Striker Battle Dress 100 kg loadout

[aramis]

So you are saying that perhaps we should interpret the Striker BD as being more a multiplier of 10x STR?

Yep.

It's worth noting that the core rules BD doubles strength - for most purposes.

The individual wearing battle dress is effectively doubled in strength and given unlimited endurance (for lifting, carrying, and fighting purposes; not for wounds received) and receives a DM of +2 for surprise​

The ×10 strength would be a suitable interpretation, with an understanding that Striker also assumes an average of 10 Strength for infantry.
Note that a ×10 strength for weapon wielding is problematic, but double is not, so a more striker-like BD rule would be:

Battledress multiplies effective strength for most purposes by ×2, for lifting and encumbrance by ×10, but is ×1 (no change) for wounds taken. It also provides a DM+2 for surprise. Endurance for purposes of combat swings and other encumbrance related tasks is effectively unlimited; endurance for purposes of wakefulness remains unmodified.​

 

[jec10]

For taking out those pesky pop-up sleds, I'd have some of my BD troopers carrying a Y-rack tac missile system:
TL15 package launcher homing tac missile, 150mm bore, HEAP Pen-49, Rng-4km, Spd DM +5, Pr/missile-Cr354, Mass of package launcher with missile - 33kg, missile alone - 22kg

 

[kilemall]

Hmmm.

The PD fire control is about dealing with multiple incomings, in the age of mass driver artillery.

This isn't the BD problem set, which would either have a covering vehicle, a supporting bot, or fixed weapon with perhaps a remote building/bunker with the fire control located to handle the big stuff.

The BD PD just needs to handle the annoying, cheap, but lethal RAM GLs coming their way.

I guess I would skin that cat one of two ways-

A) a PD robot mounted on the backpack, immobile, has one sensor mast and two arms with one PD laser carbine mounted each, brain programmed to Laser Carbine-4, and a negative DM to hit incoming RAM grenades, or

B) rule the TL5 PD FC can be used but is a miniaturized updated version that costs the same as the baseline TL9 PD FC (200000 Cr), has the same short sub-kilometer effective range which is fine for RAM GL killing, and only allows 1d6 number of intercepts.

That would yield a 50 kg PD FC.

 

[kilemall]

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Yep.

It's worth noting that the core rules BD doubles strength - for most purposes.

The individual wearing battle dress is effectively doubled in strength and given unlimited endurance (for lifting, carrying, and fighting purposes; not for wounds received) and receives a DM of +2 for surprise​

The ×10 strength would be a suitable interpretation, with an understanding that Striker also assumes an average of 10 Strength for infantry.
Note that a ×10 strength for weapon wielding is problematic, but double is not, so a more striker-like BD rule would be:

Battledress multiplies effective strength for most purposes by ×2, for lifting and encumbrance by ×10, but is ×1 (no change) for wounds taken. It also provides a DM+2 for surprise. Endurance for purposes of combat swings and other encumbrance related tasks is effectively unlimited; endurance for purposes of wakefulness remains unmodified.​

Your conclusions are reasonable, although it is still fun to think of those suits as x10 STR.

And it doesn't really invalidate my main thesis here, what would you have your troopers carry with the higher encumbrance.

I guess I would tend to take in the idea of surprise and other CT goodies while retaining either the 100kg or full STR multiplier, just because it cheeses me that any goober with a RAM GL can readily destroy my small vehicle priced trooper.

The other part is that if you do accept that as gospel, then one should not get Battle Dress skill unless the character is STR A or greater, since that standard is ubiquitous enough to apply to any Imperial or Merc soldier likely to be encountered in a Striker force.

Since I'm not really using CT fighting per se, I think I would have the surprise translate into negative signature DMs for visual, audio and sensor stealth (well at least until that fusion gun opens up).
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