Errata, More Thrust, and related...

3 posts ยท May 22 1997 to May 23 1997

From: Alfredo Lorente <alfredo@b...>

Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 12:46:53 -0400

Subject: Errata, More Thrust, and related...

De-Lurking (De-Cloaking?) here, briefly...

I picked up _Stargrunt_ a little while back, and have a question that
I figure has been asked before (BTW, is there a FAQ for the GZG games out
there?). Can someone shed light on the Drones section of the rules!?!? For
example,

Spotting: Do drones roll Unit Quality plus Sensor Quality die, vs d4 shifted
up per 12" range to drone and cover bonuses? (the term "System level" wasn't
defined earlier but I figure it stands for SENSOR, or SENSOR TYPES TABLE...)

Recalling a drone: I assume the Drone has to move back to the location where
the Infantry team is. On the other hand, could the drone land, say 6" away
from its operating infantry team, and in a following turn be picked up by the
operators?

Shooting Drones down: Is the phrase "the drone's system die roll" meant to
imply that the roll is against the electronics?! It isn't
very clear - my assumption is that the die rolls are opposing
Quality die rolls - Firing unit Quality versus operators Quality
die.

I haven't been able to find a copy of More Thrust, and I want to know
which are the new weapons available in the supplement - Missiles and
what else. I'd like to prepare a game for a Gaming Con (Working
title: "Damn the Torpedos, Full Thrust Ahead!" ;-) but I would like
to use a different background and build my own ships. I'd rather not do the
same work twice...

Related to _More Thrust_, does _MT_ cover the creation of Dropships
for _Dirtside II_?  The info on Dropships in _Stargrunt_ is kinda
thin...  (BTW, are the "Walkers" from _SG_ AT-AT's from _Star Wars_
or _BattleTech_ robots?  Are there rules to build _BT_ robots in _DS
II_?  Are there any home rules for such? - Yeah, I know _BT_ robots
are very impractical - I still find them reall cool....)

Enough rambling. Any help will be appreciated....

From: Tom McCarthy <tmcarth@f...>

Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 20:51:22 -0400

Subject: Re: Errata, More Thrust, and related...

> Related to _More Thrust_, does _MT_ cover the creation of Dropships

More Thrust definitely does cover drop ships, at least as much as you need to
use them in Full Thrust (how many a ship needs, a symbol for them, maybe a
suggestion as to how quickly they work relative to game play).

And I think the walkers were meant to be generic enough to cover BattleTech,
Mekton, AT-ATs, or Shogun Warriors.   Heck, I bet you could even do
Godzilla in DSII (he looked cool in OGRE)!

From: Jonathan white <jw4@b...>

Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 03:32:25 -0400

Subject: Re: Errata, More Thrust, and related...

> At 04:46 PM 5/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
Um, three sorts of missiles, a mini nova cannon, various high PSB forcefield
defense systems.. Any others I've forgotten?

> Related to _More Thrust_, does _MT_ cover the creation of Dropships
Yup, both design rules and some rules for linking the two games together in a
campaign setting. Well worth the money is MT:).

                        TTFN
                                Jon