Re: (3460) Fitting Battle Dresses

> From: Hans Rancke-Madsen [email removed]
> Subject: (3460) Fitting Battle Dresses
>
> Btw. I've decided to include a new skill in marine character
> generation (and perhaps army too?) called 'armourer', and then
> require armourer skill to care for high tech weapons (that is,
> anything with electronic parts). A weapon skill would give a
> default ability to field repair that particular weapon (possibly
> electronics skill might too?), but proper maintenance and
> especially proper repairs would require armorer skill.
>
> What do you think?

Well, don't both Marines and Army have several entries for "Mechanical"
and "Electronic" in the charts?  I'd be inclined to keep things simple <?>
and say that repairs/fitting etc. of battledress required someone with
a reasonable level of both skills.  Avoid unneeded skill specialization!

Rob Dean