Assault Battle Dress?
- Thread starter Sevya
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Iron Guardian
Mongoose
A player of mine has the same question...you might want to look on the next page at the "advert" for Close Support Battledress and the write-up for this same armor on page 149. Additional info can be found in the main rulebook regarding Battledress on page 88 in that book...plus note that all Tech 13 Battledress has a Tech 14 version as well. 
The only real difference between the two descriptions I see is the additional RAM grenade launcher on the other shoulder plus the increased feeder clip capacity for the grenade ammo. Don't know if there has been any clarification of this...I suppose for now it will be up to the individual GM to decide how many launchers the suit has... 8)
The only real difference between the two descriptions I see is the additional RAM grenade launcher on the other shoulder plus the increased feeder clip capacity for the grenade ammo. Don't know if there has been any clarification of this...I suppose for now it will be up to the individual GM to decide how many launchers the suit has... 8)
RebornTheFallen
Mongoose
I'm the player who first suggested the issue to Iron Guardian, because at the time, I didn't have an account here at Mongoose. Now, I know the two suits sound similar, and perhaps they are, but this is my argument for them being seperate. Close Support and Assault are different roles, even in todays military. Where an assault trooper is your standard soldier, with a rifle, sidearm, knife, and maybe a few grenades, the support trooper usually carries things like heavy explosives, or emplaceable machine guns. Even in Call of Duty, the support class uses the big machine gun and C4, where the assault trooper has an M16 and grenades.
Aside from the massive difference between the launchers (Semi-auto with 18 rounds total/Fully auto with 96 rounds total), the close support battle dress comes with a built-in computer: Computer/2 running Expert Tactics (military)/2. That's an expensive add-on. So in terms of price, the Assault Battle Dress would also be much cheaper, though hopefully with the same or better armor protection and stat boosts...
Aside from the massive difference between the launchers (Semi-auto with 18 rounds total/Fully auto with 96 rounds total), the close support battle dress comes with a built-in computer: Computer/2 running Expert Tactics (military)/2. That's an expensive add-on. So in terms of price, the Assault Battle Dress would also be much cheaper, though hopefully with the same or better armor protection and stat boosts...
This is _purely_ unofficial (we'll go over this again at a later date for an official answer), but I would go with;
Protection 17, Battle Dress 2, Cr. 3,200,000, Mass 31.
Protection 17, Battle Dress 2, Cr. 3,200,000, Mass 31.
