Re: DS2: Design questions of my own.

Brian Bilderback wrote:
> 
> Jon Davis wrote:
> 
> >Actually, if you drop the PDS and backup systems and one
> >level of stealth and armor,
> 
> All unacceptable in CAF (Cascadian Armed Forces) doctrine.  They don't
have
> a lot of crews to spare, and definitely don't buy into "You can buy
two for
> one and afford to lose one", they'd prefer to increase individual
vehicle
> survivability.

:-)  The armed forces may argue for it, but the politicians still have
to pay for it and the public has to approve it. 

Even with two levels of stealth for 200 points, you're going from 
a target signature die of D4 to D8.  A D8 target still gets hit 
fairly frequently by the other HKP and MDC weapons.  For 200 more 
points, you go to a D12 target die and an 800+ point vehicle.  
Stealth provides no benefit from the SLAMs or the MAK heavy 
artillery bombardments.

If you make your vehicles too expensive, it would soon become 
cost effective for the CAF's enemies to use tactical nukes to
take out one or more of these vehicles.  A nuke costs 1000 pts.
and instantly destroys any target within 2" of the impact marker.

Nukes aren't fooled by stealth either. :-)

Jon