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SysOp

You can use lots of things as garrottes, but best of all is a monomolecular one. I got mine in Atlanta. They are great because you've got to be very bad to not kill silently. Bad news is, if you cut too much with it, then it all gets stained. Once or twice I've even decapitated the poor moron. It gets really messy when that happens. Blood all over the place, and blood is hard to clean from clothes.

Lemon juice works fine.
Joe Average "once again, I mean DANGER"

Are you sure? I've tried lots of products and none worked.
Desplumado

I don't want to disturb you, my dear friends, but, how should I say it? There's another place and moment to talk about that!
J. Whatalu

I thought silencing involved a glove over the mouth and a quick jerk to break the neck. Must be me.
Hunter

If you can't afford one of these puppies, your next logical choice could be a piano cord, or the Mi of a violin. No joke. I'm serious. It works great. Bad news is that you've got to do it well or the bastard will shout, probably screaming for help, and usually that's when the real fun starts. We'll suppose you don't want that kind of fun in right now, so be sure you use it well. Good news is that there is not so much blood, so those of you with weaker stomachs will prefer this one. But remember that you've got to be good.

You can use a piece of thin wire for this, too.
Joe Average

Whatever you use, be sure you put something in the wire to get a good grasp of it, or you could cut yourself.
Wilfredo "Seis dedos"

Experience is the mother of knowledge, neh, Wilfredo?
Lorana

It may not work as well, but it's cheap: anything you think that can be useful for this purpose. From a cord to shoe laces, ragged curtains, shirts, your belt... I once had to use a troll-sized condom, and it worked fine.

Hey, Fever, what was you doing with that?
Lorana

Oh, it's so BIG!
Tania

Hey, if it'll work then use it, and if you don't get a chance to use is as a garrotte, you may be able to use it another time.
Psykotika

The trick at this is PRECISION. That's the word. Whatever type of garrotte you use, target your enemy's neck and loop him that way. Be sneaky, look for the best way of approach before moving and do it quickly. Finish him after he has stopped moving and you won't get any surprises.

Actually, that's the way we have to work always. When, How, Where. When must we move, How do we move and where are we going to move. Lots of you forget about that and act before thinking. Always ask yourselves When are you going to move, How are you going to move and Where are you going to move and you'll live longer. Believe me.
Montecristo

I had a problem with waiting until they stop moving once, the person I was trying to take out faked dead, and when I let go, he shot me in the gut, thankfully Omega finished him off before he could do much more.
Psykotika

Lesson Two, boys: The knife, our forgotten friend. I love 'em. Knives don't run out of ammo, and that alone is enough reason to have one of them always with you. I always have one with me, just to be sure. If circumstances allow I carry three to five more.
Different Blades:
As I've done with garrottes, I'll talk now about knives that can help you in your job, just to let you see another glorious day.

And that is the real point of all of this, isn't it?
Rattler, Cowboy 2000(tm)

Lots of people talk about stabbing your opponent in the base of the skull, his heart, his lungs... but the best way of doing the deed is using a long and hard but flexible blade and pass it through his diaphragm. Upward from his bellows to the breastbone. That decompresses his lungs and completely voids your enemy chance to call for help. That is, if you do it right. If you are like those who prefer to use Ramboid style survival knives, those are best used against your enemy's heart, but be sure you hit well and with strength. Ribs can be a problem here if you don't hit hard enough. This is fine if you combine it with a good garrotte. There're those of you who like to use short and strong blades. For them I recommend a Katar. The only way these knives kill a man with a single hit is in the nape of the skull and with a firm upward slice. They end up becoming broken dolls. This is a good method to use with cyber blades. Your spur toys, for example are good if you can use a single blade.

A friend of mine uses two knives: one strikes the heart and the another the sternum.
Tonite

Well, it sounds cool, but that is the sort of things only skilled boyz do. Why not just cut the throat? The guy'll die just fine and you've got time to laugh at his stare while he dies.  Ho Ho Ho. Bad luck.  you lose, I win.
Concrete Face "I enjoy doing a dirty job"

That's a very rough method of killing. He'll make a lot of noise, will bleed a lot and he'll probably have time to try to harm you or to save his life.
Chuck

Something wrong with just toying with them like that?
Blaze, Ultra-Marine

You're a sick bastard, Blaze. No wonder the Marines kicked you the hell out.
Jane Doe, "Heard of me, have you?"

