Johannes replied to me: > > Autonomous precision attack? What if it fries a passenger > > liner? But it could be a SALH missile, obsolete for most > > military purposes, but highly accurate. > > > > If it attacks the wrong ship, it was the mine of your competitor.
:-) > I > suppose thoose mines will be entirely legal. In the real world, I believe that no civilized society should have bounty hunters. Civilians should use force in either self defense or mutual defense, perhaps even hot pursuit, but only officers of the law should seek out outlaws in cold blood ... In a game world, legitimate bounty hunters are a kind of "freelance law officer" who choose their own prey, but who will operate roughly according to the same rules of engagement. Mines are no typical police gear. > They might be allowed remote > controlled like Taveller missles, but then they could be jammed and you > can cover a smaller territory, before you run into problems with timelag > in communications. So there is some incentive to illegally modify them, if > the colour of the bounty hunters hat permits it. I imagine a guy (or gal) with a leather coat, a big handgun, and a starship. The ship is probably armed, but the meme centers on the gunslinger, not the fighter jock. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
