Re: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics

Nope, I'm quite sure, the rounds are .75 cal in size, explosive, and
rocket
propelled(caseless).

Jade Tseng

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Brown" <mwbrown@veriomail.com>
To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 6:16 PM
Subject: RE: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics

> I thought the intent was to get SG stats for 40k weapons.  AFAIK a
bolter
fires
> ice beads.
>
> Michael Brown
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchart@geotec.net
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 3:21 PM
> To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Re: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics
>
> Well, that's fine, but that's what I meant about dumbing down weapons
to
> play games only with the 40K universe. A boltgun is, as I mentioned, a
.75
> cal assault rifle which fires explosive rounds. That would seem to be
a
> little more than an advanced assault rifle.
>
> Jade Tseng
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Brown" <mwbrown@veriomail.com>
> To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 1:49 PM
> Subject: RE: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics
>
>
> > http://myweb.veriomail.com/mwbrown/projects/FMA40Kstats.zip
> >
> > zipped MS Word97 Document
> >
> > Michael Brown
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Brown
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 7:17 PM
> > To: 'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'
> > Subject: RE: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics
> >
> > I'll get the URL for a by name list of 40k weapons with SG2 stats
> >
> > Michael Brown
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Boydston
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 1:32 AM
> > To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> > Subject: RE: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics
> >
> > Well, I'm a big fan of the Warhammer 40K universe, atleast the space
> marine
> > side(I
> > know, I know, I've heard it all before). Just the universe mind you,
I
> hate
> > all of their new games, but me and some buddies still occasionally
role
> play
> > some rogue trader and I own alot, I mean alot of old space marine
> miniatures.
> > Anyways, we all really like Stargrunt 2 as a wargaming ruleset, so
we
are
> > trying
> > to port our armies over to the stargrunt 2 universe with two
requirements:
> 1,
> > they stay as true as possible to their back ground(not to GWs game
> mechanics
> > though), 2, they behave in a realistic way within that universe(so
that,
> unlike
> > Games Workshops idea of physics, guns really are more effective than
> > slingshots).
> > So, my army is in powered armor with a very few exceptions, their
primary
> > weapon,
> > an Imperial issue bolter, is documented as being a .75 cal weapon
firing
> rocket
> > propelled explosive rounds, they field no green troops and a high
> percentage
> > of veterans, and their forces are small in number compared to most
enemy
> > forces.
> > It is a very big gun, but you also have to figure that it is
basically a
> > powered
> > armor only assault rifle for a force that will be consistently out
> numbered.
> > I realize that I could probably just adjust everything down to more
> properly
> > represent the Warhammer 40K universe(Space Marine powered armor as
full
> armor,
> > bolter as an advanced assault rifle, etc), but we want to keep it
generic,
> so
> > we can play games with forces from other universes too, such as an
alien
> > Genestealer
> > Cult vs. an NAC colony defense force. The whole idea was inspired by
a
> story
> > called Ground Zero, by Tom Sullivan,
> > http://stargrunt.virtualave.net/reports/ground.html
> >
> > A great story by the way.
> >
> > Jade Tseng
> >
> > >Hi Jade,
> > >
> > >Although Brendan has already suggested FP3/ImpD12 perhaps you are
looking
> at
> >
> > >something a little over the top in small arms...
> > >
> > >..75 Cal is somewhere around; or just under 20mm. IMHO this really
falls
> into
> >
> > >a Support Weapon category rather than Assault Rifle....the
ammunition
> alone
> >
> > >is going to be monstrously heavy! I'm presuming the Rocket
propelled
> refers
> >
> > >to the round that the AR fires and not some kind of additional
Grenade
> > >launcher?
> > >
> > >You might even want to consider this Assault Rifle in terms of a D6
or
D8
> > >rather than a set FP.
> > >
> > >In what sort of context are you fitting your weapons? Is it from a
> Fiction
> >
> > >background you are playing out in Stargrunt?
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >
> > >Owen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Conchart@geotec.net [mailto:conchart@geotec.net]
> > >Sent: Friday, 31 March 2000 2:25
> > >To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> > >Subject: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics
> > >
> > >
> > >Hello, I was just wondering if anyone could help me come up with
the
> > >statistics for a couple of weapons in SG2 terms. I for the life of
me
> just
> >
> > >can't think up anything for them, so I thought I'd as you guys. The
> weapons
> >
> > >are:
> > >
> > >..75 caliber assault rifle with HE rocket propelled rounds
> > >A laser assault rifle
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance for any help
> > >
> > >Jade Tseng
> > >
> > >
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