| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
CRMcNeill
Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 16281
Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
|
 Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:37 pm Post subject: Future Force Armor |
 |
|
I'm always on the lookout for cool sci-fi ideas to incorporate into my games. I recently came across this graphic for the Future Force Warrior 2020 project. I hear it has been cancelled, but there are some neat ideas here for advanced armor in the SWU. Have a look...
_________________
"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.
The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Fallon Kell
Commodore
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
Posts: 1846
Location: Tacoma, WA
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
Kinda halfway to the Dark Trooper Project...
_________________
Or that excessively long "Noooooooooo" was the Whining Side of the Force leaving him. - Dustflier
Complete Starship Construction System |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dromdarr_Alark
Commander
Joined: 07 Apr 2013
Posts: 426
Location: Boston, MA
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:22 am Post subject: |
|
|
Holy crap. Is this actually happening in RL?
Regardless, I would make the armor sort of like a Corellian Powersuit mixed with stormtrooper armor. No dex penalty due to the strength enhancers.
Maybe:
1D+2 Physical
1D Energy
No Dex Penalty
+2 to Strength tests (not resistance)
_________________
"I still wouldn't have a roll for it - but that's just how I roll." |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CRMcNeill
Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 16281
Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:58 am Post subject: |
|
|
Don't forget +1D to Hide (Location Specific Cammo)
EDIT: Or +1D/2D to Perception/Search from the built-in sensors and heads-up display.
_________________
"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.
The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CRMcNeill
Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 16281
Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:33 am Post subject: |
|
|
There are other proposed tech advances too, like personal IFF transponders and In-Stride Mine Avoidance Systems. Helmet cameras already exist, same with gun cameras, so a gunsight display on a helmet HUD is not far beyond that.
_________________
"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.
The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Fallon Kell
Commodore
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
Posts: 1846
Location: Tacoma, WA
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Dromdarr_Alark wrote: | | Holy crap. Is this actually happening in RL? |
The Army really does want a way to deploy soldiers with the flexibility and stealth of an infantryman and the firepower and survivability of a tank. Millions have been spent on this, and while we associate it with sci-fi now, something analogous to the SPARTAN-III project may not be too far off.
_________________
Or that excessively long "Noooooooooo" was the Whining Side of the Force leaving him. - Dustflier
Complete Starship Construction System |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jmanski
Arbiter-General (Moderator)
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 2065
Location: Kansas
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
They've been testing it for some time, but the system is too heavy and bulky right now; the average soldier doesn't want or need all that stuff.
_________________
Blasted rules. Why can't they just be perfect? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Fallon Kell
Commodore
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
Posts: 1846
Location: Tacoma, WA
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
| jmanski wrote: | | They've been testing it for some time, but the system is too heavy and bulky right now; the average soldier doesn't want or need all that stuff. |
I hope not to need it, but I'm sure I want it!
_________________
Or that excessively long "Noooooooooo" was the Whining Side of the Force leaving him. - Dustflier
Complete Starship Construction System |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jmanski
Arbiter-General (Moderator)
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 2065
Location: Kansas
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
But do you want to carry all that stuff around?
_________________
Blasted rules. Why can't they just be perfect? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Fallon Kell
Commodore
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
Posts: 1846
Location: Tacoma, WA
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| jmanski wrote: | | But do you want to carry all that stuff around? |
as part of my strength-enhancing powersuit? Heck yeah, I do.
_________________
Or that excessively long "Noooooooooo" was the Whining Side of the Force leaving him. - Dustflier
Complete Starship Construction System |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jmanski
Arbiter-General (Moderator)
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 2065
Location: Kansas
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yeah, but wait til the batteries die....
_________________
Blasted rules. Why can't they just be perfect? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CRMcNeill
Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 16281
Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| jmanski wrote: | | Yeah, but wait til the batteries die.... |
Per the graphic, this suit has a power generator that runs on liquid hydrocarbon fuel; ten ounces is enough to power the suit for six days. You can do a lot in six days...
_________________
"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.
The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jedi Skyler
Moff
Joined: 07 Sep 2005
Posts: 8440
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
And ten ounces is NOT a lot of fluid, all things considered. Replacement cells full of fluid wouldn't be that hard to tote around, especially with power armor that's actively assisting the soldier in carrying his load.
Yeah, I'd have killed most of my chain of command to have had this suit. Of course, a good deal of them were pieces of crap to begin with, so it wouldn't have been that hard to conceive of anyway... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
garhkal
Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005
Posts: 14168
Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
True. But like with every technological innovation, you have those stealing it, frauding it to the black market etc.. So if you stat something like this out for baddies, eventually it makes it into the hands of rebels.
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jmanski
Arbiter-General (Moderator)
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 2065
Location: Kansas
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
IRL, this thing would be a nightmare. In RPG, it's freakin' awesome!
_________________
Blasted rules. Why can't they just be perfect? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
