MBaines spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> I would think that even an armoured GEV would have enough mass/inertia
> Tracked, Wheeled or GEV to mount essentially the same turret/weapon
How about this: GEV can mount weapons with recoil (MDCs and RFACs) to a limit
of one size class smaller than the vehicle size class (ie size three vehicle
can only mount RFAC 2 or MDC 2). This gives tracklayers and solid platform
vehicles (grav tanks meet this criteria because of grav control) an advantage
when mounting
non-energy weapons.
> My concern is with Fixed Mount weapons, we often refer to these as
How about this for tank destroyers (anything with fixed forward
firing main ordinance - just like some of the TOG tanks in Renegade
Legion): If the main ordinance of a vehicle is mounted in a fixed forward
mount, it can only fire at targets within an arc 30 degrees either side of its
centreline (and probably only for a stationary vehicle, no movement allowed or
half move limit), but the weapon can exceed the size class of the vehicle by
one size class.
Thus we get the Tracklaying class 3 TD with class 4 MDC and the RFAC 2 armed
class 3 Medium GEV Tank.
Just some ideas!
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> At 05:29 PM 9/1/98 -0500, Thomas Barclay wrote:
[snip Murray's message]
> How about this: GEV can mount weapons with recoil (MDCs and RFACs)
Since "normal" vehicles can mount a weapon up to one size class
bigger than the vehicle size, perhaps limiting GEV/Grav vehicles
to having weapon sizes equal to their size class would be sufficient.
Of course, this may lead to all GEV/Grav vehicles having HELs and/or
GMSs...
> My concern is with Fixed Mount weapons, we often refer to these as
> increased armour and maybe a larger gun when contrasted against a
This is just the same thing as in the DSII rules, except that the gun has an
additional 15 degrees in its firing arc. Personally, I like the fixed gun
rules, as they pretty much force you to use your TDs in an ambush role. The
only thing that I don't like is that you don't get a break on the cost of the
weapon (although we haven't really been using point values much lately).
Tony spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> At 05:29 PM 9/1/98 -0500, Thomas Barclay wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, and I may be, the vehicle construction rules in
SG2 don't permit this - I take it the DS2 ones do.
> Of course, this may lead to all GEV/Grav vehicles having HELs and/or
Sure... if it works!
> This is just the same thing as in the DSII rules, except that
The other thing is the low silhouette of a TD could contribute to firing at
the vehicle as one size class smaller in SG2 terms (since
AT weapons fire at size class multiplied range bands - so a smaller
effective size class would be a big plus).
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