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| **Source book**: Stolen Souls | **Source book**: Stolen Souls | ||
| + | Another useful drone is what runners have dubbed | ||
| + | the “GMC Snatch n’ Grab.” These drones are based off | ||
| + | the GMC Chariots, which are older versions of delivery | ||
| + | drones (which happen to still be in use). A number of | ||
| + | these delivery drones have been converted into disguised combat drones for wetwork jobs. While some | ||
| + | mechanics and drone riggers have gone that route, others have equipped the Chariot to be used for extractions; | ||
| + | the ones dubbed the Snatch n’ Grab drones (they were | ||
| + | used to pick up packages, not drop them off). Basically, | ||
| + | instead of concealed guns that are loaded with APDS or | ||
| + | explosive rounds, they’re mounted with dart pistols, and | ||
| + | the darts with drugs such as laés or concentrated Caldwell lily extract. Once a target is knocked out, retractable | ||
| + | arms from the drone spring out, snatch the person, and | ||
| + | put him or her in its storage compartment, | ||
| + | can then drive out the front door of a building with its | ||
| + | pilfered content. | ||
| + | There are a couple of downsides with using this | ||
| + | drone. The first is that the GMC Snatch n’ Grab can | ||
| + | only handle average-sized metahumans (human-sized | ||
| + | and smaller). It cannot handle orks or trolls, mainly because there is no room, plus the robotic arms would | ||
| + | literally snap if they tried to pick up such hefty loads. | ||
| + | Secondly, most deliveries made by a delivery drone | ||
| + | happen out in the open, outside of the residence or inside a building’s hallway. There is a high probability that | ||
| + | someone (or some camera) will see the abduction and | ||
| + | call the police or corp security. Most of the time, the | ||
| + | Snatch n’ Grab needs active runner and decker support | ||
| + | to loop camera footage and keep bystanders away in | ||
| + | order for this abduction technique to work effectively without anyone noticing. However, if it is pulled off | ||
| + | successfully, | ||
| + | drone and meet up with it after it has left the building, | ||
| + | making egress from a building much simpler for the | ||
| + | runner team without having to drag along an unconscious body. A Snatch n’ Grab normally has a faraday | ||
| + | cage built into its design to block any tracking devices | ||
| + | or RFID tags that the target may have been implanted with. A Snatch n’Grab drone can be used at either | ||
| + | residential addresses or commercial businesses such | ||
| + | as corporate offices (though many corporate offices | ||
| + | require packages to be dropped off at the mail room, | ||
| + | and having a delivery drone seen traveling through an | ||
| + | office building will likely be seen as suspicious). | ||