Armored Assault/Star Strike Vehicle Construction Question…

Started by Nightblade42, October 26, 2018, 10:44:24 PM

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Nightblade42

Alright, I'm designing an underground train that steals the souls of surface dwellers that hear its Shadow Song for my world of Nytheun.  As such, I turned to Armored Assualt for its vehicle construction rules.  The locomotive is based on the 4-8-4 Northern Locomotives that first came into production in the late 1920's.  So I'm modifying the AA Vehicle Construction rules a little to fit early 20th century tech.  But in so doing, I've got a pretty basic question that doesn't even touch on modifying the construction rules.  Simply put: how do you calculate a vehicle's hits?  I was under the impression that hits = mass. But looking at the example vehicles in AA; SS & their vehicle compendiums this doesn't seem to be the case.  So how does one calculate construction HPs?

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p.s. The idea for the "Demonic Underground Train" came from the amazing King Crimson song Doctor Diamond.

Nightblade42

OK, I think I figured it out.  CHPs (Construction Hit Points) = Mass + Armour Belt HP Bonus.  My 4-8-4 Locomotative does not have an armour belt so its CHPs = Mass.

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Hurin

That was my understanding too, IIRC. Mass = hits unless there is extra armor or mods.
'Last of all, Húrin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed'. --J.R.R. Tolkien

'Every party needs at least one insane person.'  --Aspen of the Jade Isle

Nightblade42

Yeah, it's funny what you can figure out by re-reading the rules a little closer  :-[

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Hurin

Quote from: Nightblade42 on October 27, 2018, 10:25:18 PM
Yeah, it's funny what you can figure out by re-reading the rules a little closer  :-[


Haha, so true!
'Last of all, Húrin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed'. --J.R.R. Tolkien

'Every party needs at least one insane person.'  --Aspen of the Jade Isle

Nightblade42

For anyone interested, here are the AA Stats for the 4-8-4 Locomotive that is the driving force of The Shadow Song (almost done writing the short story... I'm now at the climax):

Mass/Hits: 182
Mass Catagory: Small
CAT: 22
Armour Belt: 0
Wheeled Drive Rtg: 4
MPs: 8
Engine Rtg: 5
Fuel Storage: 1 (Coal)
Control Points: 0
Crew: 2 (Engineer & Fireman)
Crew Control Areas: 1
MIRC System: n/a
Life Support: 1
Sensor Rtg: 7 (+35)
Shield Rtg: 5 (+25)

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Jenkyna

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