far-trader
SOC-14 10K
I'm a little disappointed with the design rules. I was anticipating something (waaaay back when it was in playtest and rumors were flying) that would allow building internally consistant weapons and gear from handheld to planetary size. The system tries but in reality there is no way really to convert across the three basic levels.
I think the only choice that can be made with the rules as currently is that only ships (space and star) can mount ship hardpoint weapons, only vehicles (i.e. built with that section) can use vehicle weapons (and only those included or reasonable extrapolated from them), and all the beasties are stuck with the personal weapons in the catalog.
No Sgt. Buck picking up a discarded Trepida turret (unless maybe she's operating a heavy cargo loader, as a vehcile, and then aiming is going to be very tricky).
No slapping a Beam Laser from a surplus starship turret on your ATV and going nuts with it.
It does work the other way I think. Putting a vehicle turret and weapon on a Starship, or say a Laser Carbine strapped on your Air/Raft.
As for Battledress, what a mess
The more it gets debated the more I think it should be errata. Change it to simply armor, stop calling it a vehicle. Reduce the size and weight accordingly, and you fix a whole host of troubles. So it has the same AR as a MBT, but if it's a person scale system the MBT get's a 5 dice advantage both for hitting and being hit. The BD still kicks butt all over the town when it comes to personal combat, and isn't that how it should be?
I think the only choice that can be made with the rules as currently is that only ships (space and star) can mount ship hardpoint weapons, only vehicles (i.e. built with that section) can use vehicle weapons (and only those included or reasonable extrapolated from them), and all the beasties are stuck with the personal weapons in the catalog.
No Sgt. Buck picking up a discarded Trepida turret (unless maybe she's operating a heavy cargo loader, as a vehcile, and then aiming is going to be very tricky).
No slapping a Beam Laser from a surplus starship turret on your ATV and going nuts with it.
It does work the other way I think. Putting a vehicle turret and weapon on a Starship, or say a Laser Carbine strapped on your Air/Raft.
As for Battledress, what a mess
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The more it gets debated the more I think it should be errata. Change it to simply armor, stop calling it a vehicle. Reduce the size and weight accordingly, and you fix a whole host of troubles. So it has the same AR as a MBT, but if it's a person scale system the MBT get's a 5 dice advantage both for hitting and being hit. The BD still kicks butt all over the town when it comes to personal combat, and isn't that how it should be?