Agreed..
Its a combination of need, money, market, and much more.
Average troops needs? From peace keeping to peace making to all out war..
Why need the full suit when all your doing is patrols and keeping watch/
Also, suits are only so big, put some artillery or RPG and it can be
combursom, unless your a bigger sized person..
Also not all are clones, how much can a suit handle in size of its wearers?
Do you need a space suit on a planet? radio and like means of communication
and control and sensors..
How many bandwidths of radio are we talking about? Interference can be a
pain.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alaconius" <[email protected]>
To: "'The GURPSnet mailing list'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 3:21 AM
Subject: RE: [gurps] Ultra-Tech Grunts/Skill of Robot Programs
As a suggestion? Why not list the costs involved?
More often than not, the military tries to get by with the "good enough"
train of thought instead of "optimal". On the other hand, you might
consider that the military might have different suit types for different
purposes - much like Starship Troopers suggests. Just a thought. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Onno Meyer
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:03 PM
To: The GURPSnet mailing list
Subject: Re: [gurps] Ultra-Tech Grunts/Skill of Robot Programs
Okay, after some optimizing I have this _without_ excessive skill programs:
Powered Armor, trying to detect itself:
* SM+0, radar -13, thermal/PESA -13, sound -13, visual -6/-10.
* 15-mile PESA with scan 18 and visual modifier +4/+7.
* With an Electronics Op (Sensor) skill of 12, there is an even
chance of thermal/passive radar detection at 30 yards.
* With IQ 12, there is an even chance of visual detection at
100 yards if the suit is moving, 20 yards if standing still.
I would probably be better off with a LLTV instead of a PESA, if the weather
is nice.
Light Drone, trying to detect itself:
* SM+0, stealth force screen for radar -18, thermal/PESA -18,
sound -18, visual -18 (out of scale with other vision rules,
but the text is quite clear ...).
* 50 lbs. left for sensors, which could be a PESA with scan 23
and visual modifier +6/+12.
* With an Electronics Op (Sensor) skill of 12, there is again
an even chance of thermal/passive radar detection at 30 yards.
* With IQ 11, there is an even chance of visual detection at 70
yards.
* With a LLTV instead of the PESA, it would be detection at 200
yards.
Light Drone, trying to detect the Powered Armor:
* Drone as above.
* Suit as above,
* Even chance of PESA detection at 200 yards.
* Even chance of visual detection at 150 yards if moving, 30
yards if standing still.
Should I use something else?
Regards,
Onno
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