Johannes replied to me: > > How can I visualize a hangar or vehicle bay for a battlesuit in a > > light truck? A tray sliding out of the rear (much like a stretcher > > in an ambulance) and then turning upright? How would people climb > > in? A sitting position? That would make it difficult to get the > > legs into the unpowered suit. > > > > The first idea that pops in my head (likely induced by some fiction image > from somewhere) would be a "wardrobe" style setup, with the suits standing > or hanging.
If the suits stand upright, the truck has to be higher than a standing suit, plus a bit extra so the suit doesn't bump into the ceiling if it moves. Add ground clearance for the truck, and a light truck with one or two suits would look odd. It would be higher than it is long. A big tractor-trailer rig with a full squad and a control center would work for height, but that sounds more like a mecha-police SWAT team than an infantry unit. > Trying sto think about what is practical runs into the problem, that i > have no clear picture, how to put on a suit. Which parts are flexible, can > be opened and which have to stay fixed? Nothing is really flexible when we're talking about hundreds of pounds of laminate armor. > For instance a suit, that > consists of many disjoint parts, that have to be put on in the right > sequence would be plausible and there you would not have problems with > putting it on in a sitting position. You sit on the backwards part of the > suit and then put the forward leg parts on. That reminds me of Rimrunners by C.J. Cherryh. There was that scene where Bet stood freezing in a half-assembled suit, trying to adjust the feedback control system. But Cherryh's suits feel lighter than what I have in mind here. I was thinking more of the Zero-G Stormtrooper powered armor in the Star Wars RPG by West End Games. Big enough so that there is a hatch in the back of the suit. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Zero-GAssaultStormtrooper-RoE.jpg Roger replied to Johannes: > Or a torso/helmet/trousers setup, where you climb into the trousers, > then have the torso and helmet lowered over your head. Best done > standing, needs a hoist of some sort. A locker room rather than an individual suit "bay", Mike replied to Johannes: > I know for me, I like to stay away from the images of a knight at tourny > who has to be loaded on to his horse in all his armor.. or if he falls off > how to get back up and what elose Powered armor allows you to have both tropes. As long as the pilot is in the suit and the power is on, he or she can easily move that bulk, go prone and get up again. If the power is down or if the pilot can't properly control it, e.g. because he is partly out of the suit, movement becomes almost impossible. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
