Re: Power Armour Design System (Part 2)

Aaron wrote:
>I wrote:
>
>> Warhammer 40,000 Space marine PA. 
>> D10 Armour	       4 pts. 
>> 6 movement	       - 
>> x1 close assault    - 
>> Filtration	       - 
>> Total:	       4 points. 
>>
>> Hence Light PA. The models look like they could be Medium PA, but
>> Rhinos etc. do carry identical numbers of marines and imperial
>> guard so I guess they are light. Unless Space Marine PA has a
>> self contained air supply that I've forgotten about.
 
> Well, I don't know a whole lot about SG2, but I *can* tell you that
> Space Marine power armour is environmentally sealed (ie, gas/bio
> weapons theoretically have no effect) with a fairly hefty air
> purification system, 

Already handled by the Filtration entry. A gas mask is a gas mask, 
whatever you call it.

> with a pair of "air reserve bottles" (most of
> that backpack they're wearing). 

So give them 12 hours air supply.

Makes the suit 5 points and Medium PA. Suits the models better, but 
you now need 15 capacity points in a Rhino. (Which is okay, except 
when you sneak an extra 5 Imperial Guard in and surprise folks....)

> In addition, the Marines themselves
> have a couplke of implants to deal with poisons and toxins, if you
> want to include that.

Nothing to do with the Power Armour itself is it? Hence, not my 
problem, someone else can come up with rules for that.

The alternative is to ignore common sense and what the models 
actually look like and instead to base our designs on the supposed 
technology of the background. In this case the Imperial forces are 
very high tech (despite having never heard of stealth or sloped 
armour, etc.) and we can say assign six points to each size class.
Hey presto, Space Marine PA is still light, but can have an internal 
air supply.

	Cheers,
		Steve
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