11-09-2017, 01:22 PM | #71 | |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
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Getting all that and a nuclear power plant in 300 tons at TL8 seems ambitious.
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11-09-2017, 02:45 PM | #72 |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
well, using the spaceship building rules it's possible, though I would say leaning on the cinematic side of things. Which is fine for this campaign because its a high point total game with powers and magic and things to.
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11-09-2017, 04:09 PM | #73 |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
I think the more plausible TL8 solution would be a fleet of vehicles and modular trailers, or an aircraft carrier task group if you don't need to be on land.
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11-10-2017, 04:21 AM | #74 |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
I think that a much better use for the workshop and such than making high tech ammo would be to make lower tech weapons that can then use black powder. Those would still be superior to TL4 weapons and MUCH easier to keep supplied.
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11-10-2017, 10:53 AM | #75 |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
Its not so much the TL 4 weapons I'm worried about as it is the TL 5 guys who also have magic, and some strange magical technology, and other threats of threats of magical or supernatural variety. As far as I know none of them are immune to bullets and explosives, but they are fairly formidable and I would like to at least technologically have a leg up on them.
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11-10-2017, 10:53 AM | #76 | |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
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Check out the Gingergy Books. It's "How to bootstrap a machine shop using scrap metal", albeit the first step is making some aluminum castings. And bear in mind the Khyber Pass firearms industry. Yeah. That's what I said. Make some Winchesters (exact model depending upon how much power you need).
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11-10-2017, 11:01 AM | #77 | |
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11-10-2017, 02:46 PM | #78 |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
I agree. I am a vet and I know a dozen people who can make the equivalent of TL5 rifles and ammo in their garage. I know no one that can do the same with the equivalent of a TL8 rifle or ammo in their garage.
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11-10-2017, 02:53 PM | #79 |
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Re: Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.
FWIW graphite pencils are TL4.
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11-10-2017, 03:17 PM | #80 | |
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