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If I were ARCHIE I'd save up and buy NG...then shut em down lol...

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As far as ground relays are concerned that is something that would create obvious weak points in his chain of command... what's this about a satellite? I must have missed something... When did ARCHIE-3 get a satellite (which book as well)? It was official material in a Rifter (sorry can't remember ...

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how long would evolution on this scale take? Less than 300 years -and even faster than that if you're foolish enough to live in the "magically radioactive" areas in The Magic Zone. Psi-Stalkers came about due to the vastly increased levels of magical energy. Exactly this and one reason fo...

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Galroth wrote:Also, is that range from before ARCHIE got his hands on a functioning satellite?

This is indeed an interesting prospect. Even if ARCHIE couldn't build satellite receivers into his bots (which I bet he could) all he would need would be local relay stations...

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Maybe a little experiment is needed. I say:

Roll up a random dead boy and a random Archie Bot. Assume full damage rolls for each and see who dies first. Then assume numerical parity and extrapolate.

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I find the idea of Tolkeen fighting the CS to a standstill a much more logical outcome. I also personally feel it makes for a richer gaming experience as well. Another aspect I never bought was that no one else decided that while the CS was looking up north that it was time for some payback. It only...

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anybody got thoughts on Vegas? Fallout: New Vegas Run around in T-51B power armor slinging plasma at giant Rad Scorpions and Deathclaws. i use a shotgun with the knockdown perk now that is fun Lol, my most recent playthrough is actually what got me to thinking about Rifts Earth West Coast . And it'...

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There are just too many people for that level of dedication across the board. You might sustain it for short periods of time but you can't manage it as a standard, as for one such dedication is exhausting and mental fatigue will get to you. You'll start making mistakes just because you're so dedica...

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Kind of off subject but some buddies and I played a campaign where one of us was a were-jaguar. He was our resident serial suicide bomber

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Not really IMO. I look at the abundance of OCCs kind of like having specialization classes right up front. Instead of 5-6 basic classes which branch out into other more specialized classes you can just take your particular specialization right up front. *shrug*.

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on a related but different aspect i allways wondered and hope that you might be abel to enlighten me, lets say we have southern USA with some vamps problems, then we have lower mexico with the VK, and in between we have the northern mexico wasteland hunted by wild vamps... but how do all those vamp...

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"Aside from the raw materials needed, Archie manufactures the robots without expense." Merc Town pg 66. The one thing we know that Rifts Earth has is LOTS of raw materials. The "without expense" part is really where it lies....he manufactures anything he has plans for for FREE. E...

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There might be some prices in WB1. I know there is a small coastal town, Tampico?, which mainly exports their oil. Granted they are on the Gulf of Mexico but it might give you a cannon source to extrapolate.

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How the CS reacts will probably play a big role in whatever solution was used. Somehow I can't see Prosek being ok with the idea of a "sentient tree". It just smells too much of D-Bee.

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If we are talking about a full scale war against the Vampire Kingdoms then the odds favor the Vampires. If we are talking about removing the Vampire leadership and allowing their city states to self destruct under internal pressure, slave rebellions, etc then I feel ARCHIE has the advantage. I beli...

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If we are talking about a full scale war against the Vampire Kingdoms then the odds favor the Vampires. If we are talking about removing the Vampire leadership and allowing their city states to self destruct under internal pressure, slave rebellions, etc then I feel ARCHIE has the advantage. I beli...

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Actually running water IS part of the traditional Vampire Mythos.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire

Under Folk Beliefs, Protection.

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I voted for Splynn simply because he wouldn't hesitate to atomize every single slave on Atlantis. It'd cut into profits, but he can always get more.

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If we are talking about a full scale war against the Vampire Kingdoms then the odds favor the Vampires. If we are talking about removing the Vampire leadership and allowing their city states to self destruct under internal pressure, slave rebellions, etc then I feel ARCHIE has the advantage. I belie...

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Title says it all. Lets limit this to resources that can be provided by Rifts Earth. What do you think?

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Methinks it's gonna be a bad day for the Vamps...

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Simple answer...house rules.

At the end of the day you can streamline/change/update anything you want in your own time.

Unless of course you're a purist and find it anathema to go outside the "rules"...then you'll just have to hold your breath....for a long time

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Note to self, "with the full book knowledge of what the CS is/does" is WAAAAY too vague. Lol.

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I'm gonnna guess it's not a Rifts movie. The icon giant blue rift is just too good to fudge up and it just doesn't have the "Rifts" feel to it.

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I'd recommend: Rifts Core (NON Ultimate if you have it) Sourcebook 1 (considering the area) GM Guide WB 30 (D-Bees of NA is good for fleshing areas out) If you wanted your folks to go south maybe add in WB 26 Dino Swamp however you might need to cut out some O.C.C.s but this was one of the more rece...

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I agree that the net/rubber bullet gun should be forearm mounted and instead of the CP40 maybe find a rifle which fires neural disruptor darts. There is a handgun version of this kind of weapon in the Merc Town book, shouldn't be hard to extrapolate it up to a rifle. Basically it uses compressed air...

