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longbowrocks
post Aug 7 2011, 05:39 PM
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So I'm looking through the vehicle test rules in the core book in preparation for a run, when I read something that makes me do a double take, and then a triple take, and finally come to dumpshock in terror.
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Acceleration
Vehicles have an Acceleration rating that determines their movement
rates. The number to the left of the slash is a vehicle’s Walking rate in
meters per turn. The number to the right is its Running rate. A driver or
drone can attempt to move a greater distance by making a Vehicle
Test (see below). Each hit on the test adds 5 meters
to the vehicle’s movement rate.


So the way I read this is: A large number of vehicles cannot move faster than a running human unless they have a competent driver. A sprinting troll on rollerblades will outpace almost any groundcraft in the game (53 run + hits*2 compared to the fastest car in the core book with run speed 60), and an unaugmented centaur would flatten anyone regardless of their vehicle or prowess.
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- longbowrocks   Vehicle Speed   Aug 7 2011, 05:39 PM
- - Stahlseele   isn't there somewhere about max speed of vehic...   Aug 7 2011, 05:57 PM
- - Aku   Not really long, because the acceleration rate is ...   Aug 7 2011, 06:01 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Aku @ Aug 7 2011, 11:01 AM) Not re...   Aug 7 2011, 06:16 PM
- - longbowrocks   The way it reads to me is like this: you have a Eu...   Aug 7 2011, 06:14 PM
- - Aku   no, first turn you get to 20. Second turn, you mak...   Aug 7 2011, 06:18 PM
- - Yerameyahu   It's one of those wonky 'Broken Rule' ...   Aug 7 2011, 06:19 PM
- - TheOOB   Note that acceleration only really matters for tac...   Aug 7 2011, 06:20 PM
- - Crazy Ivan   Partly why i think that the character speeds are t...   Aug 7 2011, 06:20 PM
- - Aku   I wouldnt think of combat walking as "casuall...   Aug 7 2011, 06:25 PM
- - CanRay   ac·cel·er·a·tion noun 1. The act of accelerating;...   Aug 7 2011, 06:26 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Aug 7 2011, 11:19 AM)...   Aug 7 2011, 06:37 PM
|- - CanRay   QUOTE (longbowrocks @ Aug 7 2011, 01:37 P...   Aug 7 2011, 06:45 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 7 2011, 11:45 AM) You...   Aug 7 2011, 06:48 PM
- - Crazy Ivan   still, it 10 meters still seems like a long way.   Aug 7 2011, 06:28 PM
- - CanRay   Ten centimetres, ten metres, ten miles... They al...   Aug 7 2011, 06:30 PM
|- - Aku   QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 7 2011, 02:30 PM) Ten...   Aug 7 2011, 06:31 PM
- - Kirk   I think the walking and running are the accelerati...   Aug 7 2011, 06:35 PM
- - Aku   Well, the rule you are quoting IS under a section ...   Aug 7 2011, 06:39 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (Aku @ Aug 7 2011, 11:39 AM) Well, ...   Aug 7 2011, 06:45 PM
- - BishopMcQ   The following comes from playing SR for too many y...   Aug 7 2011, 07:22 PM
|- - longbowrocks   QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Aug 7 2011, 12:22 PM) ...   Aug 7 2011, 07:48 PM
- - Yerameyahu   It really is one of those confusing points. Speed ...   Aug 7 2011, 08:38 PM
- - Mardrax   A player in my group actually played a street raci...   Aug 9 2011, 09:28 PM


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