Re: Dirstside/Stargrunt vehicle nationalities

I said:

Does anyone have an opinion about the nationality of DS/SG vehicles? I
e-mailed Jon Tuffley and he said that all the vehicles were completely
generic, anybody could use any vehicle. However, it seems to me that the
Paladin/Phalanx/Hoplite and other 6-wheelers are exclusively the purview
of the NAC. Any ideas? I for one would prefer it if each nation had it's
own set of individual vehicles, it would help to create a greater sense
of identity for those nations. What do you think??

Glenn M Wilson said:

Sure, assign them as you see fit, post it here and then, if you missed
any vehicle to nation connection, someone will present reasons why it
should be considered for a change.
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Here are my ideas, based on several factors - what I have heard about
things said in the SG rulebook, other people's forces seen on the net,
and my own bias towards myself (the FSE - I have given them all the
nicest looking vehicles!! :-)).

NAC (all the six-wheelers)
SF25-85 Paladin (MBT)
SF25-86 Phalanx (APC)
SF25-88 Hoplite (MICV)
SF25-89 Hunter (Tank killer)
SF25-90 Defender (Air-defence)
SF25-91 Striker (SLAM / Artillery)

NSL (GEVs with rounded hulls)
SF25-30 Rommel (MBT)
SF25-58 Slammer (HBT)
SF25-59 Hog (Artillery)
SF25-60 Calliope (Air-defence)
SF25-93 Gauntlet (APC)

FSE (GEVs with angular hulls)
SF25-14A Gladiator (LBT)
SF25-26A Goliath (HBT)
SF25-28 Wombat (APC)

ESU (those strange, very angular GEVs with no air cushion)
SF25-39 Azrazh (APC)
SF25-40 Kivruzh (MBT)
SF25-62 Poruzh (HBT)
SF25-63 Virnazh (APC)

If you take a look at the catalogue, you will see that I have assigned
similar looking vehicles to the same nation, in the hope of establishing
some continuuity. Each side has a good range of vehicles, the only
limitation being that each side only has one type of mobility. I think
this is not a serious problem, perhaps only for the NAC in DS2 battles
where their vehicles will be the only ones that are not amphibious. The
vehicles that I have not mentioned are things like transport trucks and
VTOLs, which I guess have to be generic (there is only one type of
attack VTOL, so if I assigned that to one nation none of the others
would have an attack VTOL!!).

Please, tell me what you think.

Matthew Smith