First off, I see no rules for what exactly a hellgun capacitor does. Only the Cost, and the availability. It doesn't even weigh anything. I checked the errata but no change there.

Secondly, would rewriting the rules for the twin lasgun to be

Twin Lasgun Basic 100m -/2/6 1d10+3E 20 Full Unreliable

be unbalanced? I like that more than the tearing, and it'd be nice for my acolytes to have access to a full-auto lasgun

A Hellgun Capacitor is the cost of a replacement clip (which plugs into a backpack) for a Hellgun iirc. It has no other function than providing a full clip.

And I think s/2/6 is a bit much, either s/4/- or s/3/5 (for an extreme improvement) would bit better, but the best thing for balance is to ask yourself this...

"Are my Acolytes going to face a threat that will require this device to make it an even battle on a regular basis?"

If you're really after a full auto lasgun that's what the D'Laku hellgun is for, though its usually reserved for Skitarii use only and the backpack requierment is the balancer for its capabilities.

- Raith

Ah, gotcha. One of my players was wondering if he could mod a regular lasgun to use one or just what it was for. I figured pretty much what you said but I figured I'd ask for some confirmation, since it was in the Upgrade section.

Now the statline I proposed had no S in the -/2/6. This, to my mind, is because it's basically two lasguns in one package. And because there's no single-shot, they can't use hotshot packs or laser sights, both of which my players are fond of. So that would make it a bit more of a trade-off. Should I add Recharge as well, to represent the way that it fires all the shots from the same battery? I don't mind if it's slightly overpowered, but I don't want them ditching all their other stuff once they get one either.

Recharge isn't really an issue, all you do is say the ammo doesnt increase over a normal lasgun, afterall both barrels must discharge for the gun to produce thevolumn of fire your wanting. Just make the reload time a little longer than usual for the more bulky or multiple clips needed to power it.

- Raith

So I'll kick reload up to 2 Full but other than that leave the stat line alone, and see how it goes. Thanks for the comments.

Do you mean a rewrite of the Twin Las on page 177 of the IH?

I would leave it as it is...

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about. What we did to test it was give two players the book version, and two players my version, and we all tried them. Then we swapped for the next session, and we all preferred my version.