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<blockquote data-quote="Jeph" data-source="post: 352523" data-attributes="member: 6738">Perhaps I should elaborate on &quot;cop&quot;New Hope, more commonly known as No Hope, is the galaxy's official poorest city. The only government is starvation, the only moderator of actions is drug addiction, the only way to stay alive is to make sure that all oposition is not. Not on the &quot;100 nicest places to live&quot; list, not by far.One way that a neighborhood can hope to still remain a neighborhood on tomorrow is to hire a mercenary police organization. These guys are typically called Merc Cops. They wear big suits of plastic armor (+6 DR), with beamsword projectors on the wrists, and carry the most high-powered burst weapons available. And they are expensive.The main threat that cops pose is their stupid macho alignment. They like to think that, because they have big armor and powerful weapons, they can blow up anything they want. Usually, they are right. Not today, however.And yeah, this was a pretty damn sadistic cop. All mercs are. You get used to sadism when you regularly see the effects of misfiring a burst laser in a heavy crowd.Hell, you get used to it when you *hit* *every time* in a heavy crowd. On the round before Corlon charged, kicked the blaster into the air, then caught it and opened fire, that cop had missed pretty badly. 6 bloody smears that used to be peasants.The other cop also eventually got nocked down. The PCs took both their burst rifles, then got pulled through a time warp. The burst rifles were particularly inefective against the mountain troll, even the direct hits barely scratched it. 22 HP, DR 8, pretty hard to kill.Oh yeah, when it's tipping boulders off the cliff onto you, and you can't even see it, it's even harder to kill.Should I start a Story Hour?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeph, post: 352523, member: 6738"] Perhaps I should elaborate on "cop" New Hope, more commonly known as No Hope, is the galaxy's official poorest city. The only government is starvation, the only moderator of actions is drug addiction, the only way to stay alive is to make sure that all oposition is not. Not on the "100 nicest places to live" list, not by far. One way that a neighborhood can hope to still remain a neighborhood on tomorrow is to hire a mercenary police organization. These guys are typically called Merc Cops. They wear big suits of plastic armor (+6 DR), with beamsword projectors on the wrists, and carry the most high-powered burst weapons available. And they are expensive. The main threat that cops pose is their stupid macho alignment. They like to think that, because they have big armor and powerful weapons, they can blow up anything they want. Usually, they are right. Not today, however. And yeah, this was a pretty damn sadistic cop. All mercs are. You get used to sadism when you regularly see the effects of misfiring a burst laser in a heavy crowd. Hell, you get used to it when you *hit* *every time* in a heavy crowd. On the round before Corlon charged, kicked the blaster into the air, then caught it and opened fire, that cop had missed pretty badly. 6 bloody smears that used to be peasants. The other cop also eventually got nocked down. The PCs took both their burst rifles, then got pulled through a time warp. The burst rifles were particularly inefective against the mountain troll, even the direct hits barely scratched it. 22 HP, DR 8, pretty hard to kill. Oh yeah, when it's tipping boulders off the cliff onto you, and you can't even see it, it's even harder to kill. Should I start a Story Hour? [/QUOTE]

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