Re: [GZG] [SG] Power Armour with Shotguns

[Ryan Gill <rmgill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 6:14 PM -0400 10/3/05, Thomas Barclay wrote:
>Power armour for shipboard actions should be equiped with:
>1) Shotguns if expecting to meet unarmoured foes
>2) Plasma guns if expecting to meet armoured foes
>3) Lasers if expecting to fight in zero G or for pinpoint fire
>
>The problem with shotguns in the game is they get one impact rating.
>Real shotguns suck against armour, unless they can fire dragonsbreath
>(limited range, not good for the gun) or flechette. Flechettes still
>aren't the panacea people once thought either. So PA is going to be
>immune to buckshot (if not, why bother?).

Whats wrong with Sabot slugs if you need some penetration? Or if the right gauge, small heat rounds?

Using shotguns, great against the swabbies on board. Two of their guys have body armor, fine, swich to grenades or SABOT slugs. 10 Gauge Slugs will put a lot of energy down range. 8 Gauge rounds would do even more. A guarantee that a Power trooper could carry an 8 guage short barrel automatic smooth bore just fine. It'd also probably do a number on a target that was slightly armored.

Even so, against shotguns with shot spreaders in close quarters, unless you've got full facial armor, full frontal neck armor and no gaps, 2-3 rounds into taking a burst, you're going to have some wounds.

At the point at which the defenders have gotten some of their team into hard suits, then sure, standard power armor tricks are going to come into play, but in those cases, some light grenade launchers or more powerful weapons will be useful, but it could mean holeing the ship's pressure hull. That could be bad for the defenders because it means any defenders not in sealed space or in their own hard or soft suits are going to get pulped.

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