imposterzilla wrote:Do Naruni guns specifically need clips from Naruni? It seems so, but in Rifts Mercenaries it says, "standard E clips". Also, do you think in the more remote areas of the country there are Naruni traders?
The answer is Both, Maybe, Depends. The weapons sold in North America are most likely designed to work on standard e-clips Just like the ones sold in Phase World work on their local e-clip. I am sure that Naruni has its own e-clip that it uses for when its the sole supplier as well...
Of course E-clip (in)compatibility is poorly covered in canon to begin with.
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rifter72 wrote:I assume that with a little bending here, little sanding there and some Duck tape, any E-clip could be universal.
Or just a set of adapter cables which can be made by any competent engineer or suitably trained electrical/mechanical sort.
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It's 'canon', not 'cannon'. A cannon is a big gun like on pirate ships, canon is what you mean when referring to something as being contained within one of the books such as how many dice to roll for a stat.
I seem to recall that Naruni e-clips are in fact solidified plasma, not a super battery like the Rifts Earth e-clip, and actually used up as fired similar to a hot glue stick. One Naruni rifle was specifically mentioned as functioning off earth e-clips and dealt 6d6 instead of 1d4x10 to represent this but specifically the same rifle otherwise. So yes, Naruni does have it's own clips and the are not directly interchangeable. However being a mechanic is WAY more impressive in the postapocalytic future than today. My own mechanic can't figure out why the darn service engine soon light is on in my car, but your average PC Operator can strip the fans off a hover tank and slap them onto an ice box sized nuclear reactor in 2 hours with some dental floss and a cheese slicer while drunk.
Richardson wrote:I seem to recall that Naruni e-clips are in fact solidified plasma, not a super battery like the Rifts Earth e-clip, and actually used up as fired similar to a hot glue stick. One Naruni rifle was specifically mentioned as functioning off earth e-clips and dealt 6d6 instead of 1d4x10 to represent this but specifically the same rifle otherwise. So yes, Naruni does have it's own clips and the are not directly interchangeable. However being a mechanic is WAY more impressive in the postapocalytic future than today. My own mechanic can't figure out why the darn service engine soon light is on in my car, but your average PC Operator can strip the fans off a hover tank and slap them onto an ice box sized nuclear reactor in 2 hours with some dental floss and a cheese slicer while drunk.
Go with what your GM allows.
You're thinking of the plasma cartridges. The Naruni weapons that use those do not use e-clips. Other weapons (like the laser and particle weapons) do use e-clips.
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imposterzilla wrote:Do Naruni guns specifically need clips from Naruni? It seems so, but in Rifts Mercenaries it says, "standard E clips". Also, do you think in the more remote areas of the country there are Naruni traders?
The N dealers might sell N E-clips that will hold more power then earth standard e-clips, and are incompatible with non-N weapons due to some locking chips (or something) in the e-clip.
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Each question should be give the canon answer 1st, then you can proclaim your house rules.
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In NG 2, the 'newest' Rifts book out there, there's a notation about their universal energy cord from the power armor.
It stipulates that it works with weapons from North America (NG, Chipwell, CS etc) And then says it even works with Traix stuff, and the Geo front. Then goes on to say it even works with Naruni eclips.
So they seem to be 'different'.
Sort of like you can't use a magazine from A Sig 9mm in a glock, or amagazine from your AR15, with an AK47.
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