--- On Sun, 7/10/11, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Brandon replied to me: > > The Atlanteans are basically human, but patterned a > bit on the Asgard from > > Stargate SG-1. > > could their gear be used by humans, and vice versa? Random > thought: What happens if they try to implement their field > > manuals with inferior substitute battlesuits? Could there > be a disaster or two lurking in the plot, because nobody > realized that TL6+1 battlesuits can't designate for PGM, > or that they'd get 50% maintenance breakdowns on a > routine road march, or that they can't see in the dark?
Atlantean equipment is perfectly usable by any human trained in it's use. an exception is certain equipment that requires psionic talent to use. > > The Martians are primarily based on War of the Worlds, > with some > > additional material from the John Carter of Mars > books. > > Tentacled horrors or Dejah Thoris? The latter could be an > inspiration to all those 120-lb. battlesuit pilots. Dominant race is tentacled horrors. 'Red Martians' are both the line solders and food of the tentacled Martians. > > Do you mean GURPS WWII shouldn't have added them? > > Yes. Vehicles had decided to gloss over electric motors, > which > implies drivetrains had a choice of mechanical, hydraulic, > or > electric transmission, with no extra charge. > > One can agree with that decision or not, but reversing it > in > the WWII book, without matching adjustment to the > drivetrain > stats, was the wrong way to change things. At 8 lbs a kW, this doesn't matter a lot for battlesuits, so I'll keep it in. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
