(IW) Conveyor Suits - Page 2

TGLS · 03-16-2021, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by fchase8

(is Combine, with that corporate state and the Paneuropean Federation, supposed to be the IW version of a world-setting, like Steel is? Maybe OGRE or Car Wars?)

It's Ogre, where about 50 years after the current date in IW the North American Combine (a pseudo-communist state formed out of all of North America from Panama to Cape Columbia) and Paneuropean Federation (a feudal capitalist state of Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok, but no Britain) start warring each other with their ridiculously oversized tanks.

Rupert · 03-14-2021, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Donny Brook

Such a suit would have to be about 100lb to transfer 200lb of agent and gear. I'm not sure I'd call that portable.

Actually, half the transferred mass is conveyor (see I29). Therefore to move a person and a little gear you need a 200 lb conveyor.

isf · 03-14-2021, 06:36 PM

IW.P28. Power System - A jump requires 200 kJ of energy per ton of capacity – delivered in a single pulse. A typical pulsed power system for the field generator costs $50 and weighs 5 lbs. per kJ.

I would have the scouts have atypical power supplies that are lighter and more expensive.

LoneWolf23k · 03-14-2021, 06:48 PM

I think one of the key points of using a vehicular conveyors is that it allows for back-up systems, as well as cargo space to carry necessary equipment, including survival and medical gear.

ericthered · 03-14-2021, 08:34 PM

Conveyor Suits sound awesome, but they almost belong in a different setting. It still takes 10 minutes before each jump, You can't wear one and blend in with the locals, and if you end up in a fight your escape route is directly in the line of fire. That said, a suit that lets you jump between worlds and time-lines is a very evocative idea... It just doesn't sound like the Infinity Patrol.

A collapsible conveyor you can stick in a handcart sounds like an awesome idea, and something they would do. Though that power system is a bulky bear.

03-14-2021, 06:36 PM	#3
isf Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jacksonville, AR	Re: (IW) Conveyor Suits IW.P28. Power System - A jump requires 200 kJ of energy per ton of capacity – delivered in a single pulse. A typical pulsed power system for the field generator costs $50 and weighs 5 lbs. per kJ. I would have the scouts have atypical power supplies that are lighter and more expensive. __________________ Travis Foster

03-14-2021, 06:48 PM	#4
LoneWolf23k Join Date: Sep 2004	Re: (IW) Conveyor Suits I think one of the key points of using a vehicular conveyors is that it allows for back-up systems, as well as cargo space to carry necessary equipment, including survival and medical gear.

03-14-2021, 08:34 PM	#5
ericthered Hero of Democracy Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: far from the ocean	Re: (IW) Conveyor Suits Conveyor Suits sound awesome, but they almost belong in a different setting. It still takes 10 minutes before each jump, You can't wear one and blend in with the locals, and if you end up in a fight your escape route is directly in the line of fire. That said, a suit that lets you jump between worlds and time-lines is a very evocative idea... It just doesn't sound like the Infinity Patrol. A collapsible conveyor you can stick in a handcart sounds like an awesome idea, and something they would do. Though that power system is a bulky bear. __________________ Be helpful, not pedantic Worlds Beyond Earth -- my blog Check out the PbP forum! If you don't see a game you'd like, ask me about making one!