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- From: Gone with the Lemming <ratinox@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>
- Subject: Re: Mekton _MTS_ Movement Platforms
- In-Reply-To: thantos@runic.via.mind.org's message of Fri, 18 Dec 92 19: 00:08 EST
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 20:00:03 GMT
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- >>>>> On Fri, 18 Dec 92 19:00:08 EST, thantos@runic.via.mind.org (Paul
- >>>>> Williams [SysOp]) said:
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- Paul> Has anyone come up with a good way to handle movement platforms
- Paul> under _MTS_? How about just wheeled or treaded vehicles? I'm not
- Paul> sure how to handle them, except by going by GM fiat, but I'm not
- Paul> really comfortable.
-
- It's kind of a pain that RTG didn't include any kind of hover-based
- Movement Platform. But they're easy to figure in. To use a Movement
- Platform, treat it like any other servo and ignore the Mass column
- entirely. Here's a modified version of the table I came up with:
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- Cost/ Hover Wheel Tread
- Servo Size Space Kills Kills Kills
- Superlight 2 4 6 8 Hover: +2 Ground MA, all Terrain
- Lightweight 3 6 8 10 Costs 1, +3 difficulty to all
- Striker 4 8 10 12 control Piloting rolls. Each
- Medium Striker 5 10 12 14 3 points of Flight System (fan,
- Heavy Striker 6 12 14 16 thruster, grav) adds +1 MA.
- Mediumweight 7 14 16 18
- Light Heavy 8 16 18 20 Wheels: +1 Ground MA, normal
- Medium Heavy 9 18 20 22 Terrain Costs.
- Armored Heavy 10 20 22 24
- Super Heavy 11 22 24 26 Treads: -1 Ground MA, -1 all
- Megaheavy 12 24 26 28 Terrain Costs (minimum 1).
-
- To use, purchase appropriately sized Movement Platform (based on Main Body
- size). Apply appropriate Transformation costs and equipment space. Figure
- modified MA/MV for the vehicle type. Scale as required.
-
- Paul> If you couldn't tell, this is all pretty related to my recent
- Paul> questions on Roadstrikers under _MTS_. :) Anyone got RTG's E-Mail
- Paul> address?
-
- I have no idea if they have one, or if anyone in the company does. If they
- do, it's prolly on Compu$erve.
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