Re: BIG TANK

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> Kelvin wrote in reply to Aaron Davis:
> 
> > >Size 12, Armour 12 Grav, FGP, 2 DFFG/5 Turrered. 2 HEL/5 Turreded,
1
> > >MDC/5 turred, 2 APSW, GMS/H Supior gidiance, Supior fire control,
11
> > >Stealth, Supior ECM, 362 points. I do no have DS/2 but I downloaded
> > >Thrust and It got a DS vechial maker so I decied to make a very BIG
> > >tank. 
> > 
> > Only 362 points?  There's something seriously wrong with the DSII
> vehicle
> > generator you are using then.  I have much, much smaller vehicles
that
> are
> > more expensive than your monster.  My guess is there is a serious
> glitch in
> > the program!
> 
> Hm - let's see:
> 
> Size 12  ->	12x5		=     60 pts
> Armour 12 ->	60x12x.2	=   144 pts
> Grav drive -> 1x(60+144)	=   204 pts
> FGP plant ->	0.6x(60+144)	=   123 pts (FRU)
> 
> 2xDFFG/5 ->	2x5x15		=   150 pts
> 2xHEL/5 ->	2x5x12		=   120 pts
> MDC/5 ->	5x10		=     50 pts
> Superior FC ->	4x5		=     20 pts
> 1 extra APSW	 4		=	4 pts
> GSM/H/Super.	 60		=     60 pts
> 
> Stealth 11 -> 20x11x12	= 2640 pts
> Superior ECM	 45		=    45 pts
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Total cost:			  3620 pts
>

3620 pts for one vehicle, which can kill one target a turn. For 2500
pts,
I can feild an entire COMPANY of Size5 superheavy tanks, each with
2xMDC/4. That's ten tanks...(I just finished painting them...)

This 'supertank' is even less dangerous than a proper multi-FireConned
Ogre, and with much less firepower than one Company of my sprhvies I've
walloped Ogres, right Murray?

I'm afraid that this isn't a "BIG TANK", but just a "BIG TARGET"...

Later,

Brian (burger00@camosun.bc.ca)

 
> It seems that the design program either can't show larger point values
> than 999, or it divides all PVs by 10 <shrug>
> 
> Note that all five main weapons are mounted in the same turret, and
> therefore have to shoot at the same target - though unfortunately the
> rules don't allow you to fire more than one set of linked guns, so you
> have to choose either the twin plazgun OR the twin laser OR the mass
> driver OR the missile launcher.
> 
> It'd probably take a close range hit from a DFFG/3 or bigger to kill
this
> baby - or a BOOM hit, or a nuke - but I can get a LOT of fast tanks
with
> DFFG/3s for 3600 points, and the monster can only kill at most one of
> them per turn :-) It is pretty vulnerable to "Systems Down - Target"
and
> "Mobility" hits, too.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Oerjan Ohlson
> oerjan.ohlson@nacka.mail.telia.com
> 
> "Life is like a sewer.
>   What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
> - Hen3ry
> 
>