Hey, shut the frag up! They just didn't have the cojones to deal with what needed to be done!
Blaze

I still don't see whats wrong with watching them die slowly, its fun, and if you record it on a porta cam, its fun to watch
Psykotika

You can throw knives, too, but that requires a lot of skill, as the guards we encounter in our occupation tend to be heavily protected. If you are thinking about this type of attack be sure to choose the right tool for the job: a well-balanced knife is essential. Not all knives are weighted right, although a skilled thrower can do a good job with any knife. Why don't use an axe or a katana? You don't have to get so near, and you can hit him one meter farther away.
Concrete Face

You can't be so sure your enemy won't make any noise. And crushing somebody's skull is a noisy action.
McGregor

Yeah? So? I'm quite sure that if I hit a man hard and fast between his ribs with my axe he won't make any noise.
Mark

For Lord's sake, Mark. Your Decapitator weights eleven kilos. If you hit a man hard and fast, anywhere you hit him, you'll cut him in two.
McGregor

Yes, but that's not what we'll talking about. Moreover: it's circumstantial.
Mark

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SysOp

Now, kiddies, pay attention to lesson three: projectile weapons. There are too many people who don't believe these are efficient weapons, but they are. Take a look at the Ares catalog, for example. They offer a compound bow that isn't bad at all. You can find very good crossbows in the street, too. Talking in general terms, nearly all these weapons will do the job, but your choice should be based on what suits you best. I met lots of trogs who prefer bows that adjust to their great strength, and there are felfos and weak people who tend to prefer crossbows, because the strength doesn't need to be in your arms, it's in the weapon's pulleys.

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You boys that are fans of wire and technology, have a lot of options with these babies. You can get them equipped with rangefinders, imaging scopes, smartgun technology, just name it. The best thing you can do when acquiring a bow is making sure it fits you. I've seen lots of kids who want to use a bow and buy one too big for them. The result? They couldn't even get an arrow in firing position. On the flip side, if you buy a bow that is too weak for you (which tends to be my problem) you'll find yourself wasting arrows and time. In our job, time is critical, and if you pull the bow more than is needed, you'll be wasting microseconds that could be useful for something else, like getting out of a bullet's way. The good thing about these toys is that you don't have to be near your target, so you can shoot silently and safely from a distance. Bad thing is if you can't take down a man with a single shot, he'll have time to scream for help or, worse yet, return fire. Anyway, if you find this to be a problem, you can try to get a hold of one of those nice crossbows the SEALs use. They work by pump action, getting a spring ready to shoot the next bolt. They are a bit uncomfortable to carry along, because they use clips - and those clips are bolt sized - and because they are a bit large, but they are very, very, good. There are some other models, but those work with compressed air and make some noise. Not as much as a shotgun firing in full auto, but then...

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SysOp

Well, kids. This has all been too funny, but let's be true to our souls. Emptying two machine guns clips pointing the roof and shouting like a lost soul in "The Price is Right" is one of those things that makes us love being alive and love life, we enjoy shooting big firearms and watching our enemies' head exploding, so we prefer eliminate guards with a good firearm. But sometimes, when we want to eliminate somebody, it happens  that we want to keep on living after that, so we don't want anybody to start an alarm, so we try to fry our opponent with our iron and without making any noise.
Lesson Four and last: Silent firearms. I love them. Too much has been written and said about silencers and suppressors, so I won't talk about them... much. Yes, they help, but they still make noise. More if you fire in full-auto using a suppressor and exploding ammo.Am I wrong, Zuluman?
McGregor

It was an innocent mistake, man
Zuluman

We can use them when we don't want to attract too much attention, sure, or when we're going to work in environments where not too many people would recognize a silenced shot, but when we don't want to make any noise at all, we'll have to use subsonic ammo. We don't find too much ammo of this kind in the streets, but not for it being too hard to find, but because us shadowrunners don't use it too much. Subsonic ammo doesn't break the sound barrier, so when we use it, the bullet makes no noise, virtually eliminating all of a firearm's sound. It would be better if we use a single shot weapon, so we eliminate the weapon mechanism's sound. Always carry a clip or two of these puppies and you'll get out of lots of trouble.

