Re: DS-Bolos

I love the Bolo series.  It was one my first introductions to sci-fi
reading.  I had similar issues with DSII and made some suggestions a
while
back for mods to oversized vehicles.  The larger Bolos, as more common
in
the series, don't seem to work well with the current DSII system.  The
idea
of a single boom chit possibly taking out a Bolo was not inspiring to
say
the least.  I redid the modular vehicle rules with some simple mods to
allow
for an improved representation of these large units.  I recently moved
and
everthing here is in chaos.  I'll look through my stuff and try to find
my
mods when I get some time.

The later Bolos are a bit large for DS.  A simple approach, without
changing
the rules, is by shrinking everything else down in size knowing that the
largest weapon class of 5 would be used by the Bolos and factor
everything
else smaller.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: bif smith <bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk>
To: full thrust <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 6:15 PM
Subject: DS-Bolos

> I was just reading the latest bolos novel, and have some questions to
you
DS
> aficianados out there.
>
> Has anyone designed a bolo, and how was it sized (probably a oversized
> modular/sectional vehicle, but how big? These bolos are BIG!)
>
> How would anyone represent the hellbore main gun? The closest example
I
> could think of is a DFFG (but larger than a DFFG/5) with the range of
a
> laser (after all, they could hit anything upto close orbit). And how
would
> you represent ground to orbit fire in FT using one of these?
>
> BIF
> "yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
> strong in arms, thick in head"
>
>