Brandon replied to me: > >The arms of the supporting weapon are unbalanced, the left arm > >with the power cells is 100 lbs. heavier than the right, but it > >doesn't change. > > In battlesuits and mecha which require a significant power cell, > I usually put them in the legs. Legs have to be a certain > minimum volume compared to body volume and this gives leg space > that would otherwise be wasted.
It would also lower the center of gravity. But if you look at my sample modules, you can see that the power cells move from side to side -- the supporting fire variant fills all the space in one module with the beam weapon and all the space in the other with power cells. I could move some of the cells to the legs, but that would cost the ability to mix-and-match. If the modules are designed right, a left-handed shooter should be able to but the rifle into the left arm and the supporting stuff in the right arm. At TL12 I think I want the modules in the arms. A lower TL suit with a long-barreled projectile weapon is a different question. And I'm still not certain if and how I'll handle the TL12 medic. * A different powered armor design without the possibility to carry internal weapons, with extra strength to haul a second suit instead. When contact has been made, the suit can activate a 'red cross' transponder signal. * A standard battlesuit design, with modules containing extra contragrav units and cyberswarm hives for medical swarms. A few configurations might contain a small 'sidearm'. * Modules with the medical tools from Robots. (But they're tiny compared to the arms, and should you open a suit in the field?) Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
