[Ogre] MORGUEs and the Vulcan Ogre

[Douglas R. Pearson]

Nocstar posted:

> Mobile OGRE Resource Gathering and Utilization Enterprise
               [snip]
> Possible Scenario: An OGRE convoy has been sighted moving towards a large
> port city. The convoy consists of a Mark VII OGRE, two construction OGREs
> (stats?), one tow OGRE, two resource transport OGREs (stats?), one Mark IV
> OGRE, and two Mark III OGREs.
> Mission: Destroy the Mark VII OGRE or the transport and construction
OGREs.

Man, I love this list.  Just keeps getting better and better . . .

The construction OGREs already exist:  The Vulcan.  See GURPS Ogre,
page 95-96.  [Basically a Mark III with 2 secondaries and 6 APs, same
treads, same movement, same size.  Available from 2087 on.  Combine only.
"based on the Mark III chassis, but sacrificed weapons for manipulator
arms and drone storage.  Each also included a complete mini-workshop,
designed for use by a drone, that contained a wide range of tools and
generic spare parts. . . . The Vulcan has two massive three-fingered
 . . . arms mounted to its front.  Each main arm's "index finger"
incorporates two smaller . . . arms and a low-light TV system . . ."

[Henry, a question:  I thought the Vulcan had its origin in Ogre Minis.
I just checked and found that I was wrong.  But I'm sure that I knew
about the Vulcan prior to GURPS Ogre.  What am I forgetting here?]

I'd just request three Vulcans rather than two Vulcans and a "tow Ogre".
Let all three be responsible for towing, if needed.

For a transport Ogre, I'd do a variation on the Vulcan:  Use a Mark III
chassis, same treads, same movement, same size.  Install the tow
equipment option.  Weapons:  only 2 secondaries and 6 APs.  The extra
room formerly taken up with weapons and ammo would be carved out for
storage (transport).  Amount of weight of the material could be roughly
that of a Mark II or about 8 armor units.  Access into the "bay" is
from underneath:  this ogre caries two drones with low profiles that
essentially act as self-propelled, semi-intelligent forklifts.  There
should be enough clearance for this under a Mark III.  Let's call it a

Mark III-P "Peterbilt" Transport Ogre
2 SBs    O O
6 APs    O O O O O O
45 treads, starts at M3:
OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO, down to M2
OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO, down to M1
OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO, down to M0

After further thinking, let's let the Peterbilt have a semi-fixed
"prow" on the front that would allow it to "bulldoze" new construction
sites.  The blade would be, of course, BPC armor.

Henry, have you calculated the VPs for a Vulcan?  If so, how?
Just eyeballing this, I'd let the Peterbilt have half to two
thirds the VPs as a Vulcan, but that's just by the seat of my
pants.

Thanks, Nocstar!

Doug Pearson     "Bowser"     pearsond at odsgc.net
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