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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5479261" data-attributes="member: 11437">[ooc]When Kaira has completed aiming (however long that takes), she fires a shot at the incoming beast.  <s>I don't have my books with me as I type this, so it may require some editing later.</s>Technically, her skill is 1 higher due to the sight on her rifle.  <s>Not sure what aiming gives her, but I would think at least 1 more.  She hit the thing by 5 or 6, I guess.</s>  According to my read of the Aim action (p. 364 of Campaigns), aiming gives Kaira a +12 (!) to her Rifle skill.  That's insane!Also, I noticed that the rifle has a Rate of Fire of 4.  <s>I guess that means I should read the autofire rules.</s>  I've read the autofire rules (aka Rapid Fire, p. 373-374 of Campaigns) and there's zero reason Kaira would ever want to fire single shot.  The reason for this is that the laser rifle has no recoil, so firing multiple shots not only gives her a bonus to her attack, but also gives her an excellent chance to get multiple hits with no penalty for doing so.If it's OK with Leif, I'd like to retcon it and have Kaira fire her rifle properly.  If so, Kaira hits the thing four times and I'll roll 3 more sets of dice for damage.Sorry, one more edit.  The Laser Rifle in 3rd ed Traveller doesn't quite match up stat-wise with the ones listed in 4th ed Ultra Tech.  I'm defaulting to the "Survival Rifle" in Ultra Tech where warranted.[/ooc]Kaira steadies her plasteel rifle and cooks off a laser at the lumbering croubek.</blockquote>

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