Far as I know, you misread or misheard.
It is Cyborgs that get penalties if they use their own internal power supply to feed energy weapons.
Power Armor and bots are usually designed and made with such things as rail guns or lasers and plasma ejectors or particle beams in mind, and so are generally equipped with a power generator powerful enough to feed the weaponry without hampering the bot's or suit's performance.
It is quite possible to add a second, weapons only generator to a borg. The job ought to be done by a real professionak, one that doesn't skimp, though, as there are several issues that can be critical : solidity of the generator's attachment to the borg (whether added outside or tucked inside somehow, includes the power connections), protection, armoring of the thing against attack, and radiation shielding are the first three that come to mind..
Adding a second power supply to power armor
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Svartalf wrote:Far as I know, you misread or misheard.
It is Cyborgs that get penalties if they use their own internal power supply to feed energy weapons.
Where does it say that?
Something else new in the Bionics book?
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Unfortunatly rifts is not really set up for that kind of modifications to be done, try adapting the things in the bionics source book as well as SB1 robot creation rules. Although at the end of the day, why a borg's power source is inferior to a PA is beyond me, you could convince me if it was say a borg and a super samas, it is obvious, but compare a full conversion borg to a terrain hopper and the idea kinda gets a bit screwy 
but we are used to this little inconsistancies are we not ? 
but we are used to this little inconsistancies are we not ? I let my wife play rifts once....................she shot me in the back of the head with a naruni plasma pistol, gaffa taped a type 4 fusion block to my nether regions, and kicked my ass off the apc travelling at 100 MPH
gimme a break, my pc is a playa, not me.
gimme a break, my pc is a playa, not me.
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GlitterMan wrote:Yep. pg. 95 under "Weapon Link to Power Supply." And it only applies to full conversion borgs.
I really wish they could put NEW tags on all the new stuff and changes to make this all easier.
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Vagrant Storm wrote:happen to know what book we could find this in? kind of important as I am about to spend a million credits to have a 2nd power supply installed and I already have the power supply just need it put in.
See rifts japan, they got one in there. it is a micro nuclear generator with a 11 year life span
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You can always use the borg style internal power supply(non nuclear, the battery type) and have it recharge from the nuclear power supply.
I always thought of PA and Robot style nuclear power packs as being heavier duty then those found in borgs. Some PA like the Violator Samas DO have the lighter "weaker" power plants so they have negatives for using energy weapons.
I always thought of PA and Robot style nuclear power packs as being heavier duty then those found in borgs. Some PA like the Violator Samas DO have the lighter "weaker" power plants so they have negatives for using energy weapons.
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