[gurps] [Vehicle] TL8 "Proxy-soldier"

[Roger Burton West]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 06:05:36AM -0400, DataPacRat wrote:

>One radio comm - and one laser comm for if-and-when that's jammed.

With substantially shorter range.

>(Presumably, some of the surveillance drones flying overhead can also
>serve as comm relays.) Aren't too many other comm methods available at
>TL8.

I'd put in at least two of each.

>> No GPS?
>GVB's description for the inertial compass includes GPS: "System uses
>gyroscopic systems, occasionally updated by geo-magnetic, GPS or star
>tracking, to continuously fix the vehicles position relative to known
>map coordinates."

I have tended to assume that it doesn't automatically include the
hardware for those updates - certainly real-world INS platforms don't.

R