Hi Guys,
Does anyone know if it legal to have streamlined Sa'Vasku ships? It could be
very useful in campaigns where you are trying to land large numbers of ground
troops very quickly... My idea was build a 40 to 50 mass streamlined ship with
a drone womb and not much else, so it could "grow" ground troops on the
surface.
Another idea is to allow ships in orbit with drone wombs to "grow" Interface
Craft and ground troops in orbit, and then send them in, say a mass 5
interface craft and 1 bio mass of ground troops. The Interface
Craft will be re-absorbed when/if they return.
My last idea is to allow ships in orbit with drone wombs to "grow" drop
pods and ground troops. Say a 3 bio-mass drop pod and 3 bio-mass of
ground troops. The advantage of drop pods is that they allow a lot of troops
landed quickly. The disadvantage would be that the drop pods can
not be re-absorbed...
In message <000a01c1cdb8$23f01e20$a653bfa8@prostar>
> "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
Interface
> Craft and ground troops in orbit, and then send them in, say a mass 5
drop pods
> and ground troops. Say a 3 bio-mass drop pod and 3 bio-mass of ground
Hmm.. well, from the top - personally I don't see why you _couldn't_
have a atmosphere capable SV ship, at the usual cost (FB1 p.10).
Likewise, allowing the use of Drone Wombs to grow either interface landers or
drop pods, I'd allow both.
Another, additional, possibility, is the use of pod launchers to launch
'landing pods' complete with 'battle constructs'.
> Hmm.. well, from the top - personally I don't see why you _couldn't_
I'm not too crazy about pod launchers to lanch landing pods. It would make
every Sa'Vasku ship Heavy Destroyer and larger, capable of landing ground
troops. I was thinking of pod launchers as being useful for orbital
bombardment, similar to Pulse Torpedoes.
> --- "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
Considering the amount of thrust available to the 'S', even major ships can
make a planetary landing. OR... Why Bother!
> At 12:28 18/03/02 -0800, Athony wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
Maybe their advanced grav drives allow them to land with out the need for
streamling?
Cheers
> --- Derek Fulton <derekfulton@bigpond.com> wrote:
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> >From: "John Leary" <john_t_leary@yahoo.com>
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> > > --- "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
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> >
Actually the suggestion has merit from the point of
view of increasing the cost/mass of the 'S', as
another
method of compensating for the very high thrust/range
advantage the 'S' enjoy.
Byer for now,
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In message <004701c1cddf$c30880c0$a653bfa8@prostar>
> "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
> > Hmm.. well, from the top - personally I don't see why you _couldn't_
Probably not that many ground troops, as each 'landing pod' eats 1
biomass - bear in mind that according to More Thrust (page 17):
"Most Naval Starships of Frigate class and larger will carry small detachments
of MARINES;......to provide a small strike force when necessary..."
Ok, a Fo'Vur'Ath _could_ drop most of its biomass as ground troops - but
its going to be more effective to send a larger ship with drone wombs, and
grow interface landers.
As for using Pod Launchers as ortillary, well, there are the 'Hammer' Pods in
the WDA:
http://homepage.mac.com/nizenberg/Weap-Def_Archive.htm