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Old 11-10-2017, 01:09 PM   #1
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Default Mining dump trucks.

Were those super sized 300 ton plus mining dump trucks used in quarries ever addressed by the rules?
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Old 11-10-2017, 02:58 PM   #2
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NOVA has a mining trucks article on its Web site. The late Aaron Allston wrote rules for mining trucks. I can provide details in a private message.

NOVA - Articles - Supertrucks
http://novacw.com/supertrucks.htm
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Old 11-10-2017, 03:31 PM   #3
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Such a truck also featured as "the boss battle" in _Ultraforce_, the Autoventures supplement.
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Old 11-11-2017, 09:42 AM   #4
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Thanks. I've often wondered about them, and why they were never featured in any official SJGames CW supp.

I think I brought up the TFG supps, but since they're not SJGames CW products, the thread got moved to the other games section. I have Ultraforce, but I've never had a chance to play it.
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Old 11-11-2017, 02:25 PM   #5
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Thanks. I've often wondered about them, and why they were never featured in any official SJGames CW supp.
Simply put: They are Too Bloody Big. They're slow-moving; they have to-hit bonuses of buildings (which they sort-of are...); and building one would result in something just this side of something from _CW Tanks_, and we all remember how much fun *those* were to deal with (IMSMC: The dump truck in _Ultraforce_ has two complete levels of side-firing weapons...).
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Old 11-11-2017, 08:38 PM   #6
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Default Re: Mining dump trucks.

Yeh, but you'd be one bad mutha out in the badlands. It'd take a couple of tanks or a team of unlimited division types to take you down.

Either way I was always curious. I guess maybe they just didn't fit into the CW scheme of things.
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Old 11-12-2017, 06:09 PM   #7
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Default Re: Mining dump trucks.

Mining dump trucks in real life have very low fuel mileage.

A road train of supertrucks would be massive display of mass, armor, and firepower.

One AADA RASG mentioned a group who traveled in a long road train armed with multiple lasers. A supertruck version would be very interesting for campaign play.
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Old 11-13-2017, 12:16 AM   #8
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That's kind of what I was thinking. Seeing a train of these things would make the most ardent bandit cycle gang quake in their banana seat.
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Old 11-13-2017, 03:59 AM   #9
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Good as background fluff (and maybe a paper/mental exercise).

I suspect however it would be excruciatingly dull in a physical game.
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Old 11-13-2017, 09:21 AM   #10
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Good as background fluff (and maybe a paper/mental exercise).

I suspect however it would be excruciatingly dull in a physical game.
Since CW:Tanks was excruciatingly dull, I suspect you're right.
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