[Ogre] Re: Nihon vehicles designed for Ogre

[David Morse]

Chris French <csadn at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Morse <dcmorse at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Ogre] Re: [SFBay_OGRE] Nihon vehicles designed for Ogre
> > henry_cobb <hcobb at io.com> wrote:
> > > What I'd like to see is a different tech base for the Nihons so they
> > > don't wind up inventing missile racks first and mucking up the history.
> 
> OK -- for the benefit of those who *aren't* on that list,

By the way, let me reccomend that list to you ... many are
card-carrying members of the "serious party".

> > another Ogre
> > weapon system that devastates HVY, and leaves LGEVs relatively happy.
> 
> Why not let them develop a "Tertiary Battery", rather than AP?
> A1, R1, no special effects vs. INF.

See immediately preceding statement!  Such a gun mounted on an M3 hull
will never kill a GEV against a compotent commander, but it adds yet
more tools to the Ogre's already very robust HVY-thrashing ability.
 
> >
> > Defense: variable - starts at 12 hit points
> >[...] Specifically, no matter the attack strength, the attack is
> > at 1-1 odds (1-2 in town), and a hit destroys the attack strength
> > worth of hit points.
> 
> Umm, if the attack is "always at" a particular odds, why does it have
> a Defense Strength?

Ummm... nobody ever wrote it had defense strength.  Its defense works
like treads - it has hit points and attacks are at 1-1 odds.  When
hit, the dambat loses a number of hit points (& attack strength) equal
to the attack strength of the attack.  Thus dambats are flexible on
attack: they always have just the right attack strength; yet easy to
kill on defense: they always are getting hit at 1-1, no matter the
attack granularity.

Nihon "Steel Monkey" Cybertank
[Mark-III sized]
2 Secondary Batteries 
2 Missiles
10 point DAM-Battery (10/4)
8 AP
42 treads @ M3
Same VP cost as Mark III
Mission profile: terrorize conventional armor and infantry

Nihon "Steel Chef" Cybertank
[Mark-V sized]
2 Main Batteries
2 Missiles
4 Secondary Batteries
12 point DAM-Battery (12/4)
12 AP
54 treads @ M3
Same VP cost as Mark V
Mission profile: take on all comers - cybertanks, armor, and infantry

(these use the western 3/2 seconary batteries, because with the
DAM-Bats they have plenty of long range punch, but they do need the
crunch-power of the cruddier western secondaries in case they ever do
meet an Ogre)