Scout Sentinel: Fluff-acceptable weapon loadout [WE'RE DONE HERE, FOLKS]

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**Mr. Oddity**

Okay, I'm going to be ordering a Sentinel in parts from eBay in order to use it for an eventual diorama. My question is:
to keep this as fluff-friendly as possible, should it be armed with an autocannon or a multilaser? Also, is a searchlight acceptable?
Any help or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks!

**ghostmaker**

I always think of them as being very personal and mavericks so I say go with what you think the character would take,

**MasterSlowPoke**

They can have either? What crazy planet do you come from?

**killykavekommando**

Well, stat wise the auto cannon works better in gameplay, and I'm sure that the Commanding officers took that into account, so you should too.

**Ouze**

The way I see it, a scout sentinel is not much different then a sniper. It needs to get into place quietly and then make a devastating attack and exfiltrate quickly leaving no sign it was even there. So, in that vein, I think the autocannon is your best bet.

**AG.**

Buy the full kit and you'll have all weapons options?

**ArbitorIan**

For a scout sentinel, I'd say a searchlight would be standard equipment...

The weaponry could depend on the regiment as well. Both are useful for a scout, though autocannon suggest sniper where multilaser suggests self-defence. Autocannon suggests rugged, low-tech weapon and multilaser suggests a more advanced, better equipped regiment?

On the other hand, multilasers don't consume 'ammo', so might be lighter for a Scout?

Lots of fluff things to think about...

**Mr. Oddity**

Alright, that's certainly a lot of food for thought. Thank you for all the information, guys! It will certainly come in handy.

**MrMerlin**

Autocannon, its way cooler.

And don't forget to glue on plenty of bags, shovels, camo-nets, buckets and other random things the driver has customized his vehicle with. Customized sentinels look way cooler than normal ones!

**Mr. Oddity**

Alright, the results are fairly obvious at this point. Again, I thank you all for your input. Only thing left is to order what I need!

No promises on when I'll be done, however. I have lots of plans for this guy...