Hello Mike, you mentioned a world where the Evil Overlords fight duel-like wars.
If I made no mistake -- which happens at times before I double-check everything -- I have a fighter for an Evil Overlord. 9 G acceleration in space and 9,000 mph / aMR 43 in an atmosphere. The armor is DR 240 laminate plus DR 750 force screen. A 5.12-MJ gatling blaster (6d*35, RoF 20) and 400 lbs. of AAMs. The heavy-duty force screen helps with thermal effects at hypersonic speed and provides stealth. The pilot and systems operator have G-suits, womb seats, G-seats, and gravity web, so effective acceleration on a maneuver is (43-2)/(2*2*2) = 5.125 for a HT-4 roll. It can do a 15-degree bend or two drifts at 3,440 mph, which is the requirement for dodging. So the Evil Overlords repeat the mistake of the Japanese and Italian fighters in WWII -- a fixation on agility and speed at the expense of firepower, but unlike the WWII fighters they are also quite rugged. A single burst from the gatling might overload the force screen, but it won't disable the body subassembly. I'll post it in about two months. You could write the fighter for the other guy and post it to GURPSnet around that time. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
