Roger replied to me:
> >Would it be post-apocalyptic, street-legal TL8, or futuristic?
>
> It may be perverse of me, but I'd like to see this done in a variety of
> different directions. Start with a basic civilian vehicle - bulldozer,
> heavy 4x4, truck, something like that. Then modify it in different ways:
>
> - same tech, rich man's toy ("they won't sell me a tank so I'll build
> one"), the sort of thing PCs would meet when they invade someone's
> private island.
Thinking about it, an eccentric millionaire should have an easier time
getting an obsolete tank than building a homebrew to match it. Imagine
the tour of the mansion:
"This is the jeep used by General Patton for three hours, on Sardinia.
And this bomb service truck was on Wheeler Field when the Japs struck
Pearl Harbour. That one? Oh, a T34/85, used by Sergeant Ivan Ivanovich
Ivanov during the Battle of Kursk when he won a Red Star. But it isn't
finished yet. And look here, this truck was driven by my uncle Ed in
Vietnam. It got me started with my little collection. As you can see,
the tactical markings are for the first Cav."
A T-34 or a Sherman may not be much compared to an Abrams or Leo, but
it beats an armor-plated bulldozer.
> - slightly more primitive tech, society has fallen apart - a rapid-fire
> weapons version for zombie apocalypse, a heavy-gun version for Reign of
> Steel and similar "few tough enemies" situations.
The key to a proper post-apocalyptic design is that it uses the parts
at hand, with no real pattern. Start with a TL7 bulldozer. The basic
chassis and engine will be sound, but remove some gadgets at random.
Add some standard or even cheap TL7 armor, a single half-inch layer
on the sides and perhaps two layers in front. Weaponry could be a
TL7 mechanical bolt thrower (a "truck spring scorpion"), a cheap
TL6 flamethrower, or a "liberated" TL7 GMPG.
> - slightly higher tech, the vehicle has been abandoned because
> technology has moved on but it's now the chassis for the generic rebels
> to build a fighting machine...
The colonists of New Eden had tractors, trucks, bulldozers, but they
didn't think they would need tanks. Little did they know that just a
few parsec away, the Evil Empire was assembling the largest fleet in
galactic history ...
And Johannes wrote:
> But what i was thinking about was similar to Roger. An excentric
> millionaire, with a very large ranch, who wants a tank, because he always
> wanted a tank, since the time he was a child. It could even work as pcs
> vehicle that way, if either one of the pcs is the millionaire, or they are
> all hired by him, at least some of them as bodyguards.
>
> Natrually then something would come up, where the tank can be used, be it
> zombies, aliens, goverment coups, whatever.
If that millionaire wants an armored fighting vehicle, would it be an
upgraded bulldozer, or an armored SUV with a few hidden extras? If
the TL is an early TL8, perhaps a cutting edge laser or maser weapon,
to give the lawyers some maneuvering room. "Objection, your honor. The
device was not a gun."
Regards,
Onno
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