/epg/ - Eclipse Phase General

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You can't just post guns that make sense like that!

This should be more your speed

>gun with 1 barrel has four triggers
>gun with 3 barrels has 1 trigger

I have no words, and I must scream.

Also, "people".

But can we agree on the definition of "literally" or "millions"?

>Not having a four finger grip trigger magazine fed gat.

Fag.

By the time of AF 10, our use of fag will become so widespread, it will be synonymous with outmoded terms like "dude" and "guy" in all corners of the Solar System.

>Scumgunz.jpg

Ironically, that used to be the case on imageboards a decade ago but it fell out of favor.

Sorry anarkiddo, it's NAPtime

>But can we agree on the definition of "literally" or "millions"?
Well, there's a large window of numbers that fit within the definition of the word "millions".

Also, "literally" is a bit vague nowadays. Do you mean literally "literally", or do you mean "extremely figuratively", as some people use it?

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Has anyone used any existing homebrew stuff like An Ultimate's Guide to Combat in their games? That one looks good, but I'm aware that it's still a bit WIP so is there any specific bits I should avoid? Regarding AUGC, how exactly does radiation damage work, is it just the number in brackets on the relevant weapon table?

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It's a SCAR-H that's been bubba'd by an art major.

>the ejection port is in back of where it should be
>there's a cage around the magazine, which will only get in the way of reloads
>the magazine is curving the wrong way
>it's a 30 round SCAR-L magazine
>there's no fucking way that you can fit 35 rounds into that magazine
>clip
>CLIP
>they stuck a grip on the fucking grenade launcher
>there's no trigger for the grenade launcher

>"smg" means removing the stock

What's wrong with a grip on the grenade launcher?

It makes reloading the grenade launcher more awkward and adds yet more height to the weapon.

I've never seen anyone use literally to mean figuratively. People have used literally in a figurative sense so it functions as an intensifier.

When you say you literally are starving to death, you're most likely claiming that you will die if you don't eat even if that is not the case. You're exaggerating to make a point. You don't mean figuratively, you're just being figurative.

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If you replace literally with figuratively in the sentence, the meaning does not change

I'm also pretty sure it says "Galographic" in an interesting typo.

Good catch, but I was just looking at the physical features.

Well, the typos let you know that despite their best efforts, an art major is still an art major.

Like on the side of the rifle is printed 7.62 CM.

But, it's relatively sane. It looks like a concept art someone would draw for something real, then an actual soldier or user looks at it and is like "some of these features are dumb".

>implying you can go to art school just drawing scifi guns

They'll just tell you to fuck off and get a job for a videogame developer.

To get into art school, you'd have to draw them in menstrual blood and convince the professor that it's a political statement.

Hurr kek lol epic i can haz cheesburgur?

What's Art School like in AF 10?

The professor gives your nice drawing a C while that guy gets an A for his autocannibalistic performance piece

>You're exaggerating to make a point.
Yes. Essentially you are saying "I am extremely starving, figuratively to death". If it refers to something figurative, then the "figuratively" is implicit.

I have a better question. I was thinking about this, the other night, as I lay in bed.

What would futureslang for cops be like? "Cop" is apparently a degeneration from the latin to "seize" by way of arrest. "Pig" as an epithet seems a little weak given there are actual humanoid pigs walking around. There's hardly feds or government men (Though "Federales" probably still works in JR). The Wire is ancient by the time of EP. And nobody really seems to know where fuzz, flatfoot or gumshoe come from.

So, what kind of stuff would you call a cop, or a security guard (As Malls are likely mostly extinct too)? Do you think cops wear traditional badges or caps, or is it all AR logos and tac gear?

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Depends very much where you are. Presumably you mean somewhere Inner System, since the anarchist areas probably wouldnt have a dedicated "school" so much. (Maybe Titan.)

Around Luna, I see a lot of formal neo-classicism in emulation of, and preservation of, established forms. Try to recreate great works, pay homage to the grand masters and such.

On Mars I see it being more pragmatic and practical, commercial, more like graphic design than art. You study how people respond to different colour palettes to manipulate moods, how to design a mascot.

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So where's the muzzle?

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Why does a caseless rifle have an ejector? Or is that just some release so you can unchamber the rifle?

To clear jams.

Space magic.

No visible magazine? Whatever.
No rail system? Okay.
No backup iron sights? I can live with it.

Separate on and off buttons? No. Stop the bus. I'm getting off.

Magazine is at the top, like the P90, a favorite of spessgunz everywhere.

>No visible magazine? Whatever.
It's the black thing with 'ammunition' written on it.

What? No. "Cop" is short for "copper", which is based on the English police wearing uniforms with copper buttons.

Why is it that shape then?

>there's a separate button for on and off
>no muzzle device or attachment point for a muzzle device
>nowhere to mount an optic
Wait a fucking second? Where's the barrel? Is it that vertical slit that could be square from straight on? Isn't that part of the magazine? Wait. Is the barrel part of the fucking magazine? If not, where is it?
>8.5mmx25mm
>it's fucking pistol caliber
>special snowflake bullet size
>it might even be a fucking square

In case something goes wrong.

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It's a toy. There's absolutely nothing on this to indicate that it's a real weapon.

