On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 12:52 PM CST Onno Meyer wrote:
>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. I guess I'm envisioning motorized dragoons. >> > 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? It can if you want it to. > Can >it sit in the saddle and move the torso for balance at the same >time? Same answer. > Possibly, but that adds design requirements to the suit. It doesn't change the VE2/Mecha design process, though. >> 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. One infantryman in full gear is around 225 lbs (or more). A light suit is less than a fire team. A havy suit ... well, about 2 tons. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
