[gurps] A spaceships Mecha - the Chessmaster

[Onno Meyer]

> The M-CCM1 (Manned - Command and Control Mech 1)

I had never even thought of dual control rooms. Two crewmen 
are better than one, but even two are a small crew for a C3 
vehicle. We're talking about a 30-ton vehicle, more than 
most present-day APCs ...

> Hull    Upper 
>         1       Enhanced Sensor/Comm Array      (Sensor/Comm 5) 
>         2       Tactical Sensor/Comm Array      (Sensor/Comm 5) 
>         3       Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate dDR 5 
>         4       Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate dDR 5 
>         5       Robot Arm 
>         6       Robot Arm 
>         core    Control Room C6 comp Com/Sensors 3 

What good are those arms? Sure, a proper mecha needs arms, 
but a C3 vehicle doesn't.

>         Middle 
>         1       Fission Reactor 
>         2       Fission Reactor 
>         3       Fission Reactor 
>         4       Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate dDR 5 
>         5       Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate dDR 5 
>         6       Medium Weapons Battery 
>         core    Control Room C6 comp Com/Sensors 3 

I'm converting a pair of Vehicles TL11 shuttles into 
Spaceships TL11^ designs. I found that point defense 
weapons were too small to rate one of just twenty 
Spaceships slots.

>         Lower 
>         1       Defensive ECM (with area jammers) 
>         2       Robot Leg 
>         3       Robot Leg 
>         4       Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate dDR 5 
>         5       Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate dDR 5 
>         6       Soft Landing System 

I wonder if you could put the two cores into the middle 
and lower sections. That doesn't sound much like a 
typical mecha, but for a ground vehicle critical stuff
could hug close to the ground.

Onno