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Sure. Be my guest, Nick. Then Nikitian switches back to mission channel.
Blasted xenos mongrels!
If that satyr hasn't gone down, fire a pulse at it. Look out once more and send two gauss rounds at the next closest Altered (if it looks like having chitin carapace or something like that, let one of the rounds be AP). See if there are retreating soldires nearby.

(( I take it, the atmosphere is there, and is breathable? And thus the ordinary soldiers here aren't wearing any kind of suits? Also, do we have any means of communicating with people without suits - or just 'take off the helmet and shout'?))

Check the price for the sensitivity switch (and what else is needed). If it is negligible, add it to all of my exoskeleton desings.
Save and file away the Chimera gun Mk II (backpack version) design. Add the previous variant to the research results document.
Gulp down the rest of the tea.
Enter the 'Battle of Hexbarax'-'In the Fray' as a leading officer of a 4-man team of bots (all stats set to 5, all weapon skills set to 9(+1), no professions/other bonuses), exactly all of us wearing a Mk II suit with the 'Faith' (sub-exoskeleton Model B) installed and bearing a fully-loaded (two 3x drum magazines; one filled with standart ammo,  other filled with AP rounds) Chimera Gun Mk I.

I'll be off for a bit of time, Nick - testing my weapons in the battle simulation.
((I'll update the document post in a couple of minutes. EDIT:Done!))

See if having a (significantly) greater amount of dexterity would improve the reaction time enough to benefit from the (lower settings) increased negative feedback without that drawback. Also see if those exaggerated movements still prove useful in accomplishing simple, straight maneuvers (such as charging or dashing out of danger's way).

Use the largest and cheapest capacitors available. Check their prices and weight.

Test if the upgraded Tesla Arc can fire continiously for indefinite amount of time, as planned, or something prevents it.

Test the aforementioned improved exoskeleton configuration; start with small increase of the negative feedback and slowly raise it.

See how much the energy capacitors totalling 600 TPU (double that of the HEP (high energy projector) shot)  would cost in tokens.

Try replacing the Tesla Arc Battery with 5 gauss rifle power generators.

(( That's why I'm going to stick with damage dealing skills. One can't have a too big hole in the alien, right?
On the second thought, though, it is sort of opposed (opposed as of inflicting damage, I suppose, but straigth as of scoring a hit). Still, as it stands, when it comes to destruction, the higher is the better (well, Jim totally succeeded with making a hole in the elevator's floor, right? ).
As for other purposes, I guess it might be justified to provide a bit of flexibility to using one's skills - such as, for example, allowing to self-impose a handicap (up to the stat/skill modifier) before rolling (i.e., doing something not to the full extent of one's ability when the task is judged to be not too difficult) or something like that. Will have to hear what piecewise has to say on that, though - the whole idea might be rightfully judged as being against the RtD essence. ))

Attach and fuse in a high energy projector to the underside of the chimera gun; estimate the weight of the previous and the current variants of the chimera gun, and see if it is less unwieldy (less lopsided) now.
Move the gauss part to the underside of the pulse part, and reposition the magazine slots on both sides of the chimera gun. Check the price and weight of the weapon.

Measure and compare the power output and recharge rates of the high energy projector, gauss rifle, gauss cannon and that 5-token-backpack power generators, as well as the power output of the cutting laser and plasma projector batteries.

(( Uh, bad on my part. ))
Scrap this design of the chimaera gun. Once again, fuse a gauss rifle with 4 charging circuits and a pulse rifle together, shotgun-like. Wire up the charging circuits to be used to power the pulse part (working parallel), the gauss part (either parallel or simultaneous) or be split in between those.
Add another  (ordinary) load slot to the gauss part; make sure two high-capacity magazines would both fit on the gun.
Try fitting the plasma projector battery to the high energy projector.

((Sure, take your time. Also, do I understand it right that, game wise, protective clothing is generally less durable but provides greater mobility than the more conventional armoring, token for token? ))
See if it is possible to replace the coils in the field.
Get a four-circuit gauss rifle and fuse it  with a generator/capacitor-stripped pulse rifle (horizontally, if not too inefficient, so that would be some place left under the fused barrels; gauss barrel on the left, pulse 'barrel' on the right); make the new weapon use the charging circuits to power the pulse rifle as well. See to what power and rate of fire for the pulse shot that would amount. Move the magazine slot of the gauss part to the side if it were on the underside.
Also, make a new magazine for the gauss rifle (one that could be used with the unmodified version of it), of at least 3x capacity (actually, as much as up to 3 tokens worth) - use the drum or the helical design, whichever proves more efficient here.
((Yes, that one would most certainly be a big and heavy one; actually, I assumed the ordinary magazine is of the box variant - but is it, really?))