On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > David replied to Travis who replied to Zan: >> >> 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. > > If two units have line-of-sight, either one of them retreats > fast or one of them will be killed/destroyed soon. Who dies > and who survives depends on many factors, like plain old luck, > the quality of targeting data from other sensors, the tactical > situation, and the relative capability of the units. > > That isn't terribly different from today, either. Except that > by TL11 a piece of hardware can take some of the risks, which > increases the survival chances of the characters. It ain't > cowardly to send robots ahead to die :-)
Almost like the remote control bomb disposal units of today. Squad situations just have a lower average danger and higher capability requirements than bomb disposal, so the military is focusing more on higher risk/easier deployment situations first. -- The man that holds fast to his bitterness will eventually be consumed by it, but if you let it go, your arms will be free to seize the glory that is life. -Terwin _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
