On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Travis Watkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think David was referring to the 55 second recharge time without
> noticing the 937 shots...

Yes, your right.  Duh.

>
>
>>Weaponry
>>2.16-MJ X-Ray Laser [Bod:F] (937 shots) +2.
>
> This thing could fire continuously(full auto at rof 20) for nearly 47
> seconds before it runs out of juice, and if there is anything hostile
> still around after that kind of outlay of firepower, then I hope the
> humans in the squad have been running for their lives for at least 45
> of those seconds...

Infantry are already dead.  the mulitple rocket launcher that kills
every thing in a square klick got them.


>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Zan Lynx <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 6/21/10 2:41 PM, David Scheidt wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Onno Meyer<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Space Marines use this robot to carry their supporting weapons. Heavy
>>>> infantry weapons draw a lot of enemy fire, so the expendable robot cuts
>>>> down human casualties.
>>>>  The Support Warbot mounts a single weapon, often an x-ray or particle
>>>> beam, an electromag mortar, or a missile launcher. Hovering on vectored
>>>> thrust, the arc of fire is effectively 360°. The top speed on earthlike
>>>> worlds is Mach 0.65. The avionics suite is mostly interchangeable with
>>>> the Infantry Warbot, with the addition of a laser optics detector for
>>>> more effective overwatch.
>>>>  The time to recharge one xaser shot depends on speed and sensor use,
>>>> with a minimum of 55 seconds at rest.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Quarter of a million bucks is a lot for a weapons system that will get
>>> off exactly one shot.  Can you mount a power cell or something, so it
>>> gets a few shots before it's dead?
>>>
>>
>> That would be true if it was fighting on a featureless plain. But actual
>> fighting takes place where there is cover or cover can be created, like a
>> foxhole or a trench or bunker.
>>
>> I think with popup, fire and cover tactics the warbot would do okay. Even
>> with laser weapons, bringing the weapon on target is not instantaneous. In
>> GURPS terms that should mean getting a Dodge against attacks against the
>> warbot.
>>
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