On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Chris LeBron <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Thomas Thrien <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ----------| Am 28.06.2010 18:43 schrieb David Scheidt: |---------- >> > this plane seems over or underarmed. If it's supposed to be a pre >> > WWII design (the biplane part suggests that.), it's got too heavy >> > cannon. If it's post WWII, that's probably about right, but then it's >> > too slow for a fighter, and it would need ground attack abilities >> > (bombs, smurfs, rockets). >> > >> As already said in the title, the plane is anachronistic. This means it >> is perfectly armed for the time period it fits in. > > Exactly. It's a Pulpish "'tween the Wars" design. It needs to be > better than anything seen in WWI, but still have some of that war's > aesthetic. At the same time, it needs to look slightly "futuristic" - > at least to eyes in the 20s and 30s. >
The jets do that pretty well! Heavy cannon armed planes are a response to increased armor on planes in WWII. -- David Scheidt [email protected] _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
