Chapter 13 starts with a lecture on officership, then the action starts again. At this time Rico wears a command suit.
* The suits provide substantial radiation protection. * Radiation detector with directional and omnidirectional modes. * Rockets lack IFF. * Helmet range finder, no comment on the principle. * Unrefueled suit endurance is well below 40 hours. * Seismic detectors are not integral to the suits. * "Reconnaissance" may be patched from a platoon leader to the fleet flagship. Audio or full data? * Scout and command suits are twice as fast as a marauder. * One suit has "radio & radar" failure. That takes it out of action. * In a situation too close for flamers and bombs, they use hands and feet. Then there is the utility air car. While not directly relevant, it might help to nail the TL down ... > * Rico talks about "shoot or flame", "ammo or juice", so there > were weapons besides flamers. > * They run low on "ammo and jump juice and even power to keep > the suits moving". Note the different use of "juice". Could > it simply mean stored energy from different batteries? > * Suits have medical telemetry. > > > * 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. > > > > > > > * 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
