Diasporan rifle, tactical


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So this sniper rifle from alien archives has a capacity of 10 and use 1 per shot, if it discharges can I just replace the battery with a 20 spare one? Or am I forced to recharge it? This is for society play

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I'm starting to think this is an error since the higher lvl ones have a capacity of 30 and no such battery exist, nor does a 10 for that matter


Well technically a 10 charge battery exists, you just have to get it by buying a flashlight lol. I'm sure that it should have been 20 and usage 2.


I’d put this in the errata thread.


Wait, so there is a new battery charge based sniper rifle?


Yep, in the alien archive, they are laser snipers :)


Eggscellent. That sure fulfills some niches

sans the battery issues


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I've been running with the concept that a basic battery (20 charges) is at 100%. This sniper rifle with 10 charges shoots 1 charge per shot (10%). So if you use a "generic battery #9" in this gun you still only get 10 shots because basic battery = basic battery. The super battery is 30 charges I think right? So being 50% more, you basically end up with 5 more shots. This is just the round about way of saying count your battery as being half as big.


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I'm guessing it should have been a 20 charge battery with a usage of 2.
The 30 shot rifle should probably have a 60 charge battery with a usage of 2.


Ravingdork wrote:

I'm guessing it should have been a 20 charge battery with a usage of 2.

The 30 shot rifle should probably have a 60 charge battery with a usage of 2.

I also have a player using this in society play, I like this solution best as I see no clear errata or correction for this weapon yet.

Oddly, the Hero Lab Online Alien Archive content forces these guns to use standard batteries already, but it does not increase the charges per shot. However, without an official ruling I am going to go with the 2 charge per shot idea that you have suggested.

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