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Terry Mixon
Emperor Mongoose
Capping them at size eight was an unnecessary limitation that I promptly did away with.
Technetium 98
Cosmic Mongoose
I was joking about that - but I was serious about dropping the subject.
Terry Mixon
Emperor Mongoose
Sadly, topic drift (often steered awry by what seem to be drunken Droyne) is the norm here.
Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
You want us to stear away from how to fix your design?
A person will not fit in 40 slots of storage (the rules state storage is 2kg so you have 80kg max), but will fit in a 32 slot medical chamber, regardless of how massive the person is. So you save 8 slots.
Personally I would just rule that as it is worn rather than seated the person takes up 32 slots regardless.
A person will not fit in 40 slots of storage (the rules state storage is 2kg so you have 80kg max), but will fit in a 32 slot medical chamber, regardless of how massive the person is. So you save 8 slots.
Personally I would just rule that as it is worn rather than seated the person takes up 32 slots regardless.
Technetium 98
Cosmic Mongoose
I refer you to the title of this thread, mate.
ProfGrizzlyJon
Cosmic Mongoose
That rule you mention is trying to use a mass measurement for volume. An average person is about 70 cubic liters. A "massive person" might be 100.
Regardless, the volume-based rule tells us how to fit a sophont (double the slots for the size of robot frame).
J. L. Brown
Emperor Mongoose
Honestly, I was mostly wondering whether there was a 'Battle Dress' chassis type (similar to the 'cybernetic limb' chassis) on the worksheet that I was missing.
The Robots book does not have 'Life Support', so building space-suits, armor, and Battle Dress did not seem to have a direct link. 'Slots' for BD is not explicitly stated as being equivalent to Robot 'Slots' -- and Robot 'Slots' are a mess, but this is not the place for that discussion. I tried to convince Geir to tidy up (volume, power, damage) scaling in the upcoming Vehicles book, utterly in vain -- that thread was the appropriate place; I lost out, & have moved on.
I think there is a workable kludge, putting the pilot in a 'Medical Chamber' or 'Storage Space'. It seems like it will be impossible to replicate the existing examples of BD from CSC with the design rules -- but that is, honestly, absolutely routine fare for Mongoose Quality Control.
Technetium 98
Cosmic Mongoose
New High Guard sheet! It's about the same with updated kit, more sources, and a slightly less/more confusing layout (delete as appropriate).
It's going to be riddled with bugs, I'd appreciate heads-up about any you find.
docs.google.com
It's going to be riddled with bugs, I'd appreciate heads-up about any you find.
MGT2 High Guard Worksheet v1.30.00
Geir
Emperor Mongoose
It was just done to prevent overlap with vehicles. You could put the brain in a vehicle and then the size becomes unlimited using vehicle rules.
(Yes, a metric-based uniform construction system, scaling from nanobots to robot planets, should be a thing, in my opinion as well...)
Terry Mixon
Emperor Mongoose
Unfortunately, the robot rules don’t fully carry over to vehicles. At least not that I can see, not without adding things. I’ll have to look again once the book comes out.
J. L. Brown
Emperor Mongoose
Okay, so Battle Dress slots are the same as Robot Slots; that means (at least some) armor and Battle Dress options are suitable for robots, cyborgs, and augments...
Looking at a clone who has (CSC p 20) Auto Helmet, Friend Or Foe HUD, Grav Assist, and a Life Support System.
Or, from Battle Dress modifications (CSC p 44): Advanced Laser AMS, Integrated Weapon Mount, Ion Shield, a Sensor Suite, and Stealth.
[Edit:] A TL-15 Neural Comm can be upgraded to a 5000 km range, with encryption Module, and up to a TL-13 Computer/4.
A Wafer Jack also contains a computer; at TL-15 it could also be upgraded to Computer/4.
Armor General Modifications (for the Subdermal armor) can include a Computer Weave). Computer/3 is listed at TL-15, but presumably that can also be upgraded.
The Robot Handbook Update (p 92) also covers 'Robot Brain Implants'; at TL-15 this is a (very advanced, INT 10) computer/4.
Can these be networked into a Computer/6? How much money could a character like this make per month with 'Virtual Mining' software? [/Edit]
Looking at a clone who has (CSC p 20) Auto Helmet, Friend Or Foe HUD, Grav Assist, and a Life Support System.
Or, from Battle Dress modifications (CSC p 44): Advanced Laser AMS, Integrated Weapon Mount, Ion Shield, a Sensor Suite, and Stealth.
[Edit:] A TL-15 Neural Comm can be upgraded to a 5000 km range, with encryption Module, and up to a TL-13 Computer/4.
A Wafer Jack also contains a computer; at TL-15 it could also be upgraded to Computer/4.
Armor General Modifications (for the Subdermal armor) can include a Computer Weave). Computer/3 is listed at TL-15, but presumably that can also be upgraded.
The Robot Handbook Update (p 92) also covers 'Robot Brain Implants'; at TL-15 this is a (very advanced, INT 10) computer/4.
Can these be networked into a Computer/6? How much money could a character like this make per month with 'Virtual Mining' software? [/Edit]
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Terry Mixon
Emperor Mongoose
Singularity will be using some battledress as robots, so I think that’s a fair call.
ProfGrizzlyJon
Cosmic Mongoose
ProfGrizzlyJon
Cosmic Mongoose
Speaking as a grandfather, this was EXACTLY what my Traveller was all about
