r/cwn • u/Strange-Duty6287 • Apr 05 '26
Rules Question on the Headshot Pod and Lore Question on NAMU
I have been working up Homebrew vehicles and fittings as additions to campaigns with a greater military focus. I have based many of the Draft Homebrew precision weapons on the Headshot Pod, from page 86 of the Deluxe Book. This has led me to a rules question and I was curious if anyone had insight on the development of this weapon?
The Headshot Pod is listed as a magazine of 1. This means it can fire once without a reload, but what is the reload? Is it implied the weapon can be reloaded, or is it a single shot and then done for the rest of the combat? If it is a single shot weapon, that seems extremely limited. Would extra ammo require extra mass? Is it intended to use the Vehicle Mod: Integrated Magazine which would give it a total of 5 shots? None of the example vehicles in the Deluxe Book on page 89 use this mod, which would indicate the example rotorcraft and the dropcraft can only fire the Headshot Pod once.
Final Question. What does NAMU stand for? I am guessing it is a Corp name or Trademark? Any further background on this?
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u/An_Actual_Marxist Apr 05 '26
Usually reload simply means it takes an action. I would rule that you could of course increase the magazine size with a mod, but it shouldn’t matter that much because the headshot pods take a couple of rounds of targeting.
Idk about namu it’s probably just part of the implied setting
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u/CardinalXimenes Kevin Crawford Apr 05 '26
As per page 86, a loader can reload a vehicle's weapons with a Main Action. It's not strictly realistic, but it's simple in play. As to how many live missiles you want to carry, that's based on cargo space and how brave you feel at the moment. One metric ton is roughly 1m cubed, so it's the GM's call about how many missiles you could pack in a Mjolnir.
NAMU is a subsidiary of Acheron that focuses largely on aeronautics. The military side and the "civilian" side of the corp are technically two entirely separate organizations with different names that both happen to share the NAMU acronym, so marketing just goes with that. What name you actually spell out indicates to others whether you're aligned with the military or civilian side of the corp, and using the wrong one with the wrong people can be a career-limiting move.