In Reply to John Banagan, yes TW 2000 weapons are compatible to TNE but
not strictly. However the divergence is small. For one the Bulk ratings
in TW 2000 are lower than they would be in TNE. Also beware that you have
the corrected weapons stats from the TNE book. Most weapons in the first
TNE book are significantly underated. There is an Errata booklet. Some
TW 2000 weapons are actually TL 8 (HK G11, FN-FAL). The idea about the
TL 12? force invading the TL 7 worlds is an interesting one. Thats a
pretty big TL spread but perhaps the fact that the higher TL force has to
bring its stuff with it will provide some balance. There are plenty of
TL 7 weapons that could take out a TL 12 Grav tank.
While Im on the subject..does anyone have any knowledge of or experience
with a platoon level traveller combat scenario. I have considered trying
to adapt some traveller weapons to the Last Battle system(Sands of War)
but the speed of grav tanks turns them into helicopter!
Oops! I would like to apologize for revealing my war gaming roots up
there. Im curious.. how would your PCs be involved in this invasion.
Getting caught in the middle somehow? Well I guess Ive answered your
question. Ill just leave you with this
TL 8 120 mm Smoothbore 50 Caliber Gun APFSDSDU will give a Pen rating
about 160-170
TL 11 120 mm Smoothbore ETC Gun APFSDSCI Pen Rating over 250
It should be an interesting invasion...Id like to keep this discussion
going.. Lets call this the premise
The PCs are on this TL 7 world and presently 2000+ km from their ship
(which is in contested territory anyway) and they are racing someone to
get something and get back to the ship (if it hasnt been captured or
destroyed) This works best if the PCs had little or no warning about the
invasion. Hell...maybe us TMLers (or whats left of us) can write a
module for me to use next time Im Refereeing. Oh well.
Tariq,
Adio