Context.
The posts of weapons I've been making probably just seem like window dressing with out knowing the context in which they were created. I'll attempt to remedy this, at least in part, now.

Thus far all of the equipment has come from one game of SLA I ran about ten years ago now called Operation Hydra. The objective was to control and stem DN activity in Mort with out exposing too many SLA assets or revealing DN as the puppet of SLA that it truly is, thus maintaining the fanatical loyalty of the turn coats who form its rank and file.

Operative squad is denounced as turn coats and inserted as sleepers and used in increasingly higher security operations, finding asset deployment and key personnel reporting back to their controller. Once a high enough profile target is discovered they are activated and terminate the target and as many assets as possible (Oddly enough this was a black BPN). They manage to pull it off and rendezvous with controller.

Interceptors follow them and attack killing the controller (the only one who knows they are on this mission). Some what bewildered as what to do next they extract a pharmacist they befriended on one of the locations they did security. Using his knowledge they start selling drugs.

Going through the Johannas for distribution they end up employing some as muscle and have trouble arming them, so decide to go into the arms business and target known DN assets seizing personnel and equipment until DN displace all assets.

Turf wars with local gifters, Carrien gangs, and other Soft Companies. Trade embargoes, alliances, double deals, power brokering, assassinations. Industrial espionage, Orienta connections, lost tech. Ebon schooling, Ebb trade, skin trade, sexual predations. None of them can hold a candle to DN though and get pushed around accordingly for market share.

Until they all gang up.

Price fixing, insider trading, more industrial espionage and incorporation leading to a head. War!

One swift decapitation attack  sees many DN assets eliminated or seized setting them back decades if not centuries.

Recontact with controller (a Vevaphon was "killed" during the Interceptor attack) and organises a meet with the guy at the top.

Slayer congratulates them on achieving the objective: Bringing as many rivals under the one yoke as possible while inflicting catastrophic damage on their opponent... Just like he did during the Conflict Wars.

SLA "buys" a controlling share in their company (didn't go down to well with the players) as a silent partner and orders they equip for similar missions across the WoP.

End campaign.


All this equipment was to give stats and a rules presence to a bunch of names in the bottom corner of page 46 of Karma as they were live entities that had regular interaction with the environment of the campaign. To give them some life, ideals, market share and products. Technologies open for espionage or seizure and further research. I even worked up a simple system for manufacture of... well anything really.

I hope you guys can see a little less simplistically than "Empty stats of identikit guns" and "...a vehicle for gunbunnies". Then again; I guess everything must look the same from the top of an ivory tower.

I figured it was a lot of work and someone else might just find it useful one day...

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Strategic Alliance Shotguns.

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
SAMD 9	R	10 gauge	5	1	12m	4	2kg	3,000u
SAMD 66	R	10 gauge	30	5/3	12m	9/7	4.5kg	22,500u
SAMD 00	P	10 gauge	2	2/1	7m	7/5	2kg	1,750u
SAMD 000	R	10 gauge	2	2/1	10m	7	3kg	2,500u

The SAMD 66 comes with Recoil Baffling 5 (included in profile) and a ring pattern laser painter.

The virtually indestructible SAMD 00 and 000 are designed to be used as clubs (One and two handed respectfully). The over under configuration gives the weapons a flat profile, adding to their concealability.

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Strategic Alliance fire arms.
Exceptionally rare to find on the black market SAMD are excellent quality in materials and craftsmanship. Low maintenance, durable and simple operation are hallmarks of the entire range.

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
SAMD 3	P	10mm	10	3/1	16m	4/2	1kg	2,000u
SAMD 6	R	10mm	30	3/1	22m	5/2	2.5kg	6,000u
SAMD36	P	10mm	50	10/5/1	18m	8/4/1	2.5kg	18,000u
SAMD 63	R	10mm	50	10/5	32m	14/8	3.5kg	35,000u

The SAMD 6 is in bullpup configuration.

