Re: [DL] real world knowledge

["Alex and Heidi Johnson" <heidij31@chartermi.net>]

 >
> that's pretty much what I figured.  I saw a link once to a site that
> detailed several gunfights with US border Patrol under several
> circumstances, and another FBI report on the relatoinships between bullet
> size and lethality.  Interesting reading, but I lost the links.
>
> The main thing I remember is that peole die from either bleeding to death
> (which can take a while), or by a hit to the brain, no dies from several
> small hits.  Even if someone is shot in the heard, there is enough oxogen
> for the brain to keep going for a couple of seconds (which in GURPs is a
> couple of rounds)
>

Mainly, most people shot drop into shock very quickly.  When I was shot, I
could not have told you where the round hit.  It felt like a shock through
my whole body.  Typically people collapse and bleed heavily.  Depending on
where the round hits, death is quick or slow.  People have survived some
amazing amounts of damage, or died from minor hits.  One person my wife saw
in ER died from a .22 hit to the foot.  No major vessels were hit, but he
went into shock and died almost immediately.  Another survived seven rounds
from a .45.  All of them hit him in the torso, except one which hit him in
the head.  Very few people actually get hit and continue to function,
however.

The system in Living Steel and in Project Phoenix are quite realistic, but
you tend to make a lot of characters.

Alex