----- Original Message ----- > From: Onno Meyer <[email protected]> > > Brandon wrote: >> For the TL10 heavy suit, we have a 15mm EM light automatic (very >> short, normal power) with 242 APS rounds and a 60mm EM fast >> autoloader (very short, extremely low powered) with 34 HEDP round. >> Damage is 5dx7(2) and 6dx15(5) [6d] respectively. The 15mm won't >> penetrate the suit's DR 600 minimum, but the 60mm will (as well >> as the DR 750 max). > > Ouch. My suit would need a little bit of luck to hurt that with the > particle beam (6d*25) -- the higher RoF and Shots means it has four > tries every turn instead of one with your autoloader. > > I'd have to look at your numbers how you could afford that much DR.
After eyeballing the TL12 battlesuits in GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces, I think the numbers are in line. > My TL8 suit comes in April, along with two 4x4 cars, and the the TL10 > suit comes in May. I'm thinking about a 1.5-ton fire support suit as > a "walking mortar". I wonder if fire support/artillery might be better modeled as 4-legged mecha. It would seem to be a more stable platform, for one thing. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
