Chapter 8 is more propaganda. Chapter 9 again got some meat. This piecemeal reading makes one appreciate how Heinlein mixed his lessons with action sequences ...
* Dropping on Luna works on suit jets alone, i.e. they are not air-breathing. > * Considerably stronger than a gorilla. > * Approx. 2,000 lbs. > * Jump jets are triggered by really hard jumping. Three jets, > specifically. > * Radar to fire again for a soft landing. > * Frequency-hopping radio. > * External microphones. > * HUD and "several types" of radar display. > * Infrared. > * Three types: marauder, command, scout. Command suits have > three times the commo, more go and jump juice and are the only > ones with INS. > > The wording mostly convinced me that go juice and jump juice are > separate, but there is still an off chance he was talking about "go > and jump" juice. > > > * Sentries get H-bombs, and that predates the bug war. > > > > > * The suits have "jump jets". They are sufficient to start a jump > > > from empty air, i.e. to fly for a short time. > > > * They have sufficient power for two suits to carry a third. > > > * It is implied that even full power does not allow sustained flight. > > > How that meshes with the previous point remains to be seen. > > > * A trooper carries several hundred pounds of ordnance, including > > > up to four kiloton-range missiles and an "Y-Rack" grenade > > > launcher. The flamer is only a sidearm. > > > * Suits have radiation shielding, unless that is "duck and cover" > > > propaganda. > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
