Recent content by ottarrus

That would help a lot. Also removing the exposed hydraulic lines in the waist area would be good. This TL 15 gear, not some Fallout suit with the air hoses exposed like a dive suit...

Your mileage will vary, I guess.

As a historian, I completely understand.... :D

@Saladman So why are you 'angry' at this discussion of higher education?

Another thing I loved in the book was the addition of the 'Flying Mall'. I've been places where I was almost willing to kill somebody I know for a cold soda [and it didn't matter what kind of soda] so the idea of a battalion of grav-trucks dedicated to going out into the boonies and selling...

Changing the subject and something that would have been an excellent addition to Armies 5FW... Some transport ships and landing craft for the current rules set. I mean, can you **imagine** the size of the starport necessary to load a corps onto landing craft and get them up to the transport? -...

But look at where the 'helmet' is in relation to the shoulders... even if the armor is, say, 10-15% larger than the human supposedly wearing it, the wearer would have to have his chin on his chest. The proportions are all wrong. The suits look like something from Macross and I keep thinking...

I've been looking forward to this book since it was announced last year. How much? The way I normally read game books is that I read a couple chapters and then put it down for a bit, a couple hours.. do a household chore or something... and pick it back up. This allows me to absorb the...

And for all you COACC fans out there, I'm sure you've seen this, but welcome to Jewell COAC Command...

GOT MINE! And the Unified Armies model LIVES!!! :D

@MongooseMatt So, what is the rough spitball guess-timate on Armies?

@MonsterX The main problem scientists have with politicians is when the science, no matter how well grounded, well intentioned, or outside influence free, doesn't validate a politician's publically stated position. See also, the COVID outbreak. Politics and anything make lousy bedfellows but...

I could almost be talked into the Legion being given a squadron of Army Aviation, but yeah.... some of the original authors didn't know a whole Hell of a lot about inter-service politics. Your deployment makes a whole lot more sense. Another thing I thought was a bit too 'Queen Victoria's Little...

The whole Truther career is nonsense, or to put as sharp a point on it as possible, utterly stupid. Conspiracy theorists are either plotlines for referees or player character RP. It doesn't require a 'career' of its own because it isn't a career, it's a belief or viewpoint. And don't we have...

Followers is a function of SOC and the referee throwing a plot harpoon, not some arbitrary fake stat. 'Truther' should have been renamed 'Conspiracy Theorist' with the whole FOL mechanic removed. OTOH, maybe they could add a Call of Cthulhu SAN statistic... the lower your SAN the deeper down...