RE: SLAM for SG2

With regard to the ranges, I was looking to keep it more in line with
the
rest of the heavy weapons, as it's DS range is in the same range
brackets as
everything else (36-48" in 1/300 scale, I don't have my book with me). 
The
firecontrol is more a case of dropping your crosshairs on the target &
then
pulling the trigger to hope the salvo goes where you want it.  Mainly it
gives the second die to keep in line with the other SG mechanics.

The radius would be easier to work out, as it keeps it the same as
artillery
& there's no benefit/disadvantage in arranging the template a certain
way.

I see SLAM more as unguided projectiles launched by the dozen to
saturate
the area.  Each rocket would be roughly a heavier version of IAVR; no
guidance but plenty of punch.  If it was a twin or multiple mount, then
it
could be treated as a DS converged sheaf or open sheaf barrage.

MRLS would be more along the lines of Heavy Artillery Rockets; a single
round which has guidance & then spreads cluster rounds over the target
area
to maximise hits.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Barclay [SMTP:Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 3:39 AM
> 
> Written by Brendan:
	>To make it simpler, how about:
	>Quality + FC vs Point target range die (no modifier for cover).
	>(ie: size 1 targets = 12" bands, size 2 = 24" bands etc).

> ** I wouldn't do this for two reasons.
> 1) I don't see the SLAM as being that long of range item. Now, maybe I
> should be rethinking if we figure this includes MRLS. But I sort of
> saw it as Rocket pods.
> 
> ** Radius is inappropriate for VTOL or Helicopter fired rocket pods.
> They have a beaten zone that is closer to an ellipsoid or rectangle.
> 
> ** The question remains: Is an unguided pod of rockets a SLAM? Is a
> guided high tech sophisticated MRLS system a SLAM? If so, what
> mechanism represents them both fairly? Using fire control and long
> ranges is overpowerful for the unguided rockets fired direct fire. Or
> are airborne (and potentially groundborne) rocket pods a different
> beast than a SLAM? If so, different mechanics should be used to
> represent them.