Cyborg Weight (was RE: power focus, etc (was Re: [HOE] All Cyborg Party))

["Jeff Yates" <jyates@poboxes.com>]

Wow, cyborg weight.  Umm, how accurate did you want to get, and how
official?

I personally would stay away from accurate, because it's harder ;-) and I'm
about as far from official as anyone can get, but I'm always willing to toss
out an opinion:

I'd say an infiltrator would be no more than 25% heavier than the deader
alone.  There just isn't much room _inside_ the body to hide heavy parts.
That, and it seems like alot of carbon fiber/graphite/fancy plastics would
be used for cost and weight considerations.

A light can would probably be 50% to 70% heavier than the original body.
There's a couple of limbs replaced with metal, some other parts that "stick
out", but still a light 'borg.

A medium can might double the weight of the deader, maybe a little more
(100% - 150%).

A heavy can could weight just about anything.  Near complete body
replacement, Samson gear, heavy weapons, capacitors, all sorts of hefty
stuff to bolt on.  500 pounds at least.  This guy don't fit in your father's
Oldsmobile!  If a heavy can crawls into the bed of pickup, he can just about
use up the useful load (unless you like to drive F-350s!).

I don't recall, but if weights are listed for automatons anywhere, these
numbers would be a guide for the weight of a heavy cyborg.

Jeff Y.


> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: power focus, etc (was Re: [HOE] All Cyborg Party)
>
>
<SNIP>
> Now, my own new question...
>
>      How much does a cyborg WEIGH?  (As a function of his type,
>      gear, modules, armor and so on.)
>