

IIRC, the MT design sequence added the turret tonnage separately. In your opinions, should the Trepida displace 10 tons or 13?
Astrin Grav APC (RS, p87): Same size (w/o turret), about same mass, same armour, same speed, about same cost.Annatar Giftbringer wrote: ↑ Do you happen to have the stats for the standard G/carrier whose name I can’t currently recall? Especially size. For comparison.
Good advice. I want it to approach the same size as closely as possible to please the canon fans but also make it with a performance as close to that of the original Trepida as possible. This little design might well appear in published form if all goes well.AnotherDilbert wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 6:51 pmI would worry less about matching exact mass or volume, but about capability. The Trepida is a fairly light grav tank with curiously thin armour and a light auto-fire fusion gun.
Definitely. I would love to squeeze it into 13 dt to make it 100% compliant with the MT version, but since the vehicle design systems aren't comparable, some fudge factor should be expected.Annatar Giftbringer wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 7:37 pmSo, depending on if the Astrin APC is closest to (digs out VH) Newpoint Grav APC (p.143) or Rakatama G/Carrier (p.145) somewhere around 12-15 dt might be about right for the Trepida?
I think I might have to invent a new gun to try to match the one on the original Trepida. Something that extrapolates from MgT2's fusion Y-gun. It's all about balance.NOLATrav wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 7:50 pmFlipping thru VH and CSC, not seeing anything comparable to the main armament; doesn’t seem to be a rapid fire fusion gun available in MgT 2e. The Fusion Gun-Y is TL14 but has no Auto trait.
I think Rocket Pods (CSC, pg 133) could be used for the aerosols and sandcasters perhaps. And I’m looking hard at the Gatling Laser for the commander’s anti-personnel weapon (I know, not canon but seems like an oversight to me).
Man. A Heavy Grav chassis with the AFV and Streamlined traits gets EXPENSIVE fast! Yet still an Agility of -1, which seems counterintuitive to me.
Thinking about it I have to say I was wrong. The armour and weapon are very reasonable choices.AnotherDilbert wrote: ↑ I would worry less about matching exact mass or volume, but about capability. The Trepida is a fairly light grav tank with curiously thin armour and a light auto-fire fusion gun.
Not difficult, but requiring a bit of ruthlessness in eliminating not absolutely necessary components.
The main gun is supposed to be auto-fire, and could, in MT, handle battle dress infantry with ease.
If we compare the guns in MT, the rapid version is not bigger but higher TL and uses more power.Annatar Giftbringer wrote: ↑ Should it be as powerful as the fusion XYZ gun? If so, how about say... doubling its mass and giving it auto 2 or 3?
Or perhaps trade blast for auto?
Being distracted by the NASA launch I later realized it was a silly suggestion as it’s not like a “fifty caliber laser machine gun” as I initially thought. And then I realized Prismatic Aerosol Dischargers and Smoke Dischargers are items already described and statted. No need to adapt Rocket Pods for something that already exists.AnotherDilbert wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 6:15 pmThe main gun is supposed to be auto-fire, and could, in MT, handle battle dress infantry with ease.
Unfortunately MgT doesn't have much in the way of rapid fire energy weapons. To get machine gun equivalents we have to look at auto-cannons or gauss cannons.
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