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Old 10-09-2017, 09:12 PM   #1
Blue Ghost
 
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Default Stupid question; manned Ogres?

So, in spite of my buying and playing the computer version of Ogre, I actually hadn't touched the game since 1984 or thereabouts, so I'm not up on my Ogre lore.

As a measure to combat cyber fortresses gone rogue, was there ever a thought within the fiction to just build an Ogre platform, but man it instead of letting a paranoid electronic brain run the thing?
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Old 10-09-2017, 10:53 PM   #2
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Default Re: Stupid question; manned Ogres?

According to GURPS OGRE Page 16:

China fielded "cybertanks" similar to the Mark3 called Dragons. Captured Dragons were found to be crewed with AI capacity little more than that of a typical unit.

As far as I know, this is the only official mention of manned OGREs.
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Old 10-10-2017, 01:45 AM   #3
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Default Re: Stupid question; manned Ogres?

Interesting. I snagged a copy off of Amazon after you mentioned it. Thanks for the heads up.
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Old 10-10-2017, 08:37 AM   #4
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Default Re: Stupid question; manned Ogres?

One of the (paused indefinitely) Assault Packs - _Ice Dragon_ had some proposed rules for manned Ogres. If you have access to the kickstarter I think you can see the rules.

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Old 10-10-2017, 08:21 PM   #5
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Is that the one with the big blue ice dragon monster thing?
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Old 10-11-2017, 07:32 AM   #6
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Is that the one with the big blue ice dragon monster thing?
No - that's the Board Game Geek counters.

"Ice Dragon" - "Dragon" because the manned ogres are Chinese. "Ice" because it includes rules for frozen lakes (which melts and drops units to the bottom) and tundra (which melts into swamp).
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