Re: [HOE] Armor-piercing question

["doyle erin west" <westfam@the-i.net>]

well,  they have wildcats currently that'll punch through an engine block.
what AP you consider that?  and that's out of a handgun.  Admittedly a super
magnum, but it's still a handgun.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Seyberth" <darious@darious.com>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] Armor-piercing question


> >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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