I'm having fun doing some character exercises and I've come across a design that I can't figure out. I would like to mount some sort of grenade launcher on my characters shoulder. The VX-Hands Free Weapon armor attachment says that it has to be a ranged light or ranged heavy. The grenade launcher would be perfect, but it is a gunnery weapon. I thought about micro rockets, but I'd really rather stick to grenades.

The closest I've come is a stripped down blaster rifle with an under barrel grenade launcher, but I'd rather not use a rifle in conjunction with it. Anything using ranged heavy or gunnery would be preferred.

If I do decide to go forward with the character I may try to ask the GM for a rifle frame that allows you to attach the under barrel attachments to it but otherwise doesn't do anything.

You could take the CSPL-12 Projectile Launcher. It should meet all the requirements for the VX-Hands Free Weapon armor attachment and can shoot all kinds of explosives and grenades. However, it is ranged light.

3 hours ago, Ahrimon said:

If I do decide to go forward with the character I may try to ask the GM for a rifle frame that allows you to attach the under barrel attachments to it but otherwise doesn't do anything.

This is a way of solving it. The thing is, you need a ranged (heavy) weapon with at least 3 hardpoints and an encumbrance of no more than 2, which limits your options to two.

First off is the DH-17 carbine which is a nifty little gun in itself, but your GM might disallow it on the grounds that it isn't "rifle-sized" enough.

The second option is to craft an energy rifle and use 2 advantages to bump the encumbrance down.

If you have access to Tinkerer or Jury-rigged, you can use them to increase your options.

Of course, the easier option would be to get the CSPL-12, but if your PC is technically savvy, going the roundabout way could be worth it.

For some reason I feel like Gunnery would be the appropriate skill for this weapon. It's mounted on an automated T&E and isn't aimed by the hands and arms.

39 minutes ago, Archlyte said:

For some reason I feel like Gunnery would be the appropriate skill for this weapon. It's mounted on an automated T&E and isn't aimed by the hands and arms.

That would be logical. But this is also the system where the skill you use with a bow and arrow depends on the type of arrow that you are shooting.

/shrug. In the end I decided to get the something something 700 pulse rifle. The stats are close enough to a grenade and I don't have to worry about ammo, etc. I'd prefer grenades but /shrug.