[Ogre] Re: Ogre-list Digest, Vol 8, Issue 16

[Chris French]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ogre-list-request at sjgames.com>
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:53:02 EST
> From: Sethkimmel at aol.com
> Subject: [Ogre] Re: Ogre-list Digest, Vol 8, Issue 14
> In a message dated 1/13/05 6:00:41 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
> ogre-list-request at sjgames.com writes:
> attack the Chinese WITHOUT AP's - NOT!!!!!! ....:-)

Attacking the Chinese is why Cruise Missile were created; between
the Militia and the Archaic Armor, can you say "target-rich environ-
ment"?

There's a certain phrase that applies to the Chinese lack of latest-
generation weapons, but it could be construed as bigoted....

> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:58:58 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Henry J. Cobb" <hcobb at io.com>
> Subject: [Ogre] Will the real inventor of the Missile Rack quit
> jumping around?
> Question: What was the first Ogre to mount a missile rack.
> And the nominees are:
> Oni, Y2074 GURPS OGRE page 96.
> Golem, Y2075 GURPS OGRE page 96.
> Ninja, Y2080 GURPS OGRE page 96.
> Fencer, Y2084 GURPS OGRE page 96.
> Mark IV, Y2086 GURPS OGRE page 98. [...]
> But Ogre Minis page 10 says "the Fencer also had the first operational
> missile racks."
> And yet the Nina is listed with a missile rack on page 11 and it's year of
> introduction is 2080 by page 51.
>

And what of the OGRE "Pinta" and "Santa Maria"? :)

OK, so we're looking at Yet Another Epic Editing Failure.

> My fix is to replace each missile rack on the Oni and Golem with a pair of
> missile batteries (3/4 not doubled in overruns, D2, 6 shots each) and
delay
> the Ninja to 2090 or at least 2087 so that they're all self aware.

Yuck -- another new weapon. Why not simply push back the devel-
opment dates of the Oni, Golem, and Ninja to the 2087-9 period?
The "OGRE equivalents" that the flavor text says existed in Israel
and Nihon prior to that period could then be applied to "lesser
OGREs" (their equivalents to the Mks. I and II). Said designs could
be Cobb-led (sorry :) ) together using that OGRE-builder page.

CF