----- Original Message ----- > From: Onno Meyer <[email protected]> > > I've been wondering about the Biomechanical Structure option in Vehicles > (2nd edition). GURPS 3E has an entire book on biotech, but that is based > more on character writeups, so I'll look at Vehicles and the Expansions.
A couple years ago, when I stated out Martian ships for an invasion of Earth, I used the biomechanical option for the bombardment ships -- those built around mass drivers (the landing rockets were standard metal hulls). > VE18 says clearly that a vehicle with the Biomechanical option has a mix > of biological and mechanical components, but some components "feel > right" for a biomech vehicle -- power from bioconvertors, propulsion > with legs, flexibody or hydrojets, the biocomputer option from Robots. > But what is a suitable air propulsion system? Ornithopter wings sound > good, but the power to weight ratio is a problem if the vehicle has > inefficient propulsion systems like bioconvertors. Perhaps some kind of air jet, where the ship sucks in air at the front and forces it out at high speed from the rear? Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
