bop my point was if the char gets a nakjima weather by having enought equipped to pick it up, issued gear or whatever ... just grabbing more power packs to feed it makes more sense to me than having a second gun...
of course this is speaking from a person who tends to be a horrible packrat and had a char from a rifts campaign that packed so many weapons and so much ordinance that you know the scene in ds9 where the visitor walked through the weapons detector arch and it "attacked him because miles had adjusted its settings? ya my char had something similar happen without the sensitivity adjustment
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the one part I like best about the "rifts" setting is if you want to and the gm is willing /flexable you can end up "anywhere"
my char had over the course of 5 years of game sessions ended up in: rifts, robotech, mechanoids (more than 1x they suck) battlestar galacticia (origional) battletech 3025 era, 3050 era, not fedcom civil war but close, star wars old republic, clone wars, rebellion eras may have been in the njo or thrawn era but iffy, star trek kirk, picard, and ds9 eras. there are other places the char visited ... but I can't remember them all