From: | "Richard Pieri/Stainless Steel Rat" |
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Subject: | Re: Vehicles in melee combat... |
Date: | Mon, 19 Oct 92 11:03:25 EDT |
writes:
RAH> I have a couple of questions for everyone out there...
RAH> (1) How do you handle vehicle movement in a melee combat?
RAH> (Mainly interested in drones, but also larger vehicles.)
Every vehicle, including drones, have a two-number Speed Code, like
65/130 for the Wasp chopper. These two numbers are the vehicle's
cruising and top speeds in meters/combat turn. Outside of combat,
multiply these values by 1.5 to get kilometers per hour.
RAH> (2) How do you handle a drone firing twin weapons. Say 2 LMG's
RAH> at one target? Would it be 2 seperate attacks?
Since ][ can't find anything in the Rigger Black Book, then ][ would
say that "officially" they are separate actions.
Unoficially, there are a few things you could do. ][f the weapons are
being fired at different targets, you may be able to split your attack
dice in half; ie, if you had Gunnery 6 you could make two attacks with
3 dice each. ][f the weapons are being fired at the same target, then
try something like this: make one Gunnery skill roll for all attacks.
The primary weapon gets normal T#s; the secondary weapon gets +1 to +2
to T#s; the tertiary weapons gets an additional +1 to +2, etc.
RAH> (3) In normal combat, does a rigger controling a drone have to
RAH> spend one of his actions controling the drone as per the vehicle
RAH> combat rules? Or does that not apply because it is not a vehicle
RAH> against vehicle battle?
Yes. Drones are just remote vehicles. ][f an action isn't spent
controlling the drone any of a number of things may happen: it keeps
moving straight forward with no evasion, it stops moving entirely (or
stalls in the case of winged aircraft), or whatever.
RAH> BTW, I'm using SR2 + Rigger Black Book rules.
RAH> Also, I personally don't care too much for the rules in the RBB. What
RAH> does everyone else think?
What don't you like?
--Rat
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