" Hate the sin, love the sinner. " -Ghandi

HappyD and Kaosoe look technically to be right. Expanding the ammo penalty is a pretty good houserule though.

Summary: any pistol with 7 or more damage should be classed as heavy. Plus weapons like the DE-10, which are described as such.

Sometimes the description will help you out with this: The DE-10 and DC-17 from Collapse are both heavy. Most pistols that do 7+ damage are explicitly heavy blaster pistols. These three don't: DR-45 Dragoon, H-7 Equalizer and Nova Viper. Definitely houserule them as heavy blaster pistols if you're going to use the ammo depletion rule. They're just too good otherwise.

According to the Rebel Alliance Sourcebook p98: General / Admiral > Colonel > Commander > Major > Captain > Lieutenant. Nothing about enlisted ranks ( sorry troops, you're not important enough to even get a rank ). Maybe Mark is right. -g

Is there someplace online where I can find a clear description of rebel and imperial rank structure? For both officers and enlisted personnel. I ask because the chart on AOR 393 doesn't make sense ( a chief petty officer; but no petty officer, a master sergeant; but no sergeant ) and it contradicts the online stuff I found, which also contradict one another. Maybe Lucas just improvised in his early movies; but I figure someone must have formalized them in the meantime. Any clarity here would be welcome. -g

Thanks for info guys. Sounds like the best two solutions are either: 1. Token aliens who were hazed out as the Empire grew less tolerant (canon grey area), or 2. Graduates of "The Academy For Young Bothans", or some such (canon white area). -g

How realistic is the Imperial academy cadet career for a non-human PC? Except Adm Thrawn, I have never seen an alien Imperial officer.

According to wookiepedia, squadrons (also called groups) consist of 12 fighters/bombers, and can have as many as 15. Red Squadron is commanded by several different rebel officers ranked commander (including Skywalker). Gold Squadron is commanded by a captain, and later by General Calrissian.

It is brutal. P-47 says it's an actual longarm. I wonder how it got to be ranged ( light ).

Described in Disciples Of Harmony and Gadgets And Gear, this ranged ( light ) weapon is enc 2 and described as a "rifle", whatever that means for a freeze ray. Does anyone know what it looks like? Does it fit in a pistol holster? Is it SMG-sized? Carbine-sized? -g

Bad news, SuperWookie! I found the wookiepedia entry: your people get these. Presumably as adults, given their long lifespans. And rebel prisoners get them too. So maybe they don't need to be implanted in embryos. So why doesn't The Empire use them everywhere? You could build an entire civilization with these! -g

I just read about these in Joaopaulon's thread. This tech has amazing plot potential ! I'm surprised it doesn't get used more. If it's economical to implant a clone army, why not implant any entire species with these chips? Why not give one to Leia instead of torturing her? It's not like The Empire has moral qualms about anything. Does FFG provide any rules for this tech? -g