Drifting to DSII (longish I think.)(mabey OT I don't know)

> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:41:03 +0100

> Jerry Han wrote:
Better yet. Has any one converted BOLOs to DS2. Or mabey FT;)I like Bolos
muchly. I'd just love to have a Bolo Mark XXXIII(NO THIS HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PHALONS!!! ;-) to surprise the Hello out of
my enemy. For those of you who don't know what a Bolo is here is a descrition
of 2 of them. Right from Bolos 3: THE TRIUMPHANT. I will not cover all of them
beacuse thet part of the book is from 356 to 387.

Mark XIV BOLO (2307):

The Mark XIV replaced the never satisfactory laser "main gun" of earlier marks
with the far more destructive "Hellbore" plasmagun. This 25cm weapon,
originally designed for the Concordiat Navy's
Magyar-class battlecruisers main batteries, had a half-megaton/second
energy output and, unlike earlier Bolo laser cannon, was a marked improvement
over any kinetic weapon of equivalent mass. In other respects, the Mark XIV
was a "standard" reversion to a generlist
design, made possible by advances in mag-bottle technology (which
finally made fusion power a practicle alternative to fission in Bolo design)
and acceptance of a lighter indirect fire capability. Anti missile defenses
were now sufficent to render strategic bombardment impractical, so indirect
fire was limited to tactical and theater applications. this permitted the use
of smaller missiles which, in turn, allowed an increased magazine capacity
without weight
penalties. Even so the Mark XIV/B was 28 percent heavier than the
Mark XIII/k it replaced, although further power train and suspension
upgrades pervented any loss of performance. Gradual improvements in sensor
fits amd fire control systems kept this mark in front line service for
approximately 90 years. Tactically primary reliance now
rested on pre-loaded computerized battle plans, but a single human
crewman was routinely carried to respond to unanticipated threats.
The Mark XIV/B's.weoght was 728 tons (rising to 900 in late series
modles), and road speed hovered between 60 and 75 KPH over the life of the
mark.

my notes: This bolo could not enage orbital targets. But this next one most
asuredly can:)

MARK XXXIII (?) [my notes: the Mark XXXII was 3356)

The last-and largest- Bolo introduced into service. The Mark XXXIII
weighed no less than 32,000 and mounted a main armament of three
indpendetly-turreted 200cm Hellbores (5 megatons/second) with a
secondary armament of sixteen 30cm Hellbore infinite reapeaters in two lateral
battieries. Equipped with a very sophisticated indirect fire system, the sheer
firepower of the Mark XXXIII was a reversion to the old seige unit thinking,
though it was normally referred to as
a <i>planetary</i> siege unit, not merely a continental one.No one
knows how many Mark XXXIIIa were actually built, but offical planing called
for them to be deployed in independant biragades of 24 units each. Despite
increase in weight[My notes: about 13,000 tons], speed remained equivalent to
the Mark XXXI[My Notes: 115 kph], and the
Mark  XXXIII's <i>internal</i> counter-grav coould supply assault
landing capabilty for which the Mark XXXII had required an auxiliary unit.

there is 2 descriptons og bolos. I know that It my be a little out of context
beacuse you relly need to take a look at the other bolos to understand every
thing but I do not feel like typing up all 32 pages.