Re: Laser Designating Targets?
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:59 pm
Also look at the Jaeger sensor package in Rifter #31.
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Icemaster109 wrote:I am GMing a group who is trying to create a specialty merc unit. Their unit's primary function would be to recon and lase targets with a designator and then use precision strikes from aircraft or tank to hit their targets. I am not a huge rifts techie...but I have no clue on how this would work, or if it is even possible. I know the laser designator is in Rifts Merc Ops and says it gives a +3 to strikes but I still have a few questions.
1. What type of missle's will they need? What missles respond to laser targeting?
2. Tanks? How would laser targeting affect their firing (if at all)? Would the PCs need to call in coordinates? use smoke grenades to mark?
3. What would be the bonuse's for using other methods for targeting? Such as simple calling out grid coordinants? using smoke? or even calling in the a detailed description?
if you read Missile Strikes on page 364 of RUE, it points out that guided missiles receive a +3 to strike, while "smart bombs" receive a +5. but that these are comparitively rare on the market, and most missiles are unguided (no bonus)Icemaster109 wrote:So the advanced guided missiles you mention are the ones listed on RUE pg 257 with the asterix next to them (smart bombs?). Or is that something different?
Likewise, how much would you say a laser guided conversion kit cost on a non guided missle?
As for the Jaeger system it says that air strike and mortar can hit at a +10 to strike? So their laser designator is waaay better than others and it can also guide mortar?
Qev wrote:I'd have to wonder, honestly, how useful something like semi-active laser homing would be in Rifts, where shooting down incoming missiles is a perfectly feasible tactic for those with purely-human reflexes, and the most prevalent military weapon is the weapons-grade laser. The tip of a LGM is a big light-gathering assembly piping faint laser backscatter into sensitive electronics; even just clipping the thing with a weapon-grade laser is going to cook the guidance system...
Shark_Force wrote:funny thing about lasers... they're monochromatic. you can just use a different color for a laser guidance system, filter any others, and not have problems.
jedi078 wrote:Can be jammed? No
Ale Golem wrote:Will a Laser Designator work with mini missiles?