> What about a short-barreled, large bore railgun firing HEAT? That would give a rather high WPS, even with extra-low-power rounds, and few shots. It would be the battlesuit equivalent of a grenade launcher, not the equivalent of a rifle.
I'm thinking about a 5mm railgun with 3,000 rounds, a 5.12-MJ blaster (6d*24) with power cells for 175 shots, and 36 pounds of rockets or missiles -- could be six 6-lb. missiles, four 9-lb. missiles, or a single 36-lb. missile. The railgun can be used against "lesser" threats like troops in light body armor and expendable recon drones. The blaster can punch through "equal" threats like battlesuits. The missiles are either against "superior" threats like tanks, with one shot per battlesuit, or silver bullets against difficult "equal" threats. Not much more lethal than the blaster, but with brilliant seekers to go over cover. Stats for the little ones: 80mm modest HEAT, BIIRH skill 17, 3.5 lb. motor with speed 600 for 3 seconds, WPS is 6 lbs. 80mm normal HEAT, BIIRH skill 17, 4.4 lb. motor with speed 600 for 3 seconds, WPS is 9 lbs. Three seconds means one turn to move over obstances, one turn to acquire the target, and one turn to attack. Stats for the big one: 150mm normal HEAT, IIRH skill 21, 8 lb. motor with speed 1,200 for one second. Or an unguided rocket with speed 1,400 for one second. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
