----- Original Message ----- > From: Anthony Jackson <[email protected]> > > From: Brandon Cope > >> >> I designed it with an eye for a space campaign I had worked on last >> year, but I'm not sure if I want to triple the suit weight (body and >> head DR is 120, limbs DR 100) with two internal weapons (8mm EM and >> 35mm EM). > > A lot of it depends on where you want to use it. Most buildings will handle > 525 > lb people moving about as long as it isn't especially decrepit and they > aren't doing anything exceptionally violent (though residential building > codes do not require it; typical residential building codes require 40 lb/sf > average but lack specific standards for concentrated load), but will have > problems with 2,000 lb people, particularly if they run or try to use > exterior > stairwells.
That's true. However, Onno had proposed a limit of 200 tons for a TL 10 battlesuit company and transport. At 30 tons for the men and suits and maybe 2-3 tons for heavy weapons, I could have a starship for transport ... Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
