Re: [HoE] Road Warriors Question

[PEGHopler@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/21/99 2:07:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
crow_steve@hotmail.com writes:

<< Particularly, page 79.  Under The Weapons, it says, "To mount a weapon, 
 simply pick a weapon and a mount type, determine the TOTAL Load Points (our 
 emphasis) for the combination, and compare it to the Load Limit OF THE AREA 
 you wish to mount it in.
 
 But up above, for Servo Controls, it notes:  "Because of...heavy-duty 
 electrical servos...the LPs from these controls count against the mounting 
 area's Load Limit.

 Doesn't _any_ mount count against an area's Load Limit?  So why does the 
 Servo Controls area reiterate this?  This kinda implies that normally the 
 Mount LPs don't count against the area's Load Limit, and the Servo Controls 
 are an exception.

The reason the clarification "Because of...heavy-duty 
 electrical servos...the LPs from these controls count against the mounting 
 area's Load Limit" is there is because servo controls are not a mount type. 
They are something which is added to an existing mount (which does count 
against the load limit of an area), to allow the driver to control the weapon 
remotely.
 
 It must be admitted, designing motorcycles can be a bit tricky, since you 
 only can put weapons on the front and back of size LP 1, since a mount 
 always takes up at least one other point, for a total of 3+ for a 2LP 
 weapon.  Except for the sides, but we had trouble visualizing most of the 2+ 
 LP weapons mounted on the side as fixed mounts.  Which brings us to this...

 How do areas on a Motorcycle work, exactly?  The Mount Location areas on 
 page 77 don't include the "Handlebar" area listed for Street and Dirt Bikes. 
   Presumably it works and is limited similar to...Hood?  Front Fender?  
 Something else?
 
The Handlebar area works in the same way as the Hood.

 And the Side description seems a bit odd, since the "Side" description under 
 Mount Location talks about stuff like "the long sides of big rigs...".  
 Granted, there's no real difference between the Side Location and the Door 
 Location, so either one should work for Motorcycles.  But it still seems 
 mildly odd. >>

The side mount locations on a motorcycle should actually be treated as Fender 
locations (as far as the mount restrictions), front or rear is the owner's 
choice. 


Sincerely,

John Hopler
Pinnacle