Rupert replied to me:
> * A hovertruck needs considerably less thrust than a flying truck. One
> idea is
> to have sufficient fans but not enough power for flight, with
> 'booster' power
> cells to make up the shortfall.
> Say a hovertruck for ten tons of suits is 20 tons Lwt, while a flying
> truck
> is 30 tons Lwt and twice the price. Is true flight worth that much?
Depends on the terrain and expected mission, I think.
> The question is how much tactical, VTOL flight is worth in a suit? As
> much as
> 50% more armor? As much as doubling RoF and ammo?
I'd be inclined to say "some, but not as much as more survivability and
shooty", for the standard issue suit. Flying is a fairly unstealthy
thing to do, and a suit isn't going to be optimised for it if it's a
primarily ground-based armoured and powered suit, so it seems to me that
it's a good way to become a target. Leave it to the drones and fly-boys.
I'm thinking about a squad of TL10 battlesuits riding in a "hovercraft
personnel carrier" with enough armor to resist artillery fragments and
ICM but not against direct fire.
But before I nail down the TO&E I want to finish the TL12 batch.
Regards,
Onno
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