Johannes replied to me: > i was still with the Grav Gunship/Recon Shuttle here, under the assumption > that this was supposed to become the pc vehicle. That would likely not > become the pc vehicle if you have a "pseudo-fantasy" party. Some sort of > pc vehicle is something else.
Five finished vehicles: * TL8 2-ton tracked carrier, 4 seats: a potential permanent party vehicle. * TL8 2-ton airship, 4 seats: issued for specific missions. * 0.8-ton grav bike, 1 seat: potential permanent PC vehicles, one per party member. * 0.25-ton grav chariot, 2 people: for the evil overlords. * 3-ton grav gunship, 4 seats, armed: probably a recurring villain. Two are under construction, but the numbers look good: * 0.5-ton grav bike, 2 seats, armed: probably a recurring villain. * 10-ton grav gunship, 8 seats, armed: in the supporting cast, could be good or evil. Three drafts which don't look satisfactory yet: * 10-ton grav fighter, 2 seats, armed. * 30-ton grav gunship, 12 seats, armed. * 100-ton guardship, armed. > If the animal has armour, it makes more sense to let it tow an armoured > vehicle. A low tech APC propably. Or a low tech tank mounting a ballista. > In RL such concepts would not work, because the draft animals would be the > achilles heel. What DR would the animal need to make that feasible? But you could have a caravan of animal-drawn wheeled forts. Each night they draw into a circle, with the animals protected inside. Armored against handheld bows and crossbows, armed with ballista which outrange handheld weapons. A mobile home, for chieftains who want to imitate the grav flyers of the Evil Overlords. A war chariot drawn by a T-Rex. > Arguably a (land) chariot drawn by a flying dragon or other flying > creature, would have a more tight turning radius but would need to built > differently to handle different stress. No idea if that is within the > scopw of vehicles though. The rules don't work well. Land animals tow land vehicles, air animals tow air vehicles ... Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
