[GZG] Of Vehicles and Nations, Part II

1 posts ยท Oct 11 2005

From: Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@s...>

Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:34:23 -0400

Subject: [GZG] Of Vehicles and Nations, Part II

Mr.Lerchey was not specific enough in his initial posting.

John, to my knowledge, the only 'official mappings' might be considered (at a
stretch) the naming conventions for the models and perhaps the ones we see
stat blocks for in the stargrunt rulebook or that we see in pictures next to
particular miniatures in the stargrunt rules.

Official-ish Guestimates, based on images, prior mention in text, or
particulars of the designers intent where it is known:

I believe we can safely say that the Phalanx is NAC. I believe the Gauntlet AC
APC is probably either FSE or NSL, whichever it is pictured next to in the
stargrunt rules.
Odds are, the assault gun/casement turreted Rommel AC tank is probably
NSL. I think the various jeeps are truly generic (any nation could have them)
and the same could be said of the trucks. I think the Cockroach grav tank and
the cockroach APC were both designed by Eureka for the OUDF, who have a
penchant for grav vehicles (They may have come up with a separate name for one
or the other by now... originally, they shared a name AFAIK).
I think the BMP-60 from Eureka is specifically for the ESU.
There are clearly some Kravak APCs and tanks that are particularly identified
as such. Similarly, Savasku vehicles are clearly identified as such. The
Hammer's Slammers tank and combat car could probably be safely considered
Dutch.
The M-82 Slammer could be considered NSL based on images in the
Stargrunt rulebook.

I believe that pretty much exhausts most of the official information I am
aware of. Anyone
care to contribute any others for John's 'search for official-ish
answers'?

Hope that's more useful, since apparently the first attempt didn't answer the
question.

Tom B