Re: [HOE] Armor-piercing question

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

 >Hah, right. :) Actually, I meant how would you describe the composition 
of the
 >round. Modern penetrators (AP2) are made with steel cores and increased 
powder
 >loads. So what would an AP4 round be? Ghost steel core, maybe? Or depleted
 >uranium? The 10mm DPU rounds fired by the Reaver from the Cyborgs book 
are only
 >AP2; I can't think of many ways to outperform DPU.

High tech.  Admittedly, most of HoE is 1990's tech, but something had to 
advance.  :-)

Better chemical composition in the charge, new alloys, etc.  If the 
player's need a societal reason, then remind them that the existence of 
Cyborgs eased a lot of resistance to "Cop-killer" (armor piercing) ammo, 
and in fact fueled development into the area.

And of course, the rounds had to fit normal sized weaponry.  Otherwise the 
home owner looking to protect his property would never be able to use them.

AP4 may be overkill, but in the real world I would say that the .50cal 
handgun (by Desert Eagle?) is overkill - but it sells simply because it is 
a .50cal handgun.



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