| From: | "Brett M. Carlisle" <brettmc@****.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: Milspec hardened armor (Juggernaut/uber-dillo) |
| Date: | Wed, 25 Mar 1998 23:16:34 -0500 |
>They don't, I don't have PAoNA. With out seeing the critters stats I'd say
>willpower resisted Deadly spells backed up by force 4 to 8 spirits. Other
>then that I'd guess autocannons or maybe small amounts of chemical
>weaponry. Other then that you could try to herd the thing somehow. If
>someone would post the stats and shadowtalk I'd apperciate it.
Steve,
All you had to do was ask...
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Juggernaut
Game Information
B Q S C I W E R Attacks
Juggernaut 15/4 4x3 42 - 1/3 9 7 4 9D3
Powers: Enhanced Physical Attributes (Quickness, once per day, for (Essence
x 2)D6 turns), Enhanced Senses (Improved Healing and Smell, Motion
Detection), Fear, Immunity to Cold, Immunity to Fire, Immunity to
Pathogens, Immunity to Poisons
Identification
Another Awakened createure that arose from the common armadillo (D.
novemcinctus), the juggernaut has the same jointed armor of bony plates and
the same poor eyesight. The juggernaught, however, reaches lengths of 14
meters or more.
Like the armadillo, the juggernaut has no teeth; unlike the armadillo, the
juggernaut has sharp serrated ridges of bone in both upper and lower jaw.
The creature's feet are clawed.
Magic Capability
Parabiological
Habits
The juggernaut is an omnivore in the truest sense of the word. Its chemical
economy can absorb and extract nutrients from everything, be it plant,
animal, rocks or even scrap metal. It does seem to prever live prey,
however. This variable chemical economy allows the juggernaut to respire
anaerobically for hours. When its metabolism has switched over to
anaerobic, it needs no air. (Though it cannot swim, a juggernaut can hunt
fish in a lake by walking around on the lake bed.) When operating
aerobically, however, the creature is considerably faster (reflecting the
greater chemical efficiency of aerobic respiration).
To compensate for its weak eyesight, the juggernaut has enhanced hearing
and smell, and motion detection (apparently based on detection of
electrical fields). Juggernauts do not have thermographic vision. On the
other side, they show a very small IR signature, and thus are difficult to
detect using thermos. (This is an apparent consequence of the insulating
nature of the juggernaut's hide plates, though how the excess heat is
dissipated remains a mystery).
Juggernauts are aggressive hunters. They are also solitary creatures.
Unless one is male and the other a female in estrus, an encounter between
two juggernauts almost inevitably leads to a fight to the death of one or
both.
Commentary
A juggernaut will cut a swath through a region, eating and destroying
everything in its path. They are the ultimate killing machine, and
conversely, exceedingly hard to kill. Most governments offer a significant
bounty for the destruction of a juggernaut. (It is perhaps instructive that
very few juggernaut bounties have ever been paid out.)
Weaknesses
None
Shadowtalk
>>>(How the slotting hell do you kill one of these things?)<<<
-Greyhawk (2-23-51)
>>>(Panzer with an assault cannon. Say it with sabots.)<<<
-Mad Merc (2-23-51)
>>>(I'm not kidding. There's no easy way to take these guys down?)<<<
-Greyhawk (2-23-51)
>>>(If you're thinking of going for one of those bounties, I'd advise
against it. The bounty's a good purse, but you'll spend most of it getting
yourself put back together again--if you make it back at all.)<<<
-Casper (2-23-51)
>>>(No, Greyhawk, there's no easy way. You just got to pound on it till it
croaks. If you can face up to it without running.)<<<
-Eagle (2-24-51)
>>>(I've thought about that. Does this bleeder really cause fear, or is
that just the only logical natural reaction?)<<<
-Neddy (2-24-51)
>>>(Hey, Greyhawk. If you're serious about going after a jugger, I can
kluge together something that might save your butt. For a price, of course.
The guide says they do their motion detection trick by detecting electrical
fields. I can whip you up a random field generator, an electrical analog of
white noise, and it should throw the big bleeder for a serious loop. Of
course, it might only make it mad.)<<<
-Straight Gain (2-24-51)
>>>(I agree with Cap the Knife, Greyhawk. I've seen one of these things
from the air. It must have been a baby, no more than eight or nine meeters.
The thing was chewing on a Harley. There wasn't anything I could do for the
biker, or what little was left of her, so I dropped a rack of AV cluster
bombs on the jugger. I think that hurt it, but it sure didn't kill it. And
AV clusters are designed to shred panzers. Still want to take on the
bounty, Greyhawk?)<<<
-Candice (2-24-51)
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That's about it guys.
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Brett M. Carlisle
I Love: anime, computers, dogs, golf, Jesus Christ, knowledge, moonlit nights,
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