I'd like to make a yo-yo that is fitted to act as a weapon with protruding spikes and a monofilament string.
Here's some ideas I have for it:
1. Smartgun system w/skinlink allows spikes to protrude while airborne or hacked when held so the hand doesn't get sliced up (or possibly to trigger remote explosions?).
2. Fingertip compartment holding monofilament whip.
3. Finger and knuckle gloves with a material that can withstand monofilament.
Now for the questions:
1. Would a yo-yo use Exotic Melee Skill like a monofilament whip or Throwing Skill?
2. Are their any materials that can withstand monofilament?
3. Do I have to use the smartgun system to allow the spikes to protrude wirelessly? Is their something more cost effective that could still incorporate a skinlink? I'd especially like one that doesn't come with that danged R tag.
4. Can an Advanced Safety be applied to a cyberhand or is there an equal hardware accessory that can be applied?
4. How much would all this cost?
And, if I
really had to (
), I could just have separate performance and combat yo-yos and maybe even some cheap asplodable ones.
Some gear considerations:
Fingertip Compartment: Essence: 0.1 or Capacity: [1]; Availability: 4; Price: 750¥
Cybereyes (image link standard): Essence: 0.2-0.5; Capacity 4-16; Availability: 0-8; Price: 500-1500¥
+Smartlink: Capacity: [3]; Availabilty: 8R; Price: 1000¥
^Total: Essence: 0.2-0.5; Availability 8R; Price: 1500-2500¥
or
Image Link: Essence: 0.1; Availability: 4; Price: 500¥
+Smartlink: Essence: 0.1; Availabilty: 8R; Price: 1000¥
^Total: Essence: 0.2; Availabilty: 8R; Price: 1500¥
(Cybereyes seems to be the obvious choice here. Free image link and no essence loss from smartlink means equal essence and an additional space of capacity even at rating one, at the same cost .)
Monoflament Whip: Reach: 2 Damage: 8P AP: –4 Availability: 12F Price: 3,000¥
Shuriken: Damage: (STR/2)P; Availability: 2; Price: 30¥
or
Cougar Fineblade Knife (Short Blade): Damage: (STR/2+1)P; AP: -1; Availability: 5R; Cost: 550¥
(I believe you could implement Fineblade technology in a yo-yo with a decent concealment modifier)
EDIT: After realizing the true nature of monofilament (i.e. not just very sharp), using monofilament for a performance yo-yo would not only heavily restrict tricks (you'd lose a finger or two with a cat's cradle unless they were armored), it would also not look very cool, just a spinning disk moving around. The string really makes it magical. Thus, I could downgrade to razor wire with armored gloves/plated cyberhands or just have performance yo-yos.
So the performance options are plated cyberhands or heavy armored but flexible gloves (do these even exist?) with a razorwire string which could double as a weapon or just string, significantly lowering cost which could be put to better use for a weapon use.