Author Topic: Why no true VTOL Gunships in 3025?  (Read 63481 times)

Colt Ward

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Re: Why no true VTOL Gunships in 3025?
« Reply #330 on: 19 February 2019, 12:37:05 »
If it does not take the damage, it does not crit . . . long conversation about this, but this might be a edge case.
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Re: Why no true VTOL Gunships in 3025?
« Reply #331 on: 08 March 2019, 10:39:16 »
I found in Sarna.net that there is an AC/20 version of Karnov. Does anyone have the stats of this version?

Just don't understand why it is a Fusion driven version. In the old rules VTOLs were very fragile (one rotor hit = rip) but today they are the best fast combat vehicles.

Anyway, the best use for an vtol is still as a LRM carrier. You can avoid most of the terrain interference on the LOS or even hide behind hills for indirect fire with advantage that you always move quickly do another spot if needed

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Re: Why no true VTOL Gunships in 3025?
« Reply #332 on: 08 March 2019, 10:43:17 »
Its a fusion engine b/c you need that to keep the speed up and fit in the AC/20.
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Re: Why no true VTOL Gunships in 3025?
« Reply #333 on: 08 March 2019, 10:56:41 »
I found in Sarna.net that there is an AC/20 version of Karnov. Does anyone have the stats of this version?

Record Sheets 3039 has it.
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