Muahaha. . . but actually OT [DS/SG]

> --- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:

Yup. And signed onto the list this morning. Up the Romans! Death to the
French!;) And with a new pet peeve: Any ethnic group that lives in Kosovo!
(Smelly, lazy, vicious, cowardly, and such flaming alcoholics that they are
drunk by 0900! Like drunken weasels.)

Anyway, I've been thinking about a couple of things, and one of the things
I've been kicking around is a question on trailers.

As a general rule, I'd let vehicles tow trailers one size class smaller with
no effect on speed on normal terrain, but they make difficult and worse
terrain one level worse. Also, since trailers generally have absolutely
nothing but payload space, I'd let them be treated as having an extra 50%
(rounded down) for cargo hauling purposes only. So a size class 1
trailer (like a US M-105) could carry 7 capacity
points worth of cargo.

Wheeled trailers: Box with wheels. I'd charge for the size of the trailer only
(ie: Size 1 is only 5 points)

Tracked trailers: OK, I'm familliar with the US Army MICLIC trailer which is
technically tracked. The way that works is two axles, each of which has two
tires on each side. Then, on each side is a rubber track over the tires. Haha.
I'd count that as more of a
"hi-mobility wheeled" than anything else.   I'm not
sure how on Earth (or any terrestrial planet) you could do a proper tracked
trailer.

GEV Trailers: OK, this presents some problems as well. Minimum, you'd need a
small auxillary power plant, skirts, and fans to keep the thing aloft. So
charge 50% of the normal price for the power plant and the suspension, and
they only get a 25% bonus for cargo space (so now our size 1 trailer carries
six
space points of cargo--that's still a fire mission and
a half for a single gun).

Grav Trailers: At this point, why bother with
trailers?  You're essentially doing a straight-up
robotic vehicle.