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Gamer Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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crmcneill wrote: | While we're on the subject, I've really gotten a lot of mileage out of those OB .pdfs you have for the US Army. A couple of things, though:
1). They keep making reference to an accompanying field manual. do you have a copy, and if so, is it available to the public?
2). Do you have access to similar pdfs for aviation and/or artillery units? |
answered in the approriate subject thread. |
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 16320 Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Gamer wrote: | crmcneill wrote: | While we're on the subject, I've really gotten a lot of mileage out of those OB .pdfs you have for the US Army. A couple of things, though:
1). They keep making reference to an accompanying field manual. do you have a copy, and if so, is it available to the public?
2). Do you have access to similar pdfs for aviation and/or artillery units? |
answered in the approriate subject thread. :P |
Seen, and thanks. _________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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Bren Vice Admiral
Joined: 19 Aug 2010 Posts: 3868 Location: Maryland, USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:40 am Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | Change to 30 meters then. | Given that mines have a blast radius of 10m and thermal detonators have a blast radius of 20m, 30m of wire seems like the bare minimum to me. |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14215 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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True, but most detonator kits won't be made for longevity of use, but quick ops. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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Bren Vice Admiral
Joined: 19 Aug 2010 Posts: 3868 Location: Maryland, USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | True, but most detonator kits won't be made for longevity of use, but quick ops. | It's the longevity of the operator not the longevity of the equipment I'm concerned about. Personally I would want to be well outside the blast radius - probably more than 30 meters - before tripping the switch. |
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Gamer Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | True, but most detonator kits won't be made for longevity of use, but quick ops. |
That would not be a kit you purchased or was assigned but a mission specific created by operator kit. |
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tetsuoh Captain
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 505
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:59 am Post subject: |
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Just for you all, here's the rulings and kit our game came up with.
DemoCord 5 credits per 10m / avail: 1, R
- Democord is the standard for most small scale demolitions as the fuse line can be set off by standard incendiary means or by linked connection to a detonator/commlink via a Very Easy/Easy Demolitions roll.
Crono Fuse 10 credits / avail: 1, R
- The standard Crono Fuse can be set to any number of game rounds or minute intervals.
Remote Fuse 20 credits / avail: 2, R
- The standard Remote Fuse has a range of up to 5km. Though long range models are available for more dangerous blast areas, but are more expensive (20km range - 50credits - 3, R avail)
Model: Merr-Sonn Demolitions Accessory Kit 2a
Type: Standard Grade Demolitions Kit
Price: 750
Avail: 3, R
Contents:
DemoCord (100m), Crono Fuse (20), Remote Fuse (10), Universal Detonator.
- The Universal Detonator can be linked to any standard democord or keyed to trigger any number of remote fuses over encrypted channels.
A Very Difficult Communications roll is required to decrypt and intercept a Universal Detonators signal.
Just our thoughts on the subject of improving the mechanics and visual of your everyday explosive occurances. |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14215 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice...
With the stuff being an R, what "areas" of society would be allowed it? _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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ZzaphodD Rear Admiral
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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Bren wrote: | garhkal wrote: | Change to 30 meters then. | Given that mines have a blast radius of 10m and thermal detonators have a blast radius of 20m, 30m of wire seems like the bare minimum to me. |
Well, as you can only throw a thermal like 12 meters theres no precedent in SW of safe distances.. _________________ My Biggest Beard Retard award goes to: The Admiral of course.. |
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Bren Vice Admiral
Joined: 19 Aug 2010 Posts: 3868 Location: Maryland, USA
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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ZzaphodD wrote: | Well, as you can only throw a thermal like 12 meters theres no precedent in SW of safe distances.. | Well the short throwing distance would tend to argue for a longer det cord.
garhkal wrote: | With the stuff being an R, what "areas" of society would be allowed it? | Mining, building demolition, road construction, and civil engineering in general seem reasonable areas. Also agriculture on some rural colony planets where farmers need to remove rocks or tree stumps from their fields. |
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tetsuoh Captain
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 505
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Indeed.
EDIT: Forgot to post that our group house ruled that any standard commlink can be wired to a charge to work as a remote fuse with a moderate roll and then detonated via remote or commlink. But only for charges that can be electrically detonated. |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Which would suck if the freq they chose got jammed. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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tetsuoh Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:58 am Post subject: |
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preciously - which happened once already in our game. I tried to blow an imperial shuttle only to find that all non imperial coded transmissions were jammed :S |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14215 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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I was more on about you set it, tune it up and get ready to leave then someone watching jams all freqs (or broadcasts) which sets the bomb off1 _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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