DSII armor question...

6 posts ยท Mar 18 2004 to Mar 18 2004

From: John K Lerchey <lerchey@a...>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:17:57 -0500 (EST)

Subject: DSII armor question...

I read the FAQ, and did check the rules, but did not find an answer.

So, let's say I have a recon vehicle of size 1. It's 1 armor on the front, and
thus, 0 on the sides, top, and bottom. It's not "open topped", it's just
small.

Is 0 armor on the non-front facing considered to be the same as a
softskin? Or, in other words, can the vehicle be successfully engaged by small
arms or APSW fire?

Thanks,

J

From: Nicholas Caldwell <nicholascaldwell@e...>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:28:08 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Subject: Re: DSII armor question...

I've wondered about this one myself. We always counted it as being 1 armor all
around.

nick

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From: John K Lerchey <lerchey@a...>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:41:06 -0500 (EST)

Subject: Re: DSII armor question...

Well, I wouldn't call it "armor 1 all around" because clearly, it is not. That
is, in DSII a valid "0" chit will damage it.

However, that does not answer the question of what happens with infantry
weapons or APSWs. My take would be that it is counted as "armored" against
small arms, but is way easy to kill with vehicle killing weapons.

I'd love to see some kind of official ruling though.:)

J

John K. Lerchey Computer and Network Security Coordinator Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Nicholas Caldwell wrote:

> I've wondered about this one myself. We always counted it as being 1

From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:17:31 +0000

Subject: Re: DSII armor question...

> Nick wrote:

> I've wondered about this one myself. We always counted it as being 1

This isn't just a DSII question, it's also a SG2 question. I would let the
vehicle be 1 armour all around. I don't think I've created such a
beast, most of mine being 2/1, 3/2, etc.

From: Jerry Han <jhan@w...>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:29:10 -0500

Subject: Re: DSII armor question...

Hmmm, didn't this question come up at the Con? I remember Jon T. saying

that it meant small arms wouldn't affect it, but, even zero chits of
appropriate colour would apply.

Or it could be that all the sheep puns have addled my brain... (8-)

JGH

> John K Lerchey wrote:

From: John K Lerchey <lerchey@a...>

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:45:02 -0500 (EST)

Subject: Re: DSII armor question...

Well, I don't recall anyone asking Jon at the Con, but then, I didn't attach
myself to the sainted one since I was doing things like playing, but I do like
the answer since it makes sense to me.:)

Thanks!

J

John K. Lerchey Computer and Network Security Coordinator Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Jerry Han wrote:

> Hmmm, didn't this question come up at the Con? I remember Jon T.
saying
> that it meant small arms wouldn't affect it, but, even zero chits of