McD's employee detected

That's a radio gun. Shoots all the latest pop hits at a range of just over 3km

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Holy shit! The excessive pouches and pockets, the inhuman proportions, the lack of feet... He has been drawing gatecrashing remade all along!

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What would a typical Firewall loyalty test look like? I want to start a campaign with two experienced players being full-blown agents and the three or four remaining being friendlies who are on trial, if they pass, they are in.

Hunt down and kill a 'terrorist' who is really just the last guy who failed the loyalty test

According to wikipedia, this is false.

Leo. From "LEO" - law enforcement officer.

Blue boy.

Bronze, from Bronze Subscription.

Shorty - bastardization of Arabic "shurti" (policeman). Arabic is pretty prominent in EP.

"Kill" doesn't really work, because backups. And you even can't be sure how many backups the guy has.

Capturing him, finding out what he knows and dealing with it is another case, though. Maybe even play up the torture and mind flaying to be REALLY disturbing.

>"Kill" doesn't really work, because backups. And you even can't be sure how many backups the guy has.

Yes you can. That's why you keep Sentinels under surveillance in the first place.

Any ideas for cop slang in Chinese habitats?

Killing in EP is more something along the lines of "eradication" instead of just pulling a trigger. Just killing the morph won't end it, hunting down the backups and connections is also important. Everything less is just a temporary setback unless you belong to the clanking masses.

Possibly some Chinese word. Modern slang, according to some sources, is "tiaozi" ("stripes"). No idea why.

>Any ideas for cop slang in Chinese habitats?
Cantonese: 綠衣 (luk6 ji1)
Mandarin: 条子 (tiáozi)

See also: washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/07/29/these-are-the-secret-code-words-that-let-you-criticize-the-chinese-government/

Their hats have stripes on them

According to etymonline, cop came from a combination of both of the origins discussed.

The barrel does appear to be part of the magazine. Didn't the G-11 work like that? Also, I think it's supposed to be a PDW so of course it's a pistol calibre.

Look above the magazine, the sights are holographically projected. Also, who the fuck needs sights?

....that research scientist may have an issue, since that stinger behind her isn't actually in a glass jar.

>Didn't the G-11 work like that?
No

Also most generic slang is fair game. Like "the heat", "the long arm" (of the law), "po-pos" and so on.

The guy who made these actually designs real parts for real guns.

He's clearly on the visual design end of things

Yeah, but the stuff gets made. Which is kinda wacky isn't it?

It gets made with the help of engineers who did not participate in the concept art

It's not just concept art, he makes the models that the CNC machines run off of. I'd assume he has to take the actual engineers advice and modify the models for functionality. By extension, he probably has to know at least something about fire arms. Either by osmosis from working in tandem with people that do, or by research so he's not too far off the mark to begin with.

The guns are concept art. The muzzle brake isn't. That's why the muzzle brake looks needlessly artsy but still functional.

She's about to have some field experience happen to her all of a sudden.

Sounds dangerously lewd

W-what? Tentacle handholding?

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What do you think of this character /epg/? One of my players wants to run it. Don't know what to think really.

First off, what the fuck is an STC template supposed to be in this game? Is he after TITAN designs or just cool shit made by transhumans?

Second, where does or did he live? Odds are he should have at least some c-rep or @-rep.

Third: Age 248. Needs to be explained.

Fourth: Spacecraft- what kind, and does he realize how limiting this is as a method of travel? Also, does it make any sense for your game? If you're setting the whole thing on Mars then that's not going to make any sense.

Was there any kind of writeup with this sheet? It might clear up a lot of this. I always require short writeups for this exact reason.

Are you worried about the gear? Most of that doesn't matter unless you let it matter.

kinda the opposite actually, but its viewed with the same reactionary distaste. Painting with physical oil paints, or drawing from life, might be sufficiently old to be new again, and have cycled through the vogue and been declared dead so many times already. Autocannibalistic dance could very well depict the fall much more clearly and with less bullshit than a battle painting, but figuring the fall into traditional artistic canon would probably be a core theme.

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Eclipse Phase is set like 120 years in the future, an age of 248 doesn't really make sense. Having a CM and nanoswarms is stupid without the programming skill. Motivations need work.

Otherwise I don't see anything too crazy, but I didn't look very closely.

Well you can just buy blueprints

For the CM that might work, I can't remember if they need a test to use or not. Commanding nanoswarns calls for a programming simple success test at least, which this character can't make.

what is the highest price one could be expected to pay for the services of an unmodified pleasure-pod with an infugee sleeved?

[Expensive]

>highest
>expected to pay
As much as they can get the guy to pay.

>>pay for the services of an unmodified pleasure-pod

Pay for sex in EP?

Six individuals out of ten individuals receiving personal payments in a Martian souk are recieving payment for sex acts, and the other four are being paid for physical or virtual drugs.

>>can't get STDs cause of biomods
>>no religion
>>sex is not a taboo anymore
>>simulspace exist

can't you just use an ecto app to find someone to fuck?
(people are doing it today)
or just go in simulspace and mindfuck in a porngame or whatever?

If i need to pay for someone to fuck in EP she better be a goddess!