Enhanced Prosthetic (Vibroblade)

Overview

These Enhanced Prosthetic limbs were ones which concealed a weapon within the agent's arms, in this case a Vibroblade adapted from a standard-sized Vibroblade able to retract behind hidden panels in the hand or arm. While a very deadly weapon, it required an independent power source such as a (micro power pack) to operate. Spotting this concealed weapon was very difficult.

As with other prosthetic enhancements, these were employed only by the intelligence agencies of the Inner Sphere with agents who already had a Type 3 or superior prosthetic limb. The Clans were too philosophically opposed and the Periphery too poor to make use of them beyond rare cases. Among the Manei Domini this upgrade was available to all agents with the necessary prosthetic limb.

Notes

In CBT play each conventional infantryman equipped with a Vibroblade enhanced limb adds .14 to a platoon's damage value and receives a +2 to-hit bonus, however it can only applied to other units engaged within the platoon's hex and the sum of all prosthetic weapons must be rounded normally before being applied. In RPG play this limb has the following statistics in addition to all rules associated with enhanced limbs.

Equipment Ratings: D/E/F

Armor Piercing/Base Damage: 4/2D6

Power Points per Use: 1

Cost/Reload: 500/-

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Bibliography

• A Guide to Covert Ops
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