Hi Onno,
While I've not looked too closely at the sensor tables you listed earlier - I
will do so a little bit later on.
One thing that gets overlooked with the sensor rules, is that sometimes you may
not be able to spot something directly due to the "cloaking" or hidability of
stealth systems, but sometimes you gotta think outside the box.
For instance? A tank whose mass pushes aside vegetation, is going to be easily
spotted - not because the tank itself is visible, but because of the effect it
has on the surrounding vegetation. Likewise? A heavy tank that leaves ruts in
the ground with its treads, can be tracked even if the tank is currently
unspotted. Then there is the issue of fast moving objects moving through an
atmosphere heating up to where it is visible simply because of the heat
differential with the air it has gone through versus the air it has yet to
enter.
As for myself? When I tried to create a combined arms style of warfare
utilizing stealthed tanks, battlesuits, and armored personnel carriers as well
as battlesuit carriers - I found it fun to try to come up with a tactical
doctrine that merges various aspects of the combine arms unit.
For instance, tanks usually advance into battle (in my hypothetical doctrine)
surrounded by infantry and battlesuits. The Battlesuits are all tied in
together with a tac-net so that when a threat is identified, it shows up on all
battlesuit threat indicators. All of the battlesuits can combine into an
anti-missile defense screen with their rapid fire gatling rail guns firing 2mm
(or was it 4mm?) rounds in rapid profusion. The gatlings made for good
anti-personnel weapons when used against unarmored troops, and the regular
infantry could utilze their standard weaponry as needed (ie light anti-tank
weapons, air-to-air missiles, bunker busters, rifles, grenades, grenade
launchers, etc). The tanks on the other hand, were used for really HARD
targets. Their Long barreled Rail guns made them a major threat to even
shipping.
In the end, the fun was to try and decide what their opponents were fielding on
the battle field and see what it would turn into as far as force on force
battles. My original scenario was based upon an invasion of Columbia in
support of the local government being besieged by "Narco-terrorist" criminal
personnel whose incomes rivaled that of small nations! Ah well, that was a
LONG long time ago. I think the tank I built using GURPS VEHICLES was called
something along the line of the "Cohen" (Maybe M-6 or something).
Hal
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