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Warning! Violence, War, Magic & the Supernatural The fictional worlds of Rifts® are violent, deadly and filled with aliens, war and supernatural mon- sters. Other-dimensional beings often referred to as “demons,” torment, stalk and prey on humans. Alien life forms, monsters, vampires, ghosts, ancient gods and demigods, as well as magic, insanity, psychic powers and combat are all elements in this book. All of it is fiction. Some parents may find the violence, magic and supernatural elements of the game inappropriate for young readers/players. We suggest parental discretion. Please note that none of us at Palladium Books® condone or encourage the occult, the practice of magic, the use of drugs, or violence. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two Rifts® Northern Gun™ Two is an epic World Book that contains a wealth of information, power armor suits, ride armor, drones, vehicles and gear from the largest arms dealer on the continent: Northern Gun™. Plus details about the Robo-Glad- iatorial Arena whose battles are being televised throughout Michigan, Canada and the Chi-Town ‘Burbs. May be used with Northern Gun™ One or as a standalone sourcebook. ! 30+ NG power armor suits; an expansive range. ! 30+ suits of M.D.C. body armor and 20+ types of armored clothing. ! 10 robot haulers and drones. ! 15 combat vehicles and amphibious watercraft. ! 14 hovercycles, 8 motorcycles, 4 aircraft, 4 jet packs and 15 ground vehicles. ! Robot Gladiator O.C.C. and robot gladiators. ! The Robodome – Robot Gladiatorial Arena. ! Pirates, amphibious gear, adventure ideas and more. ! 256Sample pages written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda. file An epic sourcebook for the Rifts® series. Compatible with the entire Palladium Books® Megaverse® 1 Dedication from Matthew To every scientist, researcher, engineer, programmer, software developer, teacher and academic carrying us forward into the future. Your hard work turns science fiction into reality, and thanks to you I truly believe that we are already at least twenty years into the Golden Age of Man. Dreaming about the future is one thing; making it happen is another matter entirely. – Matthew Clements, February 2014 Dedication from Kevin To the most beautiful and gentle soul I have ever known, Kathy Simmons, my true love. Somehow, even when the storm clouds gather, you make every day seem beautiful, sunny and joyful. Thank you for making me laugh so much. Thank you for being you. I love you with all my heart. – Kevin Siembieda, February 2014 The cover, by John Zeleznik, depicts the Northern Gun Robodome. The battleground where robot gladiators fight for money, fame and glory, and to the enjoyment of arena spectators and the millions of fans who watch live telecasts from Michigan and Lazlo, and throughout the Coalition States. PDF Edition – November 2018 No part of this publication may be scanned, OCRed, reproduced or distributed in any way for electronic publication on the web/ internet or any other medium. Copyright 2014 Palladium Books Inc. & Kevin Siembieda All rights reserved, worldwide, under the Universal Copyright Convention. No part of this book may be reproduced in part or whole, in any form or by any means, without permission from the publisher, except for brief quotes for use in reviews. All incidents, situations, institutions, governments and people are fictional and any similarity, without satiric intent, of characters or persons living or dead, is strictly coincidental. Rifts®, The Rifter®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Phase World®, Splicers®, Chaos Earth®, Co- alition Wars®, After the Bomb®, RECON®, Nightbane®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game® and Palladium Books® are registered trademarks owned and licensed by Palladium Books Inc. and Kevin