Just getting into it.

[Stallion12]

I just felt the role was to easy, to bypass that, I allowed him to pick up one of their come and listen in. It satisfied him, but I don't know how to set it up

[monbvol]

The main issue is a civilian communicator probably would need a Technician/Electronics roll to be turned into a reasonably functional jammer* then the next hurdle would be that it wouldn't have the transmission power or frequency range to be super useful against military gear.  Maybe let him cause some havoc with their communications in a limited area for a limited time but you probably made the most sensible judgement already it sounds like.

Jamming range probably should be about the same as their regular communication range.

*Yeah you probably skip that by just getting a bunch and putting the microphone next to a speaker and crank both to max and it would kind of work.

[Stallion12]

Well I'm going to reboot soon. What equipment should I tell anyone wanting to jam communications to take?

[monbvol]

Well that is an interesting question as there does seem to be a lack of actual dedicated jamming gear.

So you've got the quick and dirty option I outlined already or ECM suits of varying types.

[Stallion12]

I'll mention  your option, I saw the ecm suites, but aren't they mech sized?

[monbvol]

There are Battlearmor versions but for the most part yeah.

I have to admit it may be possible I'm not remembering some other options though.

[PurpleDragon]

I thought there was a "Black Box" jammer device listed in the Intelligence Operatives book.  Yeah, it's 3rd ed, but it is supposed to be able to be brought forward. 

[Stallion12]

That sounds like it could work, what page is it on?

[PurpleDragon]

Sorry, it's in the Losttech source book I was thinking about the white noise generator (p 107). 

[Stallion12]

So looking at the equipment, comstar gloves are the same as other gloves but a different availabilty, is there a fluff reason for that?

[Maelwys]

Might have been force of habit or something. "All the other ComStar stuff is E tech, so why not their gloves too!" Their boots are the same way I think.

And trying to compare certain equipment across the board can be...problematic