RE: [GZG]Howtohandleunitsarmedwith"heavy"weapons [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[emu2020@xxxxxxxxxxx]

The premise of the military I am designing is a man versus machine sort of force where the concept is to even the playing field by using relatively low-tech forces with lots of manpower, good weapons and lots of them.  They don't have a lot of heavy vehicles and many of the vehicles they do have are built from either lighter vehicles which have been upgunned or converted from civilian vehicles (a little more than technicals but not quite).

 

Their main infantry force is armed with HAMR style weapons firing lots of armor-piercing rounds as well as short to medium range ATGMs and rockets.  I am still in the infant stages of this planning and as such haven't settled onto troop numbers.  Wanted to get the rules and the TO&E out of the way before purchasing any major quanitites.

 

Any siggestions would be welcomed.

 

-Eli

 

> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Robertson, Brendan" <Brendan.Robertson@xxxxxxxxxx> 
>
> > Short Answer: very small units. 
> > 
> > Long Answer: Due to the way point fire weapons work in SG, each unit 
> > could, at most, fire two point fire weapons at a vehicle. (I run 
> > missile teams of two GMS/L + loaders for this reason). 
> > As a house rule for the setting, you could allow squads to fire as small 
> > arms fire, but let the weapons retain their Point Fire ability. This 
> > would give you Suppression/Minor Hit capabilities, but would preclude 
> > scoring a Major Hit unless you have one of the troops take careful aim 
> > and fire using the normal point-fire rules. 
> > 
> > 
> > Brendan 
> > 'Neath Southern Skies 
> > http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/ 
> > 
> > 
> > __!
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> > 
> > From: On Behalf Of emu2020 
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:20 AM 
> > Subject: [GZG] How to handle units armed with "heavy" weapons 
> > 
> > Doing an SG2 game in a heavily themed environment, similar in 
> > nature to the SF3D/MaK setting where armored units are the norm and even 
> > your average infantryman carries a weapon that will give him some level 
> > of firepower against a power suit or some such. 
> > 
> > I am curious how people are handling settings like this where 
> > even common troopers carry "heavy" weapons? I know it has been asked 
> > before, so even a link to data on this would be useful. 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > -Eli 
> > 
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