[Ogre] Re: Ogre-list Digest, Vol 8, Issue 19

[Chris French]

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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:25:25 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Henry J. Cobb" <hcobb at io.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ogre] The Heavy GEV
> You should only blame me after you've read Evil Stevie's notes on this in
> the new Ogre Book where he frowns on Super GEVs.

I gamed with NOVA, for god's sake -- what makes you think I pay
*any* attention to what Steve Jackson says? :) (Not that I ever
paid much attention to the other NOVAites -- they all make the same
sound when they die under my guns.... >:) )

> You've got thicker armor than a heavy tank and it floats?

No, it doesn't float -- IT'S A *HOVER*CRAFT! IT *HOVERS*!

:)

> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:11:05 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Henry J. Cobb" <hcobb at io.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ogre] Re: War in Europe
> First, non-Ogre units ride the rails at move 7,

How do they manage that, without riding on a flatcar or similar?

Actually, strategic-movement speed is fairly easy to calculate -- take
the MP of the unit, multiply by 22.5, and that's how many kilometers
it can travel in one hour (terrain mods may be incorporated as need-
ed, by adjusting the "MP value" -- for instance, following a road
adds 1 to the MP value, or 2 for a GEV).

> Second note that laser towers have a range of three 20 mile hexes and that
> cruise missiles can travel much further than that.

Range isn't really an issue for CMs; most modern ones have ranges
in the thousands-of-kilometers range. There's a reason why Europe
has always had a large and virulent anti-nuke protest society. :)

> Finally remember that most of those X results on the CRT are easy to
> repair with a few hours work.

Erm, isn't "X" equivalent to "towed off the field with a mop"?

CF