6th Edition Dropped Foam ideas for Classic Use ?

[HeatDeath]

In 6e, a foam launcher deploys a car-sized blob of foam, just the same way smoke/gas/oil generators deploy car-sized clouds or slicks, out the side or back depending on where the generator is mounted.

The blob of foam blocks line of sight, and if a car hits it it the car is unaffected in any way and the foam blob just gets pushed harmlessly around.

If a car pushes the blob into anything else - pedestrian, a wall, another car, a traffic cone, etc - the foam blob pops and disappears.

A fully loaded foam launcher can deploy four blobs of foam, and the design intent seems to be that a car can only mount one foam launcher.

They cost/take up approximately half the space/weight/$$$ of a standard machine gun or flamethrower.

[Racer]

Thank You so very much HeatDeath ! 8-D

Oh this opens up so many ... possibilities ...
*rubs hands together evilly in good impression of a supervillain*

[swordtart]

So it is a sort of solid foam (like expanding foam for insulation - or riot foam in Judge Dredd).

Nothing like that in the early game, the assumption was it was like shaving foam in consistency.

I can see this being used in dreg communities as building material :)

[Racer]

Probably too brittle & dissolvable by time/weather elements to used as a lasting material ?

Thinking somewhere between a large blob of silly string & that futuristic vehicular frangible instant impact foam in Demolition Man film , in consistency ?

That could actually be an incredibly useful item for military or police use in real life .

[43Supporter]

Sounds like Rover from _The Prisoner_....

I don't remember anyone ever using the Gloop Gun while I was in NOVA.

[HeatDeath]

Originally Posted by HeatDeath

In 6e, a foam launcher deploys a car-sized blob of foam, just the same way smoke/gas/oil generators deploy car-sized clouds or slicks, out the side or back depending on where the generator is mounted.

The blob of foam blocks line of sight, and if a car hits it it the car is unaffected in any way and the foam blob just gets pushed harmlessly around.

If a car pushes the blob into another car [or anything as or more substantial] the foam blob pops and disappears.

A fully loaded foam launcher can deploy four blobs of foam, and the design intent seems to be that a car can only mount one foam launcher.

They cost/take up approximately half the space/weight/$$$ of a standard machine gun or flamethrower.

It's worth noting that, in 6e, as a gameplay abstraction and simplification, dropped weapons launchers are prohibited from dropping anything onto a car, pedestrian, mine, or other hazard.

So you'll have to figure out your own interactions for what happens if you drop a blob of 6e foam onto a car, landmine, or pedestrian.