[gurps] [Vehicle] Tachikoma, rough draft

[Zan Lynx]

On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 18:38 -0400, DataPacRat wrote:
> On 22/08/07, Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 02:03 -0400, DataPacRat wrote:
> > > In a PBeM I play, I've managed to have a Tachikoma (
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikoma ) introduced as a player-run
> > > NPC... and started wondering how much such a thing would weigh, how
> > > far it could jump, and so on. As it just so happens that I happen to
> > > have a building system designed to come up with such details, I tried
> > > building one in GVB.
> >
> > Very cool!
> >
> > A couple of things I wondered about:
> > - It has limited life support.  Is it sealed against gas, etc?  Is it
> > NBC safe?
> 
> One of the surface features is 'Sealed', which includes being sealed
> against gas. I've just thrown in the NBC kit, which isn't too large,
> to allow for safe use of contaminated outside air and thus extending
> the 6-hour airtank.

I looked for Sealed but didn't see it.  My fault.

> > - How about space?  With the sticky legs and the wheels replaced with
> > reaction thrusters and some more life support it might make a good
> > vehicle for climbing around the outside of ships and stations.
> 
> Actually, the sticky legs and cables would still be quite handy for
> glomping onto the surface of space stations.

Yes.  I was imagining climbing around on the station with the sticky
feet too.  There was a disconnect between what I was thinking and what I
typed.  I meant to say something like:
With the sticky legs that is has, and the wheels replaced with reaction
thrusters...

And now for some reason I'm trying to imagine how these and Keith
Laumer's Bolos would get along together.

I imagine the Bolo as *much* bigger, much more serious about everything,
and these little guys bouncing around the battlefield like annoying
little brothers.

:)
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>