From: 997vanderkol@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.mecha
Subject: Re: C3 Network Questions......
Date: 14 Dec 92 14:24:52 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <1992Dec14.085250.27278@netcom.com>, lunatic@netcom.com (Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex) writes:
> In article <1992Dec13.030435.6938@gw.wmich.edu> 997vanderkol@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>>	Here is a question for anybody to answer (Steph & Lunatic if you
>>can...). Will ECM affect the TAG function of the C3 network? For ex. if teh
>>mech you are trying to TAG has ECM is he affected by the C3 TAG.
>  
>      _
>     (_)k, I see three situations:
>  
>  1) The mech you are trying to TAG has ECM
>  2) The line of sight between you and the enemy mech passes through an
>     enemy ECM field
>  3) The mech with the C^3 is INSIDE an enemy ECM field
> 
>     |\|ow, according to the rules, ECM does not affect TAG.  So TAG
>  must be some kind of laser painting designation system, or an
>  equivalent.  When C^3 is being used as TAG, then, it must be using
>  that same kind of system, otherwise the Arrow IV missiles wouldn't
>  be able to home in on it.
	So you get TAG & C3 in one package, saving a ton to boot. Our idea
was, if you had the laser to designate (since it's low powered) why can't you
use it to talk to other slaves and circumvent jamming.
>  
>     |)
>     |\esult:  In #1 and #2 the ECM has no effect.  In #3 the effect
>  is questionable.  My personal call for that one would be "yes, the
>  ECM scrambles the C^3 within its field badly enough that it can't
>  even be used to effectively TAG designate a target."
> 
>  
>>Also how do
>>the slaves communicate with the command computer? Is it slave to master by
>>straightest line or does the network shift it's path when blocked. (i.e. If
>>the slaves are positioned right will the computer trace a path around the ECM
>>that's blocking the signal). This is one of many technicalities that my group
>>& I have come across, more to follow. 
>  
>      _
>     (_,ood question.  The Compendium states (on p. 120): "...For
>  example, if the LOS to a Narc or the LOS between two C^3-linked
>  units passes within 6 hexes of an enemy Guardian [ECM], the line
>  of communication is broken until the Guardian [ECM] no longer
>  interferes."  This implies that all slaves only talk directly to
>  each other, without going through the master computer first.  So
>  C^3 equipped units would not be able to trace an alternate route
>  via other C^3 units in a network to get around an intervening ECM.
>  I suppose the technology "isn't advanced enough" to do this kind
>  of distributed data sharing.  Feel free to make house rules
>  regarding this, though.
	Nother one picture the four mechs of a C3 equiped lance placed in a
triangle similar to this:
				Mech
				/  \
			       /    \
			      /      \
			     /        \
		       	Mech---Mech---Mech
Say the ECM blocks the left (^) side of the triangle at the bottom at the
arrow. Would any of the network be affected? My group has gone round and
round on this since C3 equates to major adavantage in our games, and no one
like to see his shut down. =)
>  
>  
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