Siembieda. Anti-Monster, Archie-Bot, Archie Three, Aurora Blazer, Arzno, Beach-Stormer, Boom Gun, Bandito Arms, BigBore, Bio-Armor, Biomancy, Biomancer, Bio-Constructs, Biomancer Gene-Mage, Bio-Wizard, Blind Warrior Women, Black Talon, Blue Hawk, ‘Bot, ‘Borg, ‘Burb, Brodkil, Chi-Town, City Rat, Coalition States, CS, Coalition State of El Dorado, Colorado Baronies, Combat Cyborg, Coming of the Rifts, Crazies, Cyber-Doc, Cyber-Knight, Dead Boy, Doc Reid, Dog Boy, Dog Pack, Dinosaur Swamp, Dyna-Bot, E-Clip, Elemental Fusionist, Emperor Prosek, Erin Tarn, Federation of Magic, Free Quebec, Gargoyle Empire, Glitter Boy, Great Cataclysm, Headhunter, Horune Pirates, Iron Heart, Ironwing, Juicer, Lazlo, Lemurian, Ley Line Walker, Lord Splynncryth, Mad- haven, Magic Zone, Manistique Imperium, Megabot, MercTown, Mind Bleeder, Mind Melter, Minion War, Naruni, Naruni Enterprises, Naut’Yll, NGR, New German Republic, New Navy, Night Reaper, Northern Gun, NG, Pecos Empire, Psi-Hound, Psi-Stalker, Psyscape, Reid’s Rangers, Ride Armor, Rifts Earth, Rift Runner, Secondary Vampire, SAMAS, Shadow Boy, Shemarrian, Shifter, Silent Shadow, Simvan, Skelebot, Splynn Dimensional Market, Splugorth, Minions of Splugorth, Splugorth Slavers, Stone Magic, Stone Masters, Storm Hammer, Super-Max, Tattooed Man, Techno-Wizard, Thundercaster, Thunder Hound, Tolkeen, Triax, True Atlantean, Ulti- Max, Undead Slayer, Vampire Kingdoms, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Atlantis, Wild Vampires, Wilk’s, Windshark, Xiticix, Mega-Damage, M.D.C., S.D.C., I.S.P., P.P.E., and other names, titles, initials, characters, character likenesses, and slogans areSample trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc. file Palladium Online: www.palladiumbooks.com – also visit us at facebook.com/PalladiumBooks Rifts® Northern Gun™ Two – A Rifts® World Book is published by Palladium Books Inc., 39074 Webb Court, Westland, MI 48185-7606. Printed in the USA by McNaughton & Gunn. 2 Palladium Books® Presents: Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two Conceived by: Matthew Clements Written by: Matthew Clements & Kevin Siembieda Additional Writing & Ideas: Carl Gleba Carmen Bellaire Charles Walton Editors: Alex Marciniszyn Kevin Siembieda Wayne Smith Proofreader: Julius Rosenstein Cover Illustration: John Zeleznik Interior Artists: Amy L. Ashbaugh Nick Bradshaw Wayne Breaux Jr. Jeffrey A. Burke Mark Dudley Todd Hebenstreit Kevin Long Allen Manning Brian Manning Larry MacDougall Vince Martin Michael Mumah Apollo Okamura Ramon Perez Tanya J. Ramsey Benjamin Rodriguez Kevin Siembieda Charles “Chuck” Walton II Michael Wilson Art Direction: Kevin Siembieda Typography and Layout: Wayne Smith Lead Concept & Design Artist: Charles Walton Based on the RPG rules, writings, characters, settings, concepts and Megaverse® created by Kevin Siembieda. SpecialSample Thanks to the brilliant minds who help me to expand the Megaverse® in new and exciting directions:file Matthew Clements for his ideas and writing, to Carl Gleba and Carmen Bellaire who are always an inspiration, to Chuck Walton and his endless imagination, to Johnny Z for another dynamic cover and to all of Palladium’s incredible artists, Chuck, Mike, Nick, Mark, Brian, Allen, Amy, Ben, Mike, Tanya, Kevin and Apollo. And to the core team and stalwarts behind the magic at Palladium Books, Alex, Wayne, Kathy, Julius and Jeff, all of whom work tirelessly to bring you new realms of adventure. – Kevin Siembieda, April 2014 3 ® Bill Shaffer, Sinder, Frank Stoesser, Camryn Swalve, Greg- Megaverse Insiders ory John Ullman, D. Vroman, Nicky Warren, Steven Whit- tredge, Joseph A. Yerger Inside Help Nathaniel Baker, Steven Brewington, Dan DeLuca, Paul Steel Insiders Herbert, Nathan Jacobus, Ralph “Voidrunner” Lajara, Steven Kristopher Akers, Brandon K. 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