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Heh...instead of being "the General" and changing their defensive formations I'd rather be "the Editor" so I could remove the ridiculousness that is Jericho Holmes.

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X-1000 UltiMax. Loved it since the moment I saw it!

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I know the books said a number a ship lefts but none were heard from again so..... Really? Which book, I don't seem to remember that. IMO I've NEVER liked what MiO did to the Mars Colony. Just seems a little too much like the Containment of Earth Field...just hogwash. I've always liked the Mars Col...

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Played a Diabolic Wolfen in the PF world once. His favorite game was to force people to poison themselves. He died well. No blubbering about sparing his life or any of that...

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Hidden Borgs for me. Gives you a degree of humanity even though you are essentially a machine. Of course I also think androids with transferred intelligences are neat too!

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Funny how a poll about whether or not YOU would do "what was necessary" to live should turn into a debate about the SoT.

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Have to say the poll has turned out how I suspected it would.

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Maybe even a few new magic O.C.C.s. In a big city of magic users there has to be experimentation going on about how to use the magic in new ways.

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@ rat_bastard The CS was mindless sheep that are easy to use as tools. Anyone who agrees with them fall into that trap of being a mindless tool. I'm Independant, raised outside of cities where the brainwashing goes on in today's society. @ Anyone ... Would YOU want to be told when to eat, sleep, li...

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AND ANOTHER THING !!! I'd start to tell the Burbs population about the Coalitions cyclic story of getting in is all BS .. an then as my evidence .. I'd point out why are their cities .. not getting more populated .. even tho their military grows .. and grows .. an grows .. ...and they would look at...

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Bit of back story to the poll here. Some friends and I were discussing running a Rifts game where we, the actual real live people, would have been rifted into the game. We all were a little amazed at A) how easy it was to adapt the vagabond to ourselves with VERY limited skill sets, and B) just how ...

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You can get allot of credits for citizenship papers, I'd use that to go to lazlo. Lets ammend this poll and say the papers are bio metrically keyed to your genetic structure. Basically, you have the option of being turned out into the Burbs with your clothes and knowledge, or joining them. Just for...

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Lets, for grins and giggles, say you are rifted out of the blue from our normal (non BTS) world to the gates of Chi-Town with the clothes on your back and the knowledge of your life experience in your head. Miraculously you have a set of citizenship papers in your pocket. The papers are for a mid le...

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Also remember that California is sometimes referred to as the "bread basket of the west" because the central valley is quite fertile ground. I could see many small warring nations trying to control the food production areas. Could make for an interesting regional game. The high elevation o...

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Maybe just maybe ARCHIE has planned that the CS will investigate and will go to Titan robotics and will find there a manufacturing plant that is ran by humans with a human CEO and the whole get up basically a real functioning company as a front. After all he really isn't in it for the money because...

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So I live on the west coast and I'm a little sad at the gap of info there seems to be in cannon sources about CA and NV. Aside from some mentions of NA Preserves in CA, Bandito Arms in NV, and the possible location of Ixion in northern OR/southern Canada it seems pretty underdeveloped. I know canon...

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I rifted in a group from another Earth, one where the Apocalypse didn't happen. They started calling themselves the New Bear Republic, they're based around a technological corporate giant called VTU (Vega Technologies Unlimited). VTU opertates out of massive mile jigh arcologies that look like five...

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Great point!! This never even occurred to me. I bet you could do the same thing with vehicles from Goldenage Weaponsmiths too! A cheapy tank with a PPE battery and some TW enhancement would definitely make their stuff less of a joke.

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I think it is a set up by Archie that will allow him to pull the plug on Titan Robotics. TR was originally used to gather information and maybe some rare materials that Archie wanted, but now he has other means of acquiring those things. Meanwhile TR has grown and expanded and is now a major liabil...

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Maybe just maybe ARCHIE has planned that the CS will investigate and will go to Titan robotics and will find there a manufacturing plant that is ran by humans with a human CEO and the whole get up basically a real functioning company as a front. After all he really isn't in it for the money because...

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So I live on the west coast and I'm a little sad at the gap of info there seems to be in cannon sources about CA and NV. Aside from some mentions of NA Preserves in CA, Bandito Arms in NV, and the possible location of Ixion in northern OR/southern Canada it seems pretty underdeveloped. I know canoni...

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I have a feeling it may be exactly the opposite. I think ARCHIE's success has made him cocky. That's it. It happens to a lot of intelligent, successful people. except that ARCHIE is in fact paranoid, has low self-esteem, and is cautious to the point of absurdity. he built an entire setup specifical...

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TechnoGothic wrote:good weapons. good deals.

Ha! This should be engraved in every Naruni weapon.

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The note right underneath the weapons description talks about how the gun raises CS suspicion and is likely to lead to a raid on the Titan Robotics compound and further investigation into the Shemarrians and will likely lead to discovering ARCHIE and the Republicans. Even says, and I quote, "Su...

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