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Old 09-04-2017, 04:58 AM   #20
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Default Re: Battletech/Mechwarrior mechs in GURPS

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Originally Posted by Harald387 View Post
With tongue only slightly in cheek, a Medium Laser fires once every ten seconds (the turn duration in Battletech) out to a maximum range of 270 meters (9 hexes, at 30m/hex)...

Which is to say that the ranges and rates of fire given in BT are pretty nonsense and one shouldn't use them as guidelines for conversion. >.>
There are alternative rules for autofire. I forget whether in Mechwarrior(1st ed.) or Solaris VII. They were used for the (fantastic) Activision Mech2 series.
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