Brandon replied to me: > >> If you are going to have a one-suit vehicle, why not a very heavy > >> motorcycle that *only* carries the battlesuit? Support could be > >> carried in a HMMWV or two. [...] > > > The logistics could not follow a > > deployed suit unit, the suits would have to return to their > > starting point. > > This is no more a problem than with other units.
Transport trucks or APCs have their own crews, who can move the vehicles while the infantry unit dismounts. Cavalry would leave about one in four as horse holders, who could lead the mounts away on a string if required. Completely different from your scheme. > > The suit would have to be designed for those supercycles > > Rather, the motorcycle would have to be designed for the battlesuit. Can the suit spread the feet wide enough to sit on a bike? Can it sit in the saddle and move the torso for balance at the same time? Possibly, but that adds design requirements to the suit. > You can add more wheels if you want. My point was that the > battlesuit trooper didn't need a limo and chauffaur. It is the suit and not the trooper which rates the limo. The suit is about the weight of an unpowered infantry squad, and heavier than a TOW or mortar team. If one driver/assistant per suit is a problem (and remember that the guy doubles as a mechanic) there could be a bigger truck with more suits per vehicle and fewer assistants per platoon. Something the size of a Cougar MRAP could hold three or four suits, with just a driver and a co-driver. Pro: * Fewer drivers per battlesuit. * More room to suit up. * Higher DR for the same total weight due to scale effects. * Possibly there could be a crane to recover damaged suits. Con: * More eggs in each basket. * Larger, higher vehicles are more visible. * No chance to reorganize teams on the fly, as you suggested. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
