Re: Vehicle

> How well does the vehicular design and combat system work?

Slowly, arduously.  It helps to have a spreadsheet so you can trade off
options.  Naturally, it takes a long time to set up your calculator.

> Is it suitable for single, civilian vehicles as well as multiple military
> vehicles?

Yes, the combat system works for everything.  Civilian vehicles just tend to
have lousy armor and no weapons.

> What kind of action happens with the combat?

Being an armchair MT reader, and not having exercised this, I bow to the
knowledge of other, more-experienced MT refs.

> How fast can a
> vehicle be designed, and how quickly does the action move once in combat?

I'd guess at about 4 hours, maybe half-an-hour with a pre-completed
spreadsheet.

> What range of vehicles can be designed?  What technologies are allowed?

Anything you can imagine and that you can stuff into your hull.

> Can you give me some samples of a short combat or vehicle design?

Some samples?  Okay, here's a ground car from p. 76 of the Imperial
Encycopedia:

				Ground Car
	CraftID:	Ground Car, TL 5, Cr5600
	Hull:		2/5, Disp = 2, Config = 4 USL, Armor = 4B,
			Unloaded = 8.2tons, Loaded = 9.9tons
	Power:		1/2, IntCombust = 0.3Mw, Duration = 0.2/0.6
	Loco:		1/2, Wheels Road = 85 kph, OffRoad = 30 kph
	Commo:		None (some have a radio receiver)
	Sensors:	None
	Off/Def:	HardPoints = 1
	Control:	Panel = Mechanical, Environ = basic env
	Accomm:		Crew = 1 (Operator = 1), Seats = cramped x 6
	Other:		Cargo = 1.5kliters, Fuel = 2.1kliters, ObjSize = small,
			EMLevel = faint
	The ground car is an ordinary self-powered vehicle suitable for use
	in civilized areas on low-tech worlds.

The above UCP (Universal Craft Profile) is arrived at via a long and
tortured design method.  Unfortunately some of the numbers seem a little
silly.  8.2 tons (0-100kph in only 125 seconds)! 2100 liters of fuel
(500 gallons)? Come on! Maybe these are covered in the MT errata.

> I'm all eyes, hit me with your best shot (to mix two cliches :-)

Unscrupulous Adventurer: All eyes? Heh, heh, heh.  What a strange alien.
	Let me shine a laser rangefinder at it.
Alien (SJO): "Aiyeee!!!!"
UA: Heh, heh, heh.  Now it's at my mercy!

James