Re: DS2 Moonbase Xi

On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Brian Bell wrote:

> Greetings,
> I am working on a DS2 scenario "Moonbase Xi". As the name states the
> conflict takes place on the Moon near a base. The base is on the long
> edge of the playing field and important to both sides (so damaging the
> base is a BAD thing [_major_ point lostt]). One of the sides is a
small
> militia force for the moon. The other is an attacking force. The
militia
> force has weapons specifically designed for the moon but the attacking
> force does not (but they have sealed the AFV's).
> 
> Special Rules:
> All:
>   CFE power plants won't work due to lack of atmosphere
>   GEV & VTOL's (except Grav) will not work due to lack of atmosphere
>   Smoke dispensers fail to function
>   Aircraft are banned unless Space-capible
>   Only Power Infantry.
> Attackers:
>   Only Direct Fire weapons (RFAC, HVC, HKP, MDC, HEL, DFFG)
>	Most missiles still use fin stablilization and are therefore too
> unstable to be effective.
>    Artillery system travel faster than escape velocity.
>   No IVAR's
> Militia:
>   All weapons but SLAM (unguided missiles)
> 
> Other possible considerations suggested:
>   HEL gain 1 extra chit draw (or Red/Yellow draw) due to the beam not
> being difussed
>	by an atmosphere.
> 
> Comments requested (thanks)

Looks good - someone else mentioned PI being a bit easier to kill due to
vacumn, which I agree with - 4 points instead of 5, maybe.

Don't forget DFFGs - with no atmosphere to attenuate the bolt, they
could
be deadly - maybe double all ranges and range bands for DFFGs? 

One thing to think about - moons are smaller than planets, so the
horizon
will be closer. If 60" is distance to the horizon on Earth-sized worlds,
what would it be on a moon? (Does anyone know the actual distance to the
horizon on Luna?)

Partial Earth gravity is also something to think about - you mentioned
it
for weapon use, but what about movement? Especially of PI - they could
probably really cover ground in 1/6 g (Luna's gravity). (But would they
want to? Bounding along like a kangaroo on servo-assisted legs is good
for
covering ground, but in a firefight? Some sort of travel-mode, like in
Stargrunt, maybe?)

Just some suggestions I'm throwing out - let me know what you think.

Brian (burger00@camosun.bc.ca)