[GZG] Failed to deliver the first time - SG 2

[Adrian <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,


> Working on having each SG2 force a 'bit different' in equipment...
>
> I see the a 9 possible combination for fire arms:
>
> 1. LTAR and SAW
> 2. LTAR and Rotary SAW
> 3. LTAR and Gauss SAW (?!?)
> 4. AAR and SAW
> 5. AAR and Rotary SAW
> 6. AAR and Gauss SAW (??)
> 7. Gauss AR and SAW (??)
> 8. Gauss AR and Rotary SAW (?)
> 9. Gauss AR and Gauss SAW
>
> Which, if any, of these strike you as an 'out of line' (ignoring $$ cost 
> in Real Life) combination for a platoon?

None of them are really "out of line" per se, but a couple are a bit iffy.

If you're arming your forces with a low tech assault rifle, why are you 
giving them gauss SAW (which would be higher tech and presumably higher 
cost).  If you had the tech base (or the economic base) to provide gauss 
SAW, why not gauss AR also?

In other words, I'd cut out numbers 3 and 6.

Also, you haven't included grenade launchers in the combinations;  in SGII, 
adding a GL to your AR increases the FP of the weapon by 1.

I would set your options up something like this (not an exclusive list to 
be sure)

"Low Tech"

1. LTAR (FP 2 IMP d8) and SAW (FP d8 IMP d8)
2. LTAR / GL (FP 3 IMP d8) and SAW (FP d8 IMP d8)
3. LTAR (FP 2 IMP d8) and Rotary SAW (FP d10 IMP d8)
4. LTAR / GL (FP 3 IMP d8) and Rotary SAW (FP d10 IMP d8)

"Mid Tech"

5. AAR (FP 2 IMP d10) and SAW (FP d8 IMP d10)
6. AAR / GL (FP 3 IMP d10) and SAW (FP d8 IMP d10)
7. AAR (FP 2 IMP d10) and rotary SAW (FP d10 IMP d10)
8. AAR / GL (FP 3 IMP d10) and rotary SAW (FP d10 IMP d10)

You'll notice that the stats for the rotary SAW used by the Low Tech force 
is different for that used by the Mid Tech force (higher Impact rating in 
Mid Tech force).  This is to give more options at both levels.

"High Tech"

7. Gauss AR (FP 2 IMP d12) and rotary SAW (FP d10 IMP d10)
8. Gauss AR / GL (FP 3 IMP d12) and rotary SAW (FP d10 IMP d10)
9. Gauss AR (FP 2 IMP d12) and Gauss SAW (FP d10 IMP d12)
10. Gauss AR / GL (FP 3 IMP d12) and Gauss SAW (FP d10 IMP d12)

If you wanted to be more extreme, you could give the Gauss SAW FP d12 IMP d12.

On the other hand, one or two of the SG "armies" is listed (in the 
description of the minitures) as having a plasma SAW (actually called "RF 
antipersonnel plasma gun" in the description for SGN-18B out of the Neu 
Swabian 25mm line).  Maybe the Gauss SAW is FP d10 IMP d12 and the RF 
antipersonnel plasma gun is FP d12 IMP d10.

Or something like that...

-Adrian

Adrian Johnson
adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.stargrunt.ca 


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