From: v055nmvy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (David A Gaidasz)
Newsgroups: rec.games.board
Subject: Re: Centurion designs wanted.
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:25:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: acsu.BvEoLt.M2w
Organization: New Avalon: Camelot Corps Command
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In article <1992Sep29.014845.25728@nstn.ns.ca>, CS341A002@Husky1.StMarys.Ca (Loki) writes...
>dshaffer@andromeda.rutgers.edu writes:
>>
>> 
>>    Well, since btech designs have been popping up frequently, how about if you  Renegade Legion players start posting your creations.  Although I've only got 
>> Centurion, I would like to see other design for the other systems to.  So come 
>> on you Legion commanders, post your designs and lets get some reviewing done.
>> Show your support for a great game.
> 
>Well, here's one...
> 
>Type: Heavy Grav Tank               Overview:
>Cost: 3,180,700 talents
>Mass: 544 tons                          The Goth is partially a response to
>Engine: 2500                        field experience with the
>Thrust: 2                           Eliminator/Cincinnatus Heavy Grav Tank.
>Scenario Points: 32                 It is an attempt at correcting what
>Infantry Squad: No                  some have held to be the Eliminator's
>Digging Cannons: Yes                weaknesses.
> 
>Shields:                                It was introduced in 6828, in the
>     Front:  100                    fighting on Caralis. The deployment of
>     Right:   90                    this new unit surprised the 13379th TOG
>     Left:    90                    Strike Legion (The Harbingers of
>     Stern:  100                    Death), who had assumed that the
>     Bottom:  80                    Renegade Infantry Legion still
>                                    stationed on the planet had all but
>Armor:                              given up. It appeared in the battle for
>     Front:  100                    Fleece, stopping TOG forces in their
>     Right:  100                    tracks. A heavy cohort full of Goths
>     Left:   100                    was established outside the city,
>     Stern:  100                    hiding. When TOG scouts approached,
>     Bottom: 100                    they were attacked by infantry deployed
>     Turret: 100                    from the Goths. The scouts reported a
>                                    new Renegade APC; the TOG generals
>Weapons:                            assumed a medium tank had been used for
>Type        Location  Damage  Range its basis. Well, when TOG really
>200mm        Turret      T      15  attacked, the Goths held their ground
>200mm        Turret      T      15  and stopped the Harbingers dead in
>7.5/6 Laser  Turret     10      20  their tracks.
>7.5/6 Laser  Turret     10      20
>7.5/6 Laser  Turret     10      20      It is meant to give infantry       
>Vulcan IV    Turret      S     N/A  legions some punch, and this it does in
>TLVG (12)    Hull 1      T       6  an exemplary fashion. When found in    
>TLVG (12)    Hull 2      T       6  Strike Legions, it is often not        
>                                    carrying infantry; in these cases      
>though it will often "lend a hand" to nearby infantry, and offer to carry
>them around/shelter them inside its armor.

	Two comments, chummer. One, it's a fairly good design, though a wee
mite slow. Artillery can seriously be a problem if the tank is not deployed 
properly. Still, this design is a brutal in-fighter...
	I also regret to inform you that this design is illegal by the new
second edition rules. On page 53, of the Second edition rules, in the vehicle
construction section, fourth paragraph:

	"A maximum of two ballistic weapons (any combination of MDC or Gauss)
can be mounted on a vehicle. The total millimeter rating of the gauss cannons
mounted cannot exceed 300." 

	Sorry, chummer. You're not the only one caught by this design change.
By my calculations, FASA has three designs that violate this rule. (the Pallas
medium tank, the Ferrox Rex heavy tank, and the venerable Crusader heavy tank.)
I also had two favorites of mine wiped out. Ce' la guerre.
	I did like it though. Try changing the second 200 to a 100, or one of
the new Gatling MDCs. (see the new Centurion Technical Update.) I'd also 
seriously consider investing in an AP Laser, as they can truly f*ck your world,
with some of the new gadgets given to them in the CTU.

	That's all for right now. More later, and a few home grown designs.

						David Gaidasz
						Prefect,
						1113th Renegade Strike Legion
						"Camolot Corps" 
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