardens under impact. Finally, there is a silk lining. The gloves thus provide an excellent utility in combat, and even allow bare-handed attacks against monowhips and monowire. Add +2 to the power of strikes using the hands. The extremely thin lining on the fingertips only adds +1 to tactile perception TN’s; ordinary gloves add +4. 8000¥ per pair.

Vorpal Fedora:

Shock your enemies when you take their heads off with your hat. Sporting a razor-sharp, Dikote™ blade around the rim, and weighted for throwing, this hat ensures that you will never be without a means of defense. Ballistic cloth comes standard to keep your head safe while you're wearing it, but this hat truly shines when it's flying through the air after some poor saps head. Concealment: 12, Damage: (STR+1)M, B1, I0, Cost 1,300¥

Danger Cast

Want to really surprise your opponent? Try on a Danger Cast for size. A variety of lethal weaponry may be incorporated into a fake cast. The leg cast comes complete with a wheelchair mount with a hidden compartment in the wheelchair for your leg. The cast itself surrounds either a single use rocket launcher or a cut-down light machinegun (use SMG ranges). The arm cast can mount everything from an SMG down. weight 5kg, 60000¥

Monofilament Sighting System

Monofilament whips have always been the weapons of the flashy and foolhardy. Hard to use, hard to control, and hard to use safely, this is the type of weapon a individual only dreams of being able to use well. Well, now Danger Girl Inc. offers you a way to make that dream a reality. The Monofilament Sighting System uses a low powered, visible red diode laser to illuminate the hard to see strand of monofilament and make it that much easier for you to see and control where it goes. This modification counts as customizing your monofilament whip, giving you one additional die to roll for attacking. weight 0.25kg, 300¥ + (weapon cost)²¥

Lucky Strike Cigarette Launcher

Disguised within a pack of Lucky Strikes, this miniturized dart launcher uses a small charge of compressed air to launch a dart at high speed to your target. A variety of darts are available from chemical injectors & narcojet needles to small explosive heads and napalm capsules. Because it uses compressed air, these darts can even be fired from underwater! Concealability: 5(14) Weight: 0.5kg

	Ammo	Damage		Price
Injector	6	Drug		600¥
Narcojet	6	6D Stun		600¥
Explosive	4	4M		1600¥
Napalm	4	4M+4L/round		2000¥

Telescoping Staff

A new twist on an old idea. These 3 meter staves collapse to a mere 15cm, and are able to extend and lock at 1, 2, & 3 meter lengths. The Staff is powered by compressed air cartridges and locked in place with a quick twirl of threaded ends. Able to support up to 200 kilos with the ends braced against opposing walls, they make useful climbing and anchoring points as well as coming in quite handy as basic weapons against unsuspecting opponents. Concealability: 6/4/2(10), Damage: (STR+2)M Stun, 2kg, 1000¥

Classic Canes

The classic swordcane continues to be a useful tool; now, with the invention of monofilament edges and Dikote™, it can be much more deadly. With the miniaturization of weaponry down to the level of eye guns, it’s quite easy to arrange for holdout pistols to be in the cane part of a swordcane, the hilt of any sword, or even a credstick or other piece of jewelry. Narcoject slivers and Fugu-5 toxin can be fired from an amazing number of innocuous devices, including watches, wrist telcoms, large rings, and credsticks.

Weapon	Ammo	Price	Notes
Embedded dart gun (5cm)	3	3,000¥	Uses hold-out pistol ranges.
Embedded dart gun (2cm)	1	4,000¥	Uses 1/2 hold-out pistol range and 1/2 power to toxin.
Embedded slug gun (5cm)	3	5,000¥	Uses hold-out pistol ranges; 3× ammo cost.
Embedded slug gun (2cm)	1	6,000¥	Uses 1/2 hold-out pistol range, -1 Power.
Laser designator (2cm)	–	11,500¥	4 km range.
Tool laser (2cm)	5	5,000¥	4L damage out to 4m range.
Tool laser (5cm)	20	12,000¥	6L damage out to 8m range. Can provide up to one minute of beam.
Injector spike (5cm)	1	5,000¥	Delivers one dose of an injected toxin. Requires physical contact.

Umbrella

Even more useful than the classic cane, umbrellas can be outfitted for all the same options and sport a ballistic fabric that helps slow down incoming bullets enough to be stopped by your body armor and help obscure your figure from snipers. B+1 I0 Concealment 5, 2kg. an additional 2,000¥ or 12,000¥ more with monocloth. Usable as partial cover against one opponent.

Monofilament spools can be very useful. A classic, elegant move is to have a monofilament spool hidden inside a metal button. Remove the button and a matching one from your jacket: the spool’s button is designed to lose its entire loop, while the other one is designed to break in the middle, exposing a set of grips. Put the two buttons together, and pull them apart: you now have a length of monofilament up to a meter long stretched almost invisibly between the two buttons, doing 10S damage to most targets. This can be invaluable for dealing with handcuffs, doorknobs, and the occasional persistent enemy. A set of these buttons costs 500¥, and are available in a variety of crests and monograms.

A similar stunt is possible with small charges of plastique. One button holds an electrical detonator; the other holds concentrated plastic explosive. (Naturally, both buttons are hermetically sealed until broken off the jacket, preventing chemsniffers from discovering them. With the buttons being made of metal, they will be opaque to X-rays.) Press the two buttons together and throw: in five seconds, the detonator’s timer will count down and set off the explosive.

Any appropriate weapons may have a monofilament edge added for +1 Power, or may be Dikoted for +1 staging. (Dikoting, unfortunately, is a high-temperature process that causes monofilament to degrade.)

For more weaponry, check out these fellow shadowy corporations.
Slamdance Inc. - Exotic melee weaponry
Tsunami Armaments Inc. - Heavy weapons
Zodiac Arms - High quality, stylish firearms for every occassion

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