| From: | Eve Forward <lutra@******.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: GMC Banshees |
| Date: | Mon, 5 Jun 1995 14:25:32 -0700 |
>>>The point I've been trying to make (perhaps unclearly) is that even
mil-spec weapons have trouble with the Banshee's armour. The problem
is not so much that the Banshee can't be destroyed (it can given
enough firepower) but that a) the firepower needed is expensive
(check out the cost of decent mounted AAMs) and b) a single banshee
can chew 3 or 4 of anything else into dogfood in no time at all.
<<<<<<
Well, um, that's kinda the point. It's a flying *tank*. It's a
*military* flying tank. It's supposed to be used by the military,
which is why only military weapons do much of anything against it.
Yes they are expensive to kill. They get crappy gas milage, too.
Sure they turn lesser craft into dogfood. That's what they were
designed to do. I agree with everything you've said, I just don't
see the problem with it; it's like saying, "Hey! Great Dragons
are really nasty! They're hard to kill, and really hard to damage!
Why is that?"
So I guess what we oughta ask is, why is this a problem? I
figger either A. You're a GM whose players have gotten hold of one,
and you can't figure out how to take them down or B. You're a player
who keeps running into these, and you are frustrated with trying to
kill them.
Solution to A is pretty simple. Banshees aren't legal to own
privately, so far as I know. Have the military, Lone Star, anyone else
with access to mil-spec stuff decide to introduce these joy-riders to
the Big Dirtnap. Check the fuel consuption on these puppies; you
can't fly very long before you have to hit a gas station, and the
enemy's gonna be waiting.
Solution B is less so. Going against a Banshee without some
equally spiffy vehicle around you is not too safe. Best advice is
to avoid, avoid, avoid. What kind of situation are you in where you're
running into Banshees anyway? If they're just cruisin' down the
streets of Seattle, maybe you oughta consider moving. Or wait til the
pilot comes out, and kill him. But no, don't stand there in the middle
of the street with a rocket launcher with one shot ("It's all I could
afford"), Rambo-style, and shoot it as it comes barreling down at you,
all weapons blazing.
Banshees are fast, too, and maneuverable. They can outrun
most things and make the ones that can catch up seriously regret doing so.
I wouldn't fight a Banshee in anything less than an FB Eagle or an EFA,
both loaded with Banshee-hurting weapons. Or another Banshee. Or a
Stonewall. (heh... )
You're welcome to send me private email on this subject, since
I doubt everyone on the list wants to hear all my old war-stories....
-E
