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Author Topic: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 1/11  (Read 43545 times)

Stirk

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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 1/7
« Reply #390 on: August 31, 2017, 09:47:46 pm »

Unless told otherwise, your soldiers will use the grenade launchers enthusiastically whenever possible.
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 1/7
« Reply #391 on: August 31, 2017, 09:50:37 pm »

How do we tell them otherwise?
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« Reply #392 on: August 31, 2017, 09:59:42 pm »

By putting a low-blow enchantment on the stock to make the recoil do strange things?
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 1/7
« Reply #393 on: August 31, 2017, 10:04:07 pm »

Maybe we could distribute educational pamphlets?
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« Reply #394 on: August 31, 2017, 10:16:19 pm »

Giving them tactical directives alongside their load-out in the production phase would work.

Might be a bit quicker than the other methods, at least.
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 1/7
« Reply #395 on: September 01, 2017, 12:31:11 am »

Sounds a little too practical for us here at PROMETHEUS, but we'll consider it
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 1/7
« Reply #396 on: September 01, 2017, 02:54:17 pm »

Looks like the rare near-unanimous vote! Nananananananana....

Effectiveness: 10! Amazing Effectiveness
Cost: 8! Very Expensive, 40R
Complications: 10! Heavy, Maneuverability Impairing, Weak Points

Are the dice loaded or something?

Ballistics-stopping, Acceleration-resisting, Tactical Manned Armor (New)
Based on Gothic self-supporting plate armor, the BATMAN suit is composed of steel plating, average thickness of 2 millimeters. Everything is covered by shaped metal plates. Shins have light plates, with good ol' spikey boots for kicking things. Thighs have heavier plating, with a scary-tough crotch piece (For comfort, you understand). The torso is protected by a piece backed with a slightly thinner version of our present interceptor vests, as padding in case of blunt trauma as well as a means to catch those pesky bullets. The head is protected by our standard Interceptor Suit helmets, but with steel projections from the cuirass which cover the back and sides of the neck. The arms get protection for the upper arms, with metal bracers that protect the inner forearms, and tough steel-and-Kevlar gauntlets to protect the hands.

As is now typical, development of the BATMAN armor was a mixed bag. Despite attempts to keep the prices low, the project went significantly over budget. In return the armor was incredibly effective at its intended purpose. A test dummy was thrown into the Mongrel cage covered in bacon, and later removed mostly unscathed (and not for lack of trying). Requests to requisition the solidified zombies and slumbering dragon for testing purposes where shot down by the higher ups. Further tests had been performed with makeshift "hitting devices" you would expect to see on Mythbusters, successfully deflecting both blunt and pierced attacks with ease. A crash-test dummy course was quickly set up and cars of various speeds and sizes rammed into it in order to test how it performed against super strengthed individuals. The tests suggest that against melee opponents, it was nearly impenetrable to anything at human or near-human strength. Super strength attacks would be significantly blunted to the point of not being instant death-though the target isn't likely to be able to walk away from the blow. The armor is effective against small-caliber firearms, even capable of deflecting rifle rounds if the bullet comes in at a significant angle.

Of course, that only counts if it hits the intended plates. The armor doesn't come together quite right, leading to several major problems. There are gaps in the armor-much larger than planned-where a melee combatant could easily attack through at close range. In such a case, the armor would offer no protection. This also hampers the movement of troops. Soldiers pushed through obstacle courses struggled to make half the time of soldiers in traditional armor. They can not run as quickly (partly due to the weight of the equipment), they struggle to get off the ground after crawling, and they have difficulty overcoming simple obstacles (such as a table, or even stairs). Finally, the armor is significantly heavier than traditional plate armor, making it difficult to use with other heavy equipment.


Phase 2 Round 7
Production Phase
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Current Designs:
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« Last Edit: September 01, 2017, 03:11:12 pm by Stirk »
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 2/7
« Reply #397 on: September 01, 2017, 02:58:47 pm »

Higher is better with effectiveness, but worse with cost and bugs, right?

So, uh, yeah. Who built this die/die-rolling program?

Anyway, is the price 100R, and the base price for such a design 40R?
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 2/7
« Reply #398 on: September 01, 2017, 03:02:11 pm »

Higher is better with effectiveness, but worse with cost and bugs, right?

So, uh, yeah. Who built this die/die-rolling program?

Anyway, is the price 100R, and the base price for such a design 40R?

I am not sure how you got that misunderstanding-its 40R despite the price roll due to prioritizing cheapness.
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 2/7
« Reply #399 on: September 01, 2017, 03:05:15 pm »

So, price roll was bad, correct?

It lists two prices and it's not obvious which one is the actual cost.

But 40R's not so bad. I wouldn't issue it quite yet, but after a quick fix-all-the-bugs next turn it should be pretty effective.
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« Reply #400 on: September 01, 2017, 03:12:27 pm »

Ah I see it now. Stirk is lazy, so he uses past posts as a template. I had neglected to delete the 100R from the safety Margin's write-up.
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Re: Project PROMETHEUS: Supernatural Arms Race Phase 2/7
« Reply #401 on: September 01, 2017, 03:20:44 pm »

Excellent.

So, as I said, guys, I'd vote not to buy anything, since any time a guy in armor gets jumped at melee range, he's going down. On the plus side, we can just re-roll bugs next turn, and literally ANY non-ten roll will make that into a decent suit of armor.
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« Reply #402 on: September 01, 2017, 04:34:33 pm »

Well if that's the case then let's maybe make some use of that grey(?) market. I'd like to sell those skeleton helmets/shields/swords since they don't seem to have any notable significance other than they might be worth something to a collector, and we could probably dump 10 live fast zombies while we're at it. The enemy already knows about both of these and who knows, maybe they need some more extras in the Walking Dead.

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Sell (5) Skeleton helmets/swords/shields and (10) fast zombies (live) for 15R : [1] Hibou
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« Reply #403 on: September 01, 2017, 04:44:12 pm »

Add in a "Buy one Safety Margin" and you can add my vote.
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« Reply #404 on: September 01, 2017, 05:46:24 pm »

Agree with the purchase of a safety margin.
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Sell (5) Skeleton helmets/swords/shields and (10) fast zombies (live) for 15R(But try for more in case the helmets, swords, and shields are worth 1R each rather than as a set)
2 Yes: Hibou, Madman198237
1 Yes except save one set of skelequipment: RAM
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- Buy Safety Margin x1 for 100R
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- - Instruct Soldiers to save Safety margin for emergencies
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