I used some subsonic ammo before in my Sniper Rifle, but I don't think that I would like it in my Predator, I mean the unsilenced and silenced shots are part of the thrill of killing someone, shooting someone with a Predator and it not making noise just takes the fun outta it
Psykotika

Your sick
Domino

• Approaching the victim is easy: just an opposed test using the attacker Stealth skill and his target's Intelligence. Use whatever modifier you deem appropriate (as it's commonly said: Gamemaster's discretion).
• Reaching the neck isn't too hard, but the victim might have something to say ("HELP" is a good idea, if you find yourself in such an uncomfortable situation).
• Use of the Stealth skill is a good idea, but it depends entirely on what your gaming group thinks this could be (or in gamemasterocracies, what YOU think). Base Target Number is 4, modified by the usual circumstances and such. If the victim is aware of your presence, (see below), the Target Number should be more than four.
• Damaging the victim is easy: damage is staged normally, and when he reaches level D, he stops moving, so you can stop squeezing. That is, unless you enjoy that sort of thing, in which case, you can keep on squeezing until he's dead. If he doesn't drop in the first attack, you can continue to choke him. That's an opposed test, using his Strength and his Body. Treat this as an attack test (if you've got more successes, you can stage the damage up, if he wins, he can stage the damage down), using the basic damage level of the garrotte being used.
• How does the victim defend? First, he can detect your move before you attack. In the opposed stealth test, if the result is a tie, the GM may allow him to detect you but not allow him to make an opposing move, giving you a +2 Target Number modifier to the attack test. If he wins with 1 success, you still get the +2 Target Number penalization and he can get his hand or something in front of him (like in the movies). If he wins with 2+ successes he should be allowed to act normally (shout, counterattack, eat pizza using his feet, play banjo).
• Use your common sense: (if you have it; I don't think most of you do, as you're reading a text about how to kill people) if you allow the victim to get something between him and the attack. Generally speaking, if he uses his hand and he's been attacked with a monomolecular garrotte, the group can get a good, sick laugh in.

Combinations If somebody wants to, he can use one garrotte in one hand and a knife in the other, or he can use two knives. This can be a good method (I, personally, use in my job a piano cord and an SAS trench dagger), and should be managed imposing a +2 modifier to both hands and another +2 to the wrong hand. Ambidexterity, of course, negates this last.

Bows and Crossbows No special rules are needed, I think, because there's nothing new here. Just keep in mind the Street Samurai Catalog, NERPS and the PLASTIC WARRIORS books, and you'll find lots of equipment to add to your favorite projectile weapon.
I'll add four crossbows we have used in our campaign and that are mentioned by Fever and Robin in his insert.

Subsonic Ammunition You can find subsonic ammunition in the streets if you want to. Add +2 to the concealability of the ammo you want, and multiply its price by 3. The power of the round decreases by 2, but you can add an additional +4 to detect these shots.

Weapons Garrottes

Name:          Conc  Damage        Avail      Cost  Street Index
Improvised     10   (str/2)L stun, always     0-10¥   .5 
Monomolecular  10   6S             24/14 days 2.000¥   3 
Piano Cord     10   (str)M stun    always     10-50¥  .5
Wire           10   (str)L stun    always     0-50¥   .5

Crossbows 
Light Repeating
Conc     2        Damage  5L
MinStr   2        Weight  3
Ammo     3(m)     Avail   6/72hrs
SI       1.5
Legality 4-J
Cost     600¥

Medium Repeating
Conc     2       Damage  5M
MinStr   3       Weight  4.5
Ammo     3(m)    Avail   8/72hrs
SI       1.5
Legality 4-J
Cost     1,000¥

Colt Automatic Crossbow
Conc     2       Damage 6M
MinStr   -       Weight 5
Ammo     4(c)    Avail  12/7 days
SI       2
Legality 2-J
Cost     2,550¥

Conc     6*      Damage  6M
MinStr   NA      Weight  -
Ammo     1(m)    Avail   8/8 days
SI       1.8
Legality 2-J
Cost     2,000¥