[gurps] My 2nd mecha attempt. An artillery drone swarm.

[Onno Meyer]

> > > Armor:  Upper Hull dDR 3, Middle Hull dDR 3, Lower Hull dDR3
> > 
> > A WWI tank is tougher than that, HT234.
> 
> These drones are not really intended to directly engage the enemy.  The 
> armor is there more as protection from small arms fire than any 
> significant weapons.  Anti-vehicular weapons will quickly knock these out.

Any ten-ton combat vehicle should have armor within shouting 
range of infantry armor of the same TL, I'd say.

> The heavier laser averages about 55 points of regular damage with an armor
> divisor of 2.

TL9 unpowered armor has DR 45 to 50, while TL9 powered armor 
has DR 70 to 200. 

> The tactical array only adds jammers and counter ECM capabilities.  Since 
> these were not intended to actually engage enemy armor - and more act like
> heavy mobile autonomous mortars for infantry support I left the this at 
> enhanced. 

I would expect heavy jamming on any TL9 battlefield. Spaceships 4
has area jammers.

> I am also thinking of adding a neutral party to the mix selling their toys
> to both sides.  They would have their own design philosophy (haven't 
> decided what yet).

Mecha which work on a world with a murky atmosphere, i.e. no
lasers at all. 
 
> I did a quick diagram of how many designs I would need to fully fill out 
> the armory ( 3 factions with 3 major manufacturing companies each, about 6
> military roles to be filled, with value line, normal line, and premium 
> lines available from each company).  The total came to about 45 designs. 
> Too many for me to reasonably do without any intention of using it.  But 
> since this is just an experiment I don't feel I actually need to fill the 
> whole line.

One a week, and you're done in less than a year. But it goes 
faster than that if there are massive similarities.