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Armaments continued:
Hard  Ware Inc. has a small selection of weapons, but this may be in part due to the sheer number of new weapons placed on the market annually.

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
HW 010 SMG	P	10mm	30	3	15m	4	2kg	7,000u
HW 012	P	12mm	10	1	20m	4	1.75kg	8,500u
HW 110 "Black List"	R	10mm	35	5/3	20m	7/5	3kg	16,500u

All makes are of a high quality and come ready to fit all accessories.

	Dam	Pen	AD	Skill	Weight	Cost
HW 525 Fracisca	5	3	3	Axe, Thrown	4.5kg	1,500u

This hand axe is well weighted for throwing. The lock down vibro switch ensures the axe is powered even during flight.

Psycho Missionaries.

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
PM 16 "Psycho"	P	10mm	10	3/1	10m	4/2	1kg	2,000u

The missionaries only entry in the arms market the PM 16 is basic, reliable and cheap. Its snub nose design makes it easily concealed, almost ideal as a back up weapon.

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R.I.P. Bunnies
Not renown for their armaments R.I.P. Bunnies do make a small range of high quality weapons.

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
R.I.P.B 10 Stiletto	P	12 mm	24	3	25m	6	3kg	15,000u
R.I.P.B 15 Dervish	P	12.7 mm	5	1	15m	9	2.5kg	24,000u
R.I.P.B 17 Gutting hook	P	17 mm	3	3/1	20m	18/12	3.5kg	36,000u

A utilitarian weapon with few aesthetic qualities, the R.I.P.B 10 is a stamped and riveted sub-machine gun in a bullpup configuration. The top loaded "stick" magazine furthers the weapons odd profile and necessitates off-set pin sights though it does seem to add to recoil control. It can accept no accessories.

The R.I.P.B 15 is a heavy snub nose revolver that enjoys the reliability that most revolvers have. It can accept a silencer/flash suppressor.

The R.I.P.B 17 is an alien looking, thuggish weapon. The upside-down triangled three barrels give it a distinct profile. Time consuming to load due to each round having to be slid home individually it has an auto cocking mechanism that is reliable but if it fails or jams the weapon must be stripped; a dangerous and awkward process. A pepper-box style firing mode allows all loaded barrels to be fired at once (not as "auto-fire").

The R.I.P.B 17 has a ferocious recoil even in the hands of a Stormer. Recoil baffeling is advised though it must be applied to each barrel adding to the weapons exhorbident cost and overheads. It comes with an integral laser painter in the centre of the three barrels and can fit a stock, scope and can be silenced/flash suppressed; again this must be applied to all three barrels.

	Dam	Pen	AD	Skill	Weight	Cost
R.I.P.B Katana	3	6	1	Blade 1 Handed	2.5kg	6,000u

Extremely rare outside Orienta this ornate vibro-blade is as much a status symbol as it is a weapon.

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More weapons from more Soft Companies
Here is some fire arms from Fire Inc.

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
Fire 0003	P	10mm	25	5/3/1	15m	5/3/0	2kg	8,250u
Fire 0008	P	8mm	20	10/5	20m	12/7	2.5kg	15,500u
Fire 0010	R	10 gauge	30	3/1	10m	9/7	5kg	9,500u
Fire  0022	R	10mm	50	10/5/1	25m	15/7/3	7kg	30,500u

Bulky and cumbersome, Fire Inc. weaponry is universally heavily reliant on power armour to assist in its operation. Not renown for its reliability, variable quality materials used in different production runs makes even similar models vary greatly in all respects.

For all this all Pistol classes are equipped with stocks and all weapons are equipped with laser painters standard, though this may have something to do with the inflated street prices.

	Dam	Pen	AD	Skill	Weight	Cost
Fire 0300 Punch Blade	3	3	2	Unarmed	2kg	1,400u

This vibro weapon is burdened with all the same problems its ballistic cousins suffer.

