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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5079455" data-attributes="member: 19675">Yeah, unless they hit first.Or, to mangle a Monty Python quote, they succeed at not being seen (or hit).IME, every RIFTS party that has included non-MDC capable PCs has either gotten those PCs MDC armor pretty quickly or found them a FHW (Freakin' Huge Weapon).Until one or the other was achieved, non-MDC PCs laid low and contributed in other ways.  If they got armor first, they continued to sit out combats until they got a MDC weapon.  If they got a FHW first, they contributed to combats and either used guerilla tactics or something that the best Korean MIGs used to do when encountering top American pilots*- shoot once then run.  Those FHW-equipped PCs occasionally made a direct difference in the fight by actually damaging or destroying a foe, but even if they didn't, it definitely made them reconsider their tactics...  How many of those guys who ran into the woods were carrying rail guns again?* The "fire & flee" tactic was also used in the Middle East by the Arab nations attacking Israel in the 1960s and 70s- they couldn't afford to risk their best pilots and newest planes (both in short supply) in extended dogfights with Israeli pilots, but could definitely afford the price of a few missiles fired in the hope of taking down a foe before ducking back into friendly airspace.</blockquote>