From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: vehicle combat question
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 1995 14:20:41 +0200

> > The rigger can control remotely as many vehicles as he has ports in
> > his remote control deck. I don't think that the rigger has to connect
> > his turret to the control deck in order to use it.
>
> Technically speaking, yes, the turret must be connected to the
> remote-control deck, but realistically speaking, I would assume that this
> interface is taken care of when Rigger-control gear is installed into the
> vehicle. Control remote turret would be "built-in" to the vehicle's VCR
> interface such that the rigger didn't need an extra piece of equipment to
> operate them.

Thats the way I see it too, this however still leaves us with the
"control limit" problem. Thats why I figured that if the remote control deck
has nothing to do with it - well then its the "action limit" FASA is
refering to (total number of action is the total number of vehicles a rigger
can control without rolling a chash test).

> > > Now apply this to a turret. If you don't spend an action to
> > > control your turret, it would just have to make a crash test. But what
> > > is a turret going to crash into? Hence, the rigger does *not* spend an
> > > action to control a turret.
>
> > The turret doesn't have to crash, just simply if the rigger doesn't spend
> > a complex action to control it he doesn't get to fire with it.
>
> You've missed my point. What happens when the driver of a moving
> vehicle *doesn't* spend an action to control it? The driver needs to make
> a Crash Test. But the vehicle still moves. It's not stationary just
> because the driver didn't spend a control action. So with a turret, if
> you don't spend a control action, the turret can still move. You can
> still fire with it. *Nowhere* in the rules does it state that an action
> must be expended in addition to whatever actions the rigger spends firing
> the wepaons in the turret. Ergo, a rigger does *not* need to spend an
> action to control a turret. Before you apply a rule to something, think
> about what the rule *means*.

I agree, could you please explain that "control limit" thing then ?

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