--- On Sat, 9/10/11, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Brandon replied to me: > > > Learn to trust the Atlaneans, even if you don't > understand > > > why. > > > They know better. They're good. They're God (or > Goddess, as > > > it > > > may be). > > > > The Allies don't want their survival to be dependent > on a group they > > barely know. > > Would the Atlanteans want the survival of the Allies > dependent > on a group the Allies barely know? And are they training > them > up gradually to accept this?
After 10,000 years of treaty-enforced non-intervention, the Atlanteans are reluctant to change more they have to. There have been talks about the Atlantean servitors training selected humans, but the PCs are not aware if this has progressed beyond talks. > > Since the US armored car of the time -- M-8 Greyhound > -- used a 37mm tank > > gun, they were not likely to object to a 37mm gun in a > recon support > > vehicle. > > But an autocannon? It means either a human loader doesn't have to be carried or that the commander isn't distracted by having to load the gun. I'll note a tank was produced before 1942 that mounted two 37mm autocannons in a non-AA mount: writeup: http://copeab.tripod.com/Vehicles/MTLS.html photo: http://www.overvalwagen.com/images/mhbigamtls1gi4.jpg > > As to why the Atlanteans picked a 37mm gun. maybe they > do know something > > they aren't telling the Allies ;) > > How about an universal mount for the cannon, then? The Atlanteans have a reason ;) > > > And a second radio? TL7 AFVs tend to have two. > > > > Hmm. Yes, probably a short range for contact with > other scout vehicles and > > a longer-ranged one for battalio HQ or artillery > batteries. > > I'd want two medium-range sets, a platoon circuit and a > company circuit, on all vehicles. Command tracks can > get another one. Since they are built by the Allies (the US, mostly), they'd probably be equipped to the standards of Allied vehicles, which is probably two radios at best. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
