In reference to the current "silly vehicles" thread, someone asked about
Ogres or Bolos in Traveller. Several years ago, when I was familiarizing
myself with the vehicle design system, I tried that idea, and the result is
shown below. Old time gamers will recognize that I borrowed the "CDU"
nomenclature from Space Opera (FGU). The robot brain is designed in
accordance with Book 8, and integrated into the vehicle design using the
rules expansions in 101 Vehicles.
Rob Dean
(It's pretty silly, but you asked...)
Continental Defense Unit TL15
The CDU mounts two starship class fusion gun turrets in addition to a
large array of smaller weapons primarily intended for defense. With its
thick armor and good active defense, the CDU is proof against almost anything
short of a starship meson gun battery. Very few have ever actually been
built, due to the difficulty of transport, and public mistrust of an unmanned
device so potentially destructive.
CraftID: Continental Defense Unit, TL15, MCr494.12
Hull: 360/900, Disp=400, Config=4USL, Armor=80G, Loaded=25335t
Power: 21/34, Fusion=3600MW, Dur=22/66
Loco: 216/360, Tracks, P/W=126, Road=270kph, Offroad=108kph
Comm: Radio=System, LaserComm=System, MaserComm=System
Sensors: EMM, EMSActive(Far Orbit), EMSJammer(Far Orbit),
EMSPassive(Interstellar), HighPenDensitometer(1km), Neutrino
Sensor(10kw), ActObjScan=Rout, ActObjPin=Rout,
PassObjScan=Rout, PassObjPin=Rout, PassEnScan=Simp,
PassEnPin=Rout
Off: Hardpoints=4
Pen/ Max Auto Dngr
Attn Dmg Range Tgts Spc Sig ROF
2*2 Fusion Gun (ship) 103/5 900 Planet - 45 H 30
8*1 RPY-15 Fusion Gun 71/5 30 Region 2 45 H 40
20*1 50MW Beam Laser 55/4 100 Region 2 - H 40
Def: Point Defense Targeting for all weapons
Control: Robot Brain (Int 12, Ed 23), DynLink*25, electronic circuit
protection
Accom: None
Other: Fuel=963,000l, Cargo=0, ObjSize=Large, EmLevel=Faint
Robotic skills=HighEnWpns-5, LaserWpns-5, Tactics-5, TrackVeh-5,
Commo-5, ArmoredCombat-5