Re: Walkers, was RE: grav

Actually the biggest "nail", is the fact that the walker has only two
legs.
All it takes is a hit strong enough to knockoff one leg, and the walker
is
horizontal.
(On it's front,  on it's back, ect.  Read: Useless...actually it might
still
be usefull as
cover for infantry...)	Whereas a tank with one tread blown out still
has
it's
weapons useable.  This fact would be true in any game dealing with
walker
units.

The Battletech rules never seem to deal with this.  I stopped playing
that
game
once I figured that out.  (I spotted most of it just by studying the
construction
system.)

Donald Hosford

Richard and Emily Bell wrote:

> Laserlight wrote:
>
> > From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com>
> The biggest nail in the walker's coffin is that any technology that
makes
> a walker practical also vastly improves the performance of a
conventional
> tracked vehicle to keep it ahead.  The musculature to actuate the legs
> allow for autotensioning tracks that can even change length to
> accommodate changes in running gear geometry (lower the hull to hide,
> raise the hull to drive faster over rough terrain).  Advanced
materials
> to lighten the legs can also be used to reduce the unsprung weight of
a
> tank to make them really fly (figuratively) crosscountry.
>