I hadn't thought of mecha rifles. What are the benefits and
drawbacks, and why can't tanks find an equivalent mod?
the closest to me seems almost power-rangers-y with the 'addon' guns
being flown in as a cg craft, but the parent vehicle has the main
powerplant, computer, and PESA ... :P
* It would be possible it carry a much longer rifle than in a
turret mount, which could matter for long-barreled railguns.
or the mecha could use collapsing railguns more easily...
If you can do that with legs, why not with wheels or even tracks?
kick?
karate? :)
Which are, in VXii, rated for their longest dimension. That could
encourage "squat bipeds" like a Mad Cat.
* Orbital fire could put an upper limit on the size of viable AFVs,
both legged and tracked/wheeled (so tanks are not singled out in
any way), and the contest between a 5-ton Mecha (almost a large
battlesuit) and a 5-ton tank might look different than the
contest between a 50-ton Mecha and a 50-ton tank.
The size limit is not a firm limit, just a rule of thumb that
one big vehicle draws more fire than ten little ones, unless the
forward observer screams loudly enough to go after ONE of the
little ones with an orbital sledge hammer.
OTOH, a square tank may look much larger to orbital cameras, making them
easier to spot and aim at...
* A stargate or transporter limits the dimensions of AFVs which
can be deployed easily. Mecha can kneel and tuck in their head.
Against a special folding tank, the Mecha doesn't look quite as
bad. Similar to the forcefield idea, except that this time the
Mecha can stand up after deployment.
or perhaps a time limit, say one second per vehicle, and the mecha can
run in time, but a tank can't?
pressure and the usual off-road difficulties that come with it. To
mitigate these problems, you should keep the mecha's size small - I'd
tend to avoid designs much taller than four or five yards or so.
Mecha are best for urban warfare, where the buildings can make
tall-and-narrow more beneficial than short-and-squat. If the
buildings are sturdy enough and the mecha are light enough, they might
even be able to scale skyscrapers, giving them access to vantage
points that traditional vehicles simply can't match.
from ME97, over 50cf requires Driving (Mecha), otherwise Battlesuit
taking a cue from RO39, 0.15 cf arms, 0.3 head, 2cf torso, 0.6cf legs
(tot 0.2 2.4 1.2 = 4cf)
Then the height calculation from RO45 puts our 50cf robotic form at
12.5x human volume, or sqrt ((11+60)/6) = 3.44 yards.
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