From: Roger Books <books@m...>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:28:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
Does anyone have any rules for heavy GEV's sinking in water because they are too heavy even with the cushion to float?
[DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:42:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
I'm not sure it would happen due to the way a GEV works, but if it was a danger, one would like to think it would be mentioned to the drivers during their training. [quoted original message omitted]
From: Roger Books <books@m...>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:54:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
> On 28-Sep-01 at 16:48, Chris DeBoe (LASERLIGHT@QUIXNET.NET) wrote: We went over this one on the list awhile ago. If the tank weighs too much for the surface it is floating on the surface will displace and t he tank will sink. If you read the Drake novels closely you will see he knew this (read "Rolling Hot"), the tanks sink, the combat cars don't. As for the training if we don't say they sink players will move them on the water.
From: Rick Rutherford <rickr@s...>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:05:57 -0400
Subject: RE: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
No, but if they take an "Immobilized" hit while they're over water, then they sink!:)
From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 00:13:50 +0200
Subject: Re: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
> Roger Books wrote: > >Does anyone have any rules for heavy GEV's sinking in Not for the DS2 design rules, no. If the DS3 design rules go in the direction I want, they will cover it. > Laserlight wrote: > I'm not sure it would happen due to the way a GEV works, but if it was Guess why no military hovercraft have heavy armour...? Later,
From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:42:36 -0500
Subject: Re: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
*** > I'm not sure it would happen due to the way a GEV works, but if it was Guess why no military hovercraft have heavy armour...? *** Forgive this ole vac-head, but I can't help thinking such an animal would have difficulty in deep sand, loose dirt, and the like...
From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 10:59:26 +0200
Subject: Re: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
> Doug Evans wrote: > *** Well, yes and no. Water is even worse than sand/dirt in this respect, so if the sand/dirt/mud is loose enough for a heavy GEV to have problems that area is most likely impassable for any ground-contact unit - including infantry. (Under some very special conditions you might get a "fluid bed"-like case where the dirt is less viscous than water, but that's not very likely - those conditions are hard enough to achieve when you use purpose-built equipment :-/ No, I'm not talking about beds you sleep in - I'm talking about combustion chambers for power stations, where the fuel is hovering on an upwards stream of air blown through the chamber. Sorry, I don't know the proper English terms :-( ) Later,
From: Roger Books <books@m...>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 10:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
> On 30-Sep-01 at 05:38, Oerjan Ohlson (oerjan.ohlson@telia.com) wrote: Isn't this what quick-sand is? You end up with particles of sand "lubricated" with water.
From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:07:19 -0400
Subject: RE: [DSII] House rules for sinking GEV's
This is why I almost always add "amphibious" to my GEVs. --- Brian Bell bbell1@insight.rr.com ICQ: 12848051 AIM: Rlyehable YIM: Rlyehable The Full Thrust Ship Registry: http://www.ftsr.org --- [quoted original message omitted]