On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Eric Funk (antispam) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Exploding Pigeon: TL8 >> Self-Destruct: >> 50mm, normal, HEDP. 0.5 lbs, .01 cf, $15. Damage 4dx20(5) [4d] > > Average damage is 280(5)[14] which could penetrate DR1400, and kill the > average person. As was pointed out last post, I made an error in the damage here. Let me fire up GVB and see what I can get: TL8, 50mm, warhead size Normal, HEDP, Self-Destruct Weaponry Malf Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D yds Max yds RoF TL Self-Destruct Crit Exp 4dx20(5)[4d] - 6 0 0 - 8 ... Hm. Maybe I got it right after all. Okay, let's compare that to a simple HE: Weaponry Malf Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D yds Max yds RoF TL Self-Destruct Crit Exp 6dx8[4d] - 6 0 0 - 8 ... that gives an average damage of 168[14]. Hm, that's actually lower than the HEDP even before adding the armor divisor - weird. >> Surface: >> Armor: Laminate, standard, DR 1: 0.947 lbs, $9.47, .003 cf >> Blackout paint: $0.758 >> Waterproof: $7.58 > > would biomorphic surface be an option? "Pigeon" isn't meant to be any more literal than an F-22 "Raptor". :) > otherwise perhaps composite armor That would halve the armor cost, saving about $5 - not really a big difference. > what about shaped cosmetic features (from Robots)? To make it 'Attractive'? I suppose that's doable; can you think of any reason a 'flying bomb' should have a bonus to reaction rolls? > to cut down mass and costs, what about light or extra-light structure? Structure strength is already super-light. :) >> Coaxial Rotor, Folding: 0.448 lbs, $116, HP 1. > > coax rotor, not ornithopter? :) See previous line on F-22. :) > If you don't have camouflaged features, perhaps add 2sf of solar panel to > generate .02kW... Thought about that. But 2 kW to fly means it takes 100 seconds of solar-collection for 1 second of flight-time; it seems much more useful to have the energy-generation done elsewhere, where it can be done more efficiently. > Also consider that the radios can be detected by RDFs -- how about laser to > its nearest? I'm at least going to write up a laser-comm module. Haven't decided whether to make lasercomm the standard for ordinary Pigeon comms - that could add troubles with losing comm by losing line-of-sight rather than by jamming. As for detecting them - well, if you think there are any overhead, the answer is pretty much going to be, "Yes, around 50,000 of them. And if you shoot at one, a dozen more will zero in on you...". ;) > Also, do you need 140mph? you can get more endurance with less speed... That's just the speed that results from using a CAR drivetrain with 20 lbs of lift. > you might also be able to get away with making the computer Dumb to save > $/mass. Thought about that - but Computer Navigation, which seems the minimum necessary to allow these things to fly around a city without crashing, is complexity 2. As jamming has been raised as an issue, it seems a bad idea to /require/ these things to have external control to be able to fly. > have you looked at the networked computer rules? > > perhaps the rat king rules from THS? I haven't pulled out my GURPS books in a while; have you got any page-references for either of these? Thank you for your time, -- DataPacRat lu .iacu'i ma krinu lo du'u .ei mi krici la'e di'u li'u traji lo ka vajni fo lo preti _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
