Disabling Monofilament razor strips..

[garhkal]

In Galadiniums, we are introduced to a nice piece of technology used for securing starships and other places.. A strip of monofilimant razor wire in the form of screen guards.. They are very difficult to spot (with a search check) but how would one go about neutralizing it/disabling it once it is found?

Also at what speed is one needing to be at for "Moving rapidly" to suffer the 9d damage level vice the normal 6d level? Sprinting all out? Going full (double speed)? Faster?
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[Jedi Skyler]

Which Gallidinium's book is that in? I looked at my stash, and only have the Guns and Gear book, and I didn't see it in there. I know I don't have ALL the books out there, and I like to find more to add.

[TyCaine]

It's in Galladinium's Fantastic Technology: Guns & Gear P31 : Monafilament Screen Guards.

And personally, although it says "Moving Rapidly", I say anything over Cautious rate gets the 9D damage, but that's just me, you could rule that anything over Cruising rate gets the higher damage.



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[Jedi Skyler]

Thanks; not sure how I missed them. *facepalms*

My issue with them would be that it says you can place one of these strips either above or below a door, and when you activate it, the wires extend vertically up to 80cm. However, if you place it at the bottom of the door, what keeps them vertical? They're wires, after all. It says nothing that even hints at a power source other than the wires extending.

If this device is such that the strips start out together, but separate once you activate it, then I can see a possibility for the wires staying in place. Otherwise, I'd figure a breeze ought to move them, and decrease the difficulty to detect.

As for defeating the device, since I see no reference to any kind of built-in security measures besides the individual wires' incredible difficulty to spot, I'd think all one would need to do is deactivate the device, which should retract the wires and allow entry. Barring that, wouldn't cutters of some kind should be sufficient?

[garhkal]

Well, what does it take to activate them? If the 'keypad is on the other side of the 'screen', how would one get to it to activate it without getting sliced? Cutting them i can see, but with what?
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[Jedi Skyler]

[Jedi Skyler]

Also, if there's a remote or a coded keypad, that opens up the opportunity for said device to be defeated by a competent slicer...but then, the GM is going to have to stat such things out.

[Fallon Kell]

As for disarming them, I recommend a flame to distemper the wire and coat it with carbon, which reduces the sharpness, then hitting it with something made of durasteel to break the wire.
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[garhkal]

Would dim lighting conditions make it easier to see these strips or harder?
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[Jedi Skyler]

I'd think it would make it harder to see the wires themselves; however, if the strips from which they extend have any kind of lit control panel for activating/deactivating, I'd think the chances would go UP for seeing the panel, but not the wire. Catching sight of the panel, though, would IMO give reason for the player to make a Perception or Search check to see if they actually see the wires. The difficulty number should go down a little if they've ever had any experience with such a device before, even looking through the datalogs for them, as there should be some modicum of familiarity there.

If they don't catch sight of the strips, though, they're screwed...

[Centinull]

[bruce741]

Armor will obviously provide some protection, but might not be enough to negate any damage...especially if someone hits the wires at that nebulous "rapidly moving" pace. I'd think any kind of hand-held cutting tools (even ones powered by a backpack power source, provided a character has one on their person) would also do the trick.
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[Tinman]

I'd assume that, once spotted, any sort of energy cutting tool could be used to slice right through them. Beyond lightsabers, there are any number of these sorts of things listed in various supplements (though you generally find them in the hands of techs rather than being carried around by your typical PC.)

Fusion Cutter - Galladinium's pg. 55
Heavy Fusion Cutter - Gundark's pg. 98
Portable Plasma Cutter - Gundark's pg. 99
Laser Welder - Galladinium's pg. 54
Phoenix Plasma Punch - Pirates & Privateers pg. 48 (Probably not the best tool for the job, but it would work and vaporize the strands at the same time if used VERY carefully..)

The pieces of cut monofilament wire would probably qualify as an environmental hazard, so if you found one of these sorts of devices in your ship/base/home and ended up having to cut them, I'd imagine you'd want to decontaminate the area of them rather than having characters walking around with small pieces stuck to the bottoms of their boots or getting sucked up into machinery through the air recycling system eventually.

[Kytross]

It's a monofilament wire. Think of it like a wire cheese slicer. It cuts easily through a soft medium but would get caught up on anything harder.

I'd say you can break it by waving a heavy wooden stick through the wires, though a metal pole or a vibro axe would be better. Stormtrooper armor would probably completely negate this stuff.

This is the kind of trap that only works once.

I'd rate the monofilament wire at 1D body strength character scale. When someone goes through it they're going to completely destroy the trap.

[garhkal]

Wouldn't make for that good of a security system though if its that easy to get by.
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