Re: COLONIAL WEAPONS

What about a plain'ol future tech LASER rifles?

Assuming that energy storage technology or LASER technology makes a few 
'jumps' (just as we assume for gauss technology) why not arm these
colonials 
with with LASER weapons?

LASER weapons would NEVER require ammo.  Just a recharge from the local 
power grid/solar cells and perhaps a replacement of a few components
(only 
needed after significant use) and they are ready to go again.  LASER
rifles 
might pack a lesser punch, but they should be pretty reliable, do decent

damage, have good range and zero recoil.  Also packing a lesser punch is
not 
always a bad thing when arming colonist (ie they will think twice about 
facing the local armored regulars or PA).  And IMO LASER rifles should
not 
be out of the tech ability of an average colony to produce/maintain.

Just my 2 cents, but IMHO a light/medium LASER rifle beats them .

Scott

>From: DAWGFACE47@webtv.net
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>CC: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: COLONIAL WEAPONS
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:08:05 -0600 (CST)
>
>
>LOL-john, i had  similiar  thoughts about jon and traveller 2300
myself.
>
>as for civilian weaponry on the colonial worlds, i  agree with your
>reasoning, ie, weapons using cased ammo on frontier  worlds. robust,
>reliable weaponry in the  form of  hunting rifles,  shotguns, and
>handguns using cased ammo would certainly be more sensible than
caseles,
>binary propellant or gauss weaponry.
>
>the LETHAL ai rifle concept is also immenantly reasonable for frontier
>world	use. lol, and it has been around  since the 17th and 19th
>centuries  as both a limited issue military and hunting weapon.
>
>and the anti-material / very big game rifle, in either turnbolt or
>autoloading actions is also believable in the	hands of colonists than
>need them or can afford them. again using reloadable cased ammo.
>
>these are indeed the weapons and ammo types that most frontiersmen
>(generic term!) would have  available	on a daily basis for self
>defense, and hunting.	hence these would be the weapons readily
>available to ad hoc colonial militias and rebels.
>
>any explosives available to the average frontiers  man would be of the
>industrial types, or home  made.
>
>  again i agree with you that the weaponry of the goverment controlled
>organized  militias would  most likely be military surplus, but i think
>richer colonial governments could  afford first rate weaponry.
>
>militia weapons, with basic ammo loads will certainy be kept in
armories
>as they are now. additional ammo for these weapons  will be kept in
ammo
>dumps.
>these	armories and  dumps would be  closely controlled by the colonial
>or corporate government  world.
>
>also, any military vehicles belonging to the militia would be kept at
>armories.
>
>militia aircraft would be kept at installations under the control of
the
>colonial government.
>
>ad hoc militia or rebel vehicles and  aircraft would be rag tag
civilian
>models pressed into service.
>
>also animals might be	used for  transport or draft teams.
>
>a third colonial source of weaponry, vehicles, and  aircaft would be
>the local law enforcement authorities, which  depending on  the actual
>location of the lawmen, would be of an  urban, suburban, or rural type.
>all of these law forces  would have available special weaponry that
>belonged to the agency or the policemen themselves.
>
>in the games i have run (in the old reliable well developed TRAVELLER
>UNIVERSE background-regardless of actual rules  used to play with
>miniatures) the world tech level and law  level tend to provided a
ready
>idea as to the possible  weaponry in use by civilians, police, and
>militias.
>
>very useful, those  world profiles!
>
>many is the game   that the rebels conducted operations to gain modern
>military  weaponry, or the  heroic  colonists have fought with off
>world	human or alien invaders, or  space pirate  raiders .
>
>smuggling and	anti smuggling actions in space  and on  world too as
the
>colonial goverment tries to thwart the import of military weapons,
>medical supplies and etc,   destined  for  rebel forces or the  export
>of wotever to buy same  for the rebels.
>
>we have always used merc organizations to bolster or train colonial
>militias or regular armed  forces.
>
>rebels too.
>
>dawgie
>

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