Re: Drifting to DSII (longish I think.)(mabey OT I don't know)

> Date: 	 Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:41:03 +0100
> From: 	 The cat that walks by himself <catwalk@ibm.net>
> Reply-to:	 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
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> To:		 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	 Re: Drifting to DSII (was Re: New Fighter Types
(drifting OT....))

> 
> 
> Jerry Han wrote:
> 
> > Very good for fire-support; you need anti-orbital stuff to get at
the
> > launcher platforms, they don't care about cloud cover (since they
seek
> > on the emissions from the grav drive, which are hard to hide (8-) ),
> > they're relatively cheap compared to other types of space-based
> > fire support, and there isn't much that can resist something like
> > that going through your top deck.  (Unless you're a Bolo or an Ogre,
> > but now I'm crossing Universes.  (8-) )
> >
> > J.
> >
> 
> Speaking of which, anyone translated Ogres into DSII?
> 
> 
Better yet. Has any one converted BOLOs to DS2. Or mabey FT ;)I like 
Bolos muchly.  I'd just love to have a Bolo Mark XXXIII(NO THIS HAS 
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PHALONS!!! ;-) to surprise the Hello out of 
my enemy.  For those of you who don't know what a Bolo is here is a 
descrition of  2  of them. Right from Bolos 3: THE TRIUMPHANT. I will 
not cover all of them beacuse thet part of  the book is from 356 to 
387.

Mark XIV BOLO (2307):

The Mark XIV replaced the never satisfactory laser "main gun" of 
earlier marks with the far more destructive "Hellbore" plasmagun. 
This 25cm weapon, originally designed for the Concordiat Navy's 
Magyar-class battlecruisers main batteries, had a half-megaton/second 
energy output and, unlike earlier Bolo laser cannon, was a marked 
improvement over any kinetic weapon of equivalent mass. In other 
respects, the Mark XIV was a "standard" reversion to a generlist 
design, made possible by advances in mag-bottle technology (which 
finally made fusion power a practicle alternative to fission in Bolo 
design) and acceptance of a lighter indirect fire capability. Anti 
missile defenses were now sufficent to render strategic bombardment 
impractical, so indirect fire was limited to tactical and theater 
applications. this permitted the use of smaller missiles which, in 
turn, allowed an increased magazine capacity without weight 
penalties. Even so the Mark XIV/B was 28 percent heavier than the 
Mark XIII/k it replaced, although further power train and suspension 
upgrades pervented any loss of performance. Gradual improvements in 
sensor fits amd fire control systems kept this mark in front line 
service for approximately 90 years. Tactically primary reliance now 
rested on pre-loaded computerized battle plans, but a single human 
crewman was routinely carried to respond to unanticipated threats. 
The Mark XIV/B's.weoght was 728 tons (rising to 900 in late series 
modles), and road speed hovered between 60 and 75 KPH over the life 
of the mark.

my notes: This bolo could not enage orbital targets. But this next 
one most asuredly can :)

MARK XXXIII (?) [my notes: the Mark XXXII was 3356)

The last-and largest- Bolo introduced into service. The Mark XXXIII 
weighed no less than 32,000 and mounted a main armament of three 
indpendetly-turreted 200cm Hellbores (5 megatons/second) with a 
secondary armament of sixteen 30cm Hellbore infinite reapeaters in 
two lateral battieries. Equipped with a very sophisticated indirect 
fire system, the sheer firepower of the Mark  XXXIII was a reversion 
to the old seige unit thinking, though it was normally referred to as 
a <i>planetary</i> siege unit, not merely a continental one.No one 
knows how many Mark  XXXIIIa were actually built, but offical planing 
called for them to be deployed in independant biragades of 24 units 
each. Despite increase in weight[My notes: about 13,000 tons], speed 
remained equivalent to the Mark  XXXI[My Notes: 115 kph], and the 
Mark  XXXIII's <i>internal</i> counter-grav coould supply assault 
landing capabilty for which the Mark  XXXII had required an auxiliary 
unit.

there is 2 descriptons og bolos. I know that It my be a little out of 
context beacuse you relly need to take a look at the other bolos to 
understand every thing but I do not feel like typing up all 32 pages.

Aaron Davis
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