[quote=GreivousKhan]
It basically means T1 benefits powers/high-tech over most modern technology.
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Only if you're using them wrong. Preps aren't everything, and there ARE ways to prep modern tech. Such as pulling out a magazine of armor piercing ammo in one post, reloading the gun in the next, and then opening fire in the third. That's a whole magazine of bullets with two preps behind it.