Re: Vehicle Design Philosophy

I'm not sure this would really work in DS II. Remember, in DS II there's
no 
such thing as "Hull" as opposed to armor. There's a size class, and
there's 
armor.	Basically, all you're doing is making KV Armor 1 level stronger
- ie 
class 4 armor would act as class 5, etc. I'm guessing (and only guessing

since I don't play FT) that if the KV don't rely on armor, they must
rely on 
some sort of shielding on their ships.

Now, "Lot's of hull, not  a lot of armor" translates in DS II to 
underarmored.  So I'm going to assume 1 of 3 things: Either: 1) the KV
have 
developed some sort of shields for their ground vehicles using a
technology 
unknown to humans or 2) The KV have a different design philosophy for
ground 
vehicles than for spacecraft or 3) KV tanks may be killing machines but 
they're also quite killable, IF you can hit them.... Let's look at our 
options:

Option 1:  Shields: We'll just have to wait and see how those will
change 
the face of ground warfare in  the Tuffleyverse.

Option 2: The KV ground commanders rely a lot more heavily on armor than
do 
the naval CO's. This would explain highly armored KV tanks.

Option 3: I'm wrong on both counts. The KV DON'T rely on heavy armor,
and 
DON'T have ground-based shield devices. Instead, the KV philosophy would
be 
(comparatively) lightly armored vehicles with superior ECM and GOBS of 
stealth. They're a B***h to hit, but if you do, you have a good chance
of 
killing them.

Brian B

----Original Message Follows----
From: Matthew Seidl <seidl@vex.cs.colorado.edu>
Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: Vehicle Design Philosophy
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 16:12:26 -0600

Hmmmm.	A post-FB2 idea.  Since FB2 K'V use strong hulls and not that
much armor now, how about this for their DS2 tanks.

(I don't have my rules in front of me, so I'm talking off the cuff
here).	How about giving the K'V tanks an additional damaged level?
If they take damage that would destroy a regular tank, give them a
damage marker that reduces their movement by 25-33%, and their main
weapon by one class.  A second damage marker would destroy them.  Adds
record keeping (or more counters.  Blah) But better simulates the way
their space ships work.

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