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Message no. 1
From: "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY...IT'S BETTER TO BURNOUT THEN TO FADE
Subject: Panzers
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 13:20:49 -0600
What would the stats be for the vector thrust drive of a GMC Banshee?
Like max altitude, how long it can maintain this altitude etc.
Also, what is the point in using a railgun as the main armorment (sp?).
between the arcing of the current and the friction on the rails the
gun would be useless after a very limited number of shots.

Hey, here is a nice idea for an adventure. GMC is designing a coilgun
to replace the problem ridden railguns. We want you to steal the plans.


Oh, and just how thick is dikote anyway? If it is only a few molecules (SP)
thick then it should work well on a gun barrel. (And yes I do apply
modifiers for guns that are blazing hot)

BurnouT
Message no. 2
From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@********.UTCS.TORONTO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Panzers
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 00:56:52 -0400
| Also, what is the point in using a railgun as the main armorment (sp?).
| between the arcing of the current and the friction on the rails the
| gun would be useless after a very limited number of shots.

Railgun rounds never come into contact with the railgun barrel; the
name 'railgun' is not literal. Instead they're magnetically levitated
in the air. Nor is there particularly any arcing; these are not bare
wires here, they're carefully made electromagnets.

The main attraction is that you don't have to carry propellant; you
merely need warheads. This gives you a weight savings, and if your
major load of rounds are kinetic penetrators, a safety one as well
(your ammunition isn't going to explode in a fire).

- cks
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Panzers
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 11:13:33 +0100
>Yes and no... I think T-Birds should be kept out of runner's hands unless
>they are on special military operations..

We once had the idea of "finding" a t-bird/panzer (why did they drop that
word anyway?) and starting a smuggling business into and out of Seattle. It
never really got off the ground, but by players also never had to go up
against a GMC Banshee...


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