Re: [OT] FASA is Closing

Doesn't it also fail to mention that mechs don't need the "extra rad
shielding"...(I don't have my rules book handy...)

Donald Hosford

"Robertson, Brendan" wrote:

> The bonus from upgrading ICE to fusion on vehicles was:
> 1.	  ICE was 2x mass, fusion on vehicles was 1.5x mass for the
extra rad
> shielding.
> 2.	  You got 10 free heatsinks for your fusion weapons.
>
> With the 300 rated engine (most common) you went from 38 ton engine to
27.5
> ton engine with 10 free heat sinks; giving extra space for 9.5 tons of
> energy weapons.  An absolute must if you want any energy weapons at
all.
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Donald Hosford [SMTP:Hosford.Donald@acd.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:41 PM
> > To:   gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> > Subject:	  Re: [OT] FASA is Closing
> >
> > I don't wish to continue this OT thread either...but I do have a
> > question...
> > Did they ever fix the ICE/fusion engine mount bug in the
construction
> > rules?
> >
> > If you don't know, my original version stated that an ICE engine was
twice
> > the size
> > of a similar strength fusion plant.  That's fine, the fusion plant
is
> > better
> > technology.  But if you tried to mount that fusion plant in a non
mech
> > vehical
> > (read: tank or wheeled vehical, ect.) you had to include a "Special
power
> > plant
> > mount".  This made the fusion plant almost as large as the
ICE...Almost no
> > savings,
> > and little sense.  This gave me the impression that the mechs were
made to
> > look/be
> > better than anything else.
> > (The first thing I noticed...blow one of a two legged mech's legs
off, and
> > it is
> > vertually helpless and useless.  Blow one tread off a tank, it can
still
> > use it's
> > weapons...for a bit...:-)
> >
> > Confused
> >
> > Donald Hosford