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Did you know that power armor and robots don't automatically have any optical enhancments unless it states such under that specific armor or robot?

I watched a PA pilot get killed by 4 bandits with low powered rifles (3d6 md) when they ambushed him in a pitch black cave. They were using thermo-optics and one of em chucked a couple frag grenades at the beginning of combat, which took out the PA pilots SDC flashlight. It was pretty nasty considering that same combat in broad daylight would have ended with 4 dead bandits and a slightly scratched power armor. Instead it ended with one dead PA pilot and 1 dead bandit, with another hurt bad, and two unscathed!!

Yup...just like there is no power armour, vehicle, or robot capable of detecting enemy RADAR...unless they specifically state it in the description.

Temporalmage wrote:Did you know that power armor and robots don't automatically have any optical enhancments unless it states such under that specific armor or robot?

I watched a PA pilot get killed by 4 bandits with low powered rifles (3d6 md) when they ambushed him in a pitch black cave. They were using thermo-optics and one of em chucked a couple frag grenades at the beginning of combat, which took out the PA pilots SDC flashlight. It was pretty nasty considering that same combat in broad daylight would have ended with 4 dead bandits and a slightly scratched power armor. Instead it ended with one dead PA pilot and 1 dead bandit, with another hurt bad, and two unscathed!!

As a previous poster said...RADAR. All power armor has radar that can track 24 targets at once. Combine that with the standard targeting system and it's Videogame time. Think of it as playing Heavy Gear in Wireframe mode.

There's noway power armor don't come without night vision or infrared vision, both my 40$ web cam and 280$ video recorder both have good nightvision built in and in in the next 20 years all kinds of items are going to have enhanced night vision and infrared built into all new cars, security cameras and even sun glasses. BMW incorporates thermal imaging in the Night Vision driver assistance system in 2006. So a BMW has better sensors than a futuristic robot back in 2006. I say it should be automatic included in most robots & power armor package.

Check out the BMW Night Vision driver assistance system video.
http://www.automotoportal.com/article/B ... sion_video

Even if PA started out with nightvision it still wouldnt have helped. Remember Nightvision only amplifies existing light no matter how little it is to see. Just tossing that out there.

PA suits still have RADAR. Thus those bandits should have been the ones blind.

Rockwolf66 wrote:PA suits still have RADAR. Thus those bandits should have been the ones blind.

Wouldn't have worked in a cave of stalagtites and stalagmites. Besides, as far as I know radar only picks up flying stuff.

Temporalmage wrote:

Rockwolf66 wrote:PA suits still have RADAR. Thus those bandits should have been the ones blind.

Wouldn't have worked in a cave of stalagtites and stalagmites. Besides, as far as I know radar only picks up flying stuff.

Sorry but RADAR can pick up infantrymen on the ground. I have a friend who used it to spot mexicans sneaking over the border back when he was in the Army. He didn't like the long nights so he became an interrogator.

Still RADAR can pick out Biologicals out of ground clutter, not to mention all the nice RADAR reflecting equipment that High-Tech forces like to carry.

p271 RUE: Radar: can identify and track up to 72 targets...

What kind of power armor was it?

In our games we assume that all power armor has the equivalent of multi-optic eyes for sensors, so all the passive nightvision, infrared, etc. Even if they didn't, no one is going to manufacture a vehicle that is intended for military purposes and it doesn't have built-in headlights/spotlights.

Personally I have always run that all PA/Robot Vehicles have a standard set of sensors (minus chipwell or other cheaply made units) plus any special sensors that may be included in the description of the Specific Armor.