[GZG] FT Interface Craft

[Robert N Bryett <rbryett@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had a couple of assault scenarios in my Belt Wars world. Ground  
combat was highly abstract but as regards interface craft, my  
"armoured shuttles":

1) Can only be carried and launched from a dedicated Assault  
Transport, not a carrier. See the example on page 42 of FB1.

2) Move like fighters, but with a move of 6mu only.

3) Have no anti-fighter or anti-ship weapons. Their guns are ground  
assault support weapons only, so they may require escort/support.

4) May only be engaged by fighters and PDS defending the landing  
zone. Usual rules apply, so any "SAM/AAA emplacement" style PDS on  
the ground must be equipped with ADFC to obtain PDS support from any  
friendly ships in range.

5) Are heavily armoured, so a PDS or fighter kills a shuttle on a  
roll of 6 only (like a Heavy Fighter only more so).

Bear in mind that in Belt Wars, ground assaults were taking place on  
airless asteroids. In the absence of an atmosphere, I imagined the  
landers as large, armoured versions of the Apollo LEM, with a big  
main engine and wide, shock-absorbing landing gear at one end,  
blasting into the turnover point, and slowing to touch down in the LZ  
at the maximum acceleration the crew could stand, jinking madly with  
their over-sized attitude jets all the way.

Best regards, Robert Bryett

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