Re: [SGII] Nasty Cover

[agoodall@xxxxxxx]

Chris wrote:

> I'd be surprised to see anything other than maybe a drive-up teller of
> bullet-resistant glass/plastic.  6mm polycarbonate (Lexan) is more than
> enough to keep vandals/thieves from breaking in (unless they hit it with a
> truck), but it won't do much to stop a .38 cal pistol round.

I was thinking areas where crime was sufficiently high that you might want to put up bullet proof glass. Or the protected balcony of a local potentate. Or, even, a Popemobile, or its equivalent. 

I thought of a Kennedy assassination-based scenario where the politician was in a convertible with a protective dome, and the security detail was in cars following and leading that were similarly set up for clear lines of sight. The other side in the scenario would be a small, elite force sent to kill off the politician. The politician's car, and the cars of the security detail, would offer 0/+2 cover due to their glass domes. The only problem: I haven't found any models to use for the cars. The best one I can think of is a 1/64 or 1/48 scale (depending on the manufacturer) Lady Penelope Rolls Royce from the old Thunderbirds show. This is problematic in, 1) I'm not sure they made the car in the right scale, 2) if they did, they'd be freaking expensive on eBay in all liklihood, if I could even find enough cars, and 3) I'd have to repaint the car as it was originally pink.

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