Re: [BNW] The Helicopter Dilema

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> I would like to ask a question to all, especially you gm's out there.  
> How hard do you think it would be to steal a helicopter in the bnw
> world?  And get away with it I might add.  Also, how "rich" would you
> think a player would have to be to buy one?

I don't think it would be much harder then today. There is some threat of
getting caught because there are flyers and powersuits, but they are
pretty hard to come by...

Some place like Crescent city I would think it would be much harder than
today (a lot more deltas around to protect it and track it down).

As for richness. Just look up the cost of different civilian helicopters
on the web. Pulled this off a webpage in five minutes. It's in pounds, but
it gives an idea:


Helicopter Sales

SOUTH WEST AVIATION SERVICES LTD. Ex MOD Gazelle Helicopters for sale.
Aircraft available February 2001 with Permit to Fly. Fly away prices start
from only 129,500 + VAT. Tel/Fax +44 (0)1872 225854 E-mail. 

WESTLAND WASP, 4 seat TURBINE helicopter for sale or shares. Based
Elstree, full permit, new annual, flying now. 2 x GPS, colour moving map,
slaved compass, dual contols, radar altimeter. Turbine time for the same
cost as piston. 90k outright or one fifth share at 20k No VAT. Contact
Mark 079 57 801118.

FYI: 1 pound ~= $1.50

Of course you can always assume that the player is still paying on it. I
think our rule was that they had to 1/10th of big items down up front and
be able to make payments of a few % each month.

Hope that helps.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab

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