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Smooth Bore DN weapons

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
DN 14	P	10 gauge	2	2/1	7m	8/6	1.5kg	4,000u
DN 24	R	10 gauge	15	3/1	10m	9/7	4.5kg	20,000u
DN 850	R	40mm	6	3/1	50m	13/8	12.5kg	85,000u

The DN 850 is a ruthless weapon that seldom sees operation on Mort and then usually only by suicide squads. The 1,000m range finder/scope features dial up paralaxing. While time consuming to set, the weapon is formidable once ranged. As a "safety" feature the DN 850 ammunition has a 15 metre arming range. Treat ammunition as standard frag grenade.

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DN War-world weapons
Like the title says.

	Size	Cal	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
DN 94	P	12.7mm	8	1	20m	9	2kg	18,000u
DN 235	P	12.7mm	30	3	165m	12	15kg	60,000u
DN 34	R	8mm	7	1	35m	4	1kg	16,000u
DN 134	R	8mm	24	3/1	150m	8/6	7.5kg	25,000u

The monstrous DN235 comes with recoil baffling of 5 (included in profile) and a 1000m telescopic sight. Its weight and recoil usually see this weapon mounted on a vehicle.

The elegant DN 34 is considered an officers side arm and comes ready to fit all accessories.

The rugged DN 134 is a bullpup design and renown for its reliability (and difficult to scavenge ammunition), and comes with a 1,000m IR sight.

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I've made a quite a few weapons up over the years. Over the next few weeks I'll post some. I've tried to keep the power of the weapons at a balanced level, and one should bear in mind that most of these weapons are rare, exotic or perhaps even unique pieces of equipment.

DN standard frame upgrades

	Size	Cal.	Clip	RoF	Range	Recoil	Weight	Cost
DN 72	P	12mm	18	2	15m	5	2kg	8,500u
DN 84	P	12mm	30	5/1	15m	9/3	3.5kg	11,000u
DN 120	R	12mm	25	5/1	25m	10/6	4kg	17,000u
DN 154	R	10mm	70	10/5	30m	11/5	10.5kg	27,500u

The DN 72 upgrade gives the weapon a thinner profile, increasing concealability. This boon is off set by an awkward laser painter mount that is easily off-set by heavy jarring.

The DN 84's design includes a flash suppressor.

The DN 154 comes with integral laser painter, recoil baffling 2 (included in profile) and bipod. Models produced between 894-902 are machined very closely and suffer jamming in gritty environments.

All prices are for full weapons. Upgrade kits alone are usually 1,000u less for pistols and 3,000u less for rifles. Conversion is at a -7 Weapons Maintenance check except for the DN 154 which is at a -9 failure by more than 10 ruins the frame. Conversion takes a full day to complete.

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Hunter Sheets 2 Preview Pictures
Some new images from the forthcoming Huntersheets Issue 2 (As see on </a></b></a>sla_development)

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SLA Industries Development Blog

Hi all,

The SLA Industries fans amongst you might like to know that Dave has started up a SLA Development Blog on LiveJournal where he'll be posting up preview artwork, ideas and keeping people abreast with developments.

We'll obviously be relating the news to our own website/Forums and the Cubicle 7 Facebook Community, but the Live Journal  group will be the source. Plus you can comment and let Dave (and the rest of us) know what you think!

The site is open to view by anybody (so you don't need an LJ account to see it).

It's really nice to be able to start talking about SLA again as we know we've all been a bit quiet on that front recently. But we've never been far away from the World of Progress!

The SLA Development Blog can be found at http://community.livejournal.com/sla_development/

Stay SLA!


--
Angus Abranson
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
London, UK
www.cubicle7.co.uk
Publishers of SLA Industries, Victoriana, Starblazer Adventures, QIN: The Warring States and the Doctor Who Role Playing Game
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LiveJournal: www.livejournal.com/users/angusabranson/

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Hunter Sheets & Cannibal Sector One Available on Ebay
Hi all!

Good news (finally) on the SLA INDUSTRIES RPG front!

As you hopefully know we have just released a brand new book for SLA INDUSTRIES as well as a limited advanced preview of a second book that is due for general release in June.

