RE: Further re Oceanic Grav-bikes

	Bruce Wrote:

	>On the subject of Grav Bikes - size-1, armour- 1, all vehicles
get a s.a.w.
	>for free. Other things to consider is their role - in most
modern armies
	>'cavalry; units are recon/light strike units and usually have
the best
	>>sensors that can be obtained, anong with whatever stealth
systems are
	>available. As to the possibilities for additional armaments:

	The Light Horse are Mounted Infantry not cavalry. Sorry, these
guys are essentially grunts who are not Foot Mounted(?!)

	>Troopers - 2nd s.a.w ( or more - say up to 4 total? - there are
5 spaces
	>available - all fixed forwards)

	When you do look at the model (there should be an image up on
Evan Powles web page in the next few days - as soon as I can scan the
photot!!) there is only really one possible weapon fit; under slung on
the chasis and not very big.
	 The "Free SAW" is a pintle mount machine gun (generally used
against close infantry or low level aircraft) and you don't have to have
it!
	>Support weapon -
	>
	>Well a size 1 vehicle has 5 spaces for weapons beyond its free
SAW, so a
	>GSM-L (or 2) should fit as it takes only 2 spaces and a GSM-H
only takes 4
	>spaces - from a modelling/p.s.b point, the actual missile could
be quite
	>small - think of the size of the standard infantry launcher
which has 3-4
	>rounds already loaded - and as the missile is air launched it
would not>
	>require as big a motor unit, just a 'sustainer'. 
	>
	>If you were really sick you could fit 4 infantry sized
launchers ( at 1
	>space each as per SGII page 32 para 4) in addition to the fixed
Saw, you
	>just have to gift one target with the lot or have 4 x 3 (or 4)
shots over
	>the course of the game......
	>
	>As for other heavy weapons, again, once you have paid for the
big, hi-tech

	Actually again if you look at the model the power plant is
PRETTY SMALL. but yeah a HEL/2 could be a possiblity.

	>power plant to run the gravitic drive, there should be
sufficient power to
	>charge a laser even if it has to rely on a capacitor bank to
pump the tube
	>exciters. Hel's also have the advantage of no expendable
munitions at all,
	>and as a spinal mount you should be able to shoe-horn at least
a HEL- 2 in
	>as well as the Saw. Everything else has to lug around
expendable weight -
	>GAC's & MDC's are probably the next lightest, followed by
DFFG's ( ammo and
	>tube are probably fairly heavy), and most weapons would also
generate
	>considerable recoil - except for the GSM's and HEL's.
	>

	Last word, I think the spirit of the Light Horse (and that is
essentially why the model was sculpted) is to provide a mounted infantry
figure not a heavily armed light aircraft.

	Come on back no yo'all

	Owen Glover