Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:19 pm
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..
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..
but we are used to this little inconsistancies are we not ? 
