From:	Sven De Herdt Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be
Subject:	Rigger design rules --> anthroform
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:58:40 +0100

> Mongoose [SMTP:m0ng005e@*********.com] Wrote:
>
> Anthroforms have a body of 2, correct? And they move using 2
>(vehicle) legs, and have 2 (vehicle) arms? Wouldn't that give them a
>strength of 4 (or higher, if paid for) for purposes of carring gear?
>Being ANTHROformed, they could wear (normal) body armor, which would
>reduce the base power of incoming attacks, and they could use normal
>weapons, and even opprate vehicles. They can also get "cyberlimb"
gadgets
>built in, almost without limit- maybe including cyberlimb armor. I'd
say
>that makes them pretty useful already.
Theoretically this is indeed possible, but when trying to design one I
bounced on the limits of the powerplant. (IIRC) If you use the heaviest
walker powerplant, this will not generate enough power to handle
everything you described above. Either you install the arms and you
make it a work-robot, either you install the armor and then you just
have a moving wall which can not do much else.

> Robocop was always a pretty sucky concept for a combat robot, IMO,
but
>his other advantages made him perfect for his job. Anthroforms are
>similar- the urban environment is DESIGNED for humans, so an anthform
>drone has some advantages there, too.
That was my thought exactly.

Sven ;-)