If you would like to be kept up to date with future SLA INDUSTRIES releases, or releases from other games at Cubicle 7 Entertainment, please let me know and I'll add you to our Mailing List.

I'll also no doubt be posting here when future books are released - including the general release of Hunter Sheets Issue One in the summer.

Cannibal Sector One should hopefully be hitting stores worldwide later this month!

I have included an ebay link as we're selling copies via Ebay at present if you're super-keen on getting a hold of a copy! (we are working on a webstore on www.cubicle7.co.uk and when that's up and running we'll let you know). The books are also currently available through Leisure Games (www.leisuregames.com - London, UK) and Black Lion Games (www.black-lion.co.uk - Edinburgh, UK) who got some advance stock in.

The new books in question are as follows: 

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Cannibal Sector One - Now #1!!!
YAY!

Cannibal Sector One for SLA Industries is now the #1 RPG Category Best Seller at RPGNow!

Contract Directory is currently sitting at #8 too so things are going well!

Congrats to everyone involved in the project and also for everyone who's brought a copy on PDF. Print copies will be hitting pre-order customers in about two weeks time and then stores worldwide in April!

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CS1 upto to #2!
Cannibal Sector 1 is up to #2 in the current RPG Category Best Sellers over at RPGNow! I wonder if we'll be able to claim top spot at somepoint? Contract Directory is also still in the Top 20 at number 9.

So, the PDF's seem to be doing pretty well for us.

Print copies of Cannibal Sector One should be with us in time for Conpulsions up in Edinburgh on March 24th-25th. Dom and myself will be on the Cubicle 7 stand and John D and Team 8 will also be in attendence running a variety of games. The print copies of CS1 should then start hitting stores worldwide a few weeks later.

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SLA Industries Storms The Top 20!
Cubicle 7 recently released the back catalogue of SLA Industries as PDFs and also added the brand new Cannibal Sector One to the sites in the last few days. We also made the first edition of the SLA Industries RPG available as a free download on both RPGNow and DriveThruRPG - so far in excess of 750 people have downloaded the freebie too which is pretty good. We also currently have four titles in the RPGNow RPG Top Twenty list! At numbers 6, 7, 8 and 12!

All this is down to the hard work of Dominic McDowall-Thomas and John Dodd who've been seriously putting in the hours to get the books online. We have two more books to be uploaded from the back catalogue and then next up is some more new stuff.

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SLA PDFs Gearing Up For Sale!
Woohoo!

Just checked and the first of the SLA Industries PDFs is now up on RPGNow  for sale! The first one we've released in PDF format is KARMA. The others will be up there over the next few weeks as well as SLA 1st Edition (The red cover edition) as a freebie. Yes you heard us right a FREEBIE!

Our Victoriana range is also available on both sites in it's 1st Edition Fuzion incarnation on both RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. SLA will also eb available on DriveThru soon too.

More news to follow  :)

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Dragonmeet Tickets on Pre-Sale Now!
(Cannibal Sector One for SLA Industries is scheduled to be released at Dragonmeet!)

Tickets for Dragonmeet have gone up for pre-sale. Prices are £7 in advance for adults, £5.50 with concessions (Student Card/Unemployed)  or £3.00 for Under-16's. On the door the price breakdown will be £8.50/£6.50/£4.00.

So to get your hands on a shiney one of these...


 early and at a discounted price then please head over and purchase yours now!

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Cubicle 7 Announcement - 31st October 2006
Tuesday 31^st October 2006 London, UK:

Cubicle 7 Entertainment is pleased to announce new appointments to the team and also a brand new acquisition.

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This doesn't really have much to do with SLA, just Dave Alsop.

I noticed that he has done some artwork for footprints for a gaming cartographer program.

I wonder if they are SLA related?

http://www.profantasy.com/cc3/index.html

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Status update?
Is there any news on what's going on with SLA? Is anything due to be published soon at all? Does Cubicle 7 still exist?

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