“- I’m really learning to HATE the usans’ love of missile platforms, especially fast-moving missile platforms. And somebody ELSE busted in, slammed me into the asphalt, grabbed our prize, and made off with her just like that, like they were magic of something! Those are the people you should be going after, officer! We just did a snatch and didn’t harm anybody.those maniacs killed or crippled my crew! And you’re arresting ME?! They were flying hardcore milspec gear! Don’t you have laws about that sort of thing?” Something killed our engines and communications, and started punching hulls in our van and my crew. Then that damn thing materialized out of the mist over us like a dragon and the whole job went to hell. Hell, even the weather was ccoperating we had fog thick as coffee creamer obscuring any sight of our hovervan. “It should have been a smooth as silk job like the others go in, zap and wrap the target, and zip back to the institute with her before anyone was the wiser. PS-HST/VTOL-081SF3 “Dragonfly III” Light Transatmospheric Assault Shuttle The CS item prices have the excuse of being military contraband, but you'd think it would be less expensive in Phase World where there's a lot more manufacturers with similar items and you can legally get them. Most of the hand used expendable explosives have always seemed high to me then, because you really have to work to make them cost effective. I'd have to check myself, though, as to whether I ever indicated that Pattern-1E McMs(or ANY McMs) had any sort of maneuvering capability in space(and that brings up the question of whether missiles in Rifts/Phaseworld are thrust=vectored or aerodynamically steered, which would affect whether they could accurately move under self-guidance in space/microgravity as well as they do in atmosphere. though in Rifts Phase World, it's indicated that Rifts prices and Phase World prices for munitions are generally the same. However, those are admittedly Rifts Black Market prices. CS fusion grenades it's based on, which also cost 2,000 credits BM, it's cheap with the bells and whistles. Sure, compared to chaff/flares it's expensive, but the chaff/flares have a chance of only distracting or decoying a missile, while the PPLG stands a good chance of DESTROYING it.Īnd, compared t the dumb-throw. If it can use both the grenade part and the beam to make 2 different intercepts that's a different story though.Īctually, when you consider that it's a self-aiming stand-off anti-missile weapon with a bonus to strike, it's pretty cheap, and you can fire it from an existing countermeasure launcher. It would be cheaper to use a few Pattern-1E McMs. 2K credits for a single intercept just seems a bit high for me, but I also think the PPLG is too expensive for a disposable one-shot laser beam, even an X-Ray one. The only issue I have is that they probably should have tried a Mini or Micro Missile based system first due to the munition costs.
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