FACTORY VEHICLES: WE WILL EXPAND

[Tefka]

Site: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/38112-vehicles-template/

Factory Judges, Community, Everyone - I wish to expand the Vehicles Template, immediately, as my first act as Factory Czar.

I want to know your ideas. Please reference the Starships template for how this will likely be done, or the Codex Location's template for how compartmentalized we can make these templates.

I'm thinking Speeders, Podracers, Walkers, etc.

Vehicles are the next big thing. Let's make it bigger.

 

[Ayden Cater]

The immediate dividing lines that comes to mind

Ground Speeder
Air Speeder / Gunship
Walkers
Other (Treaded vehicles, auxiliary craft, etc)

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Tanks.

 

[Lief]

Did somebody say... Pod Racers...? >;O

 

[Laira Darkhold]

Subdivisions
Speeder/Swoop Bike/Podracer
Light Vehicle/walker (Think Chariot, 1-L Imperial, AT-ST, AT-RTetc)
Heavy Vehicle/walker (Think 1-H Imperial, Floating Fortress, M-2 Saber, AT-AT, AT-TE, etc)
Mobile Fortress (Your A6 Juggernauts, Acklay-class, Larraq's thingamabob)

Divisions in Light and Heavy Vehicles/Walkers are made by primary armament (IE Turbolaser=Heavy, Blaster cannon=Light) or by carrying complements (AT-TE was known to carry AT-RT's so anything that carries other vehicles would be considered Heavy, and Heavy can't carry heavy)
Mobile Fortress would be able to carry a to do both (Have a big gun and carry a healthy complement) where as for the most part, carrying a squad of vehicles would replace the main weaponry.

Swoops and Podracers are known to bust the Sound Barrier, so really really ridiculously fast.

Obviously more guns often means slower, your smallest speeders/Swoop Bikes/Podracers don't come with shields (Personal shields are a maybe as an add on)
Hangars (AT-AT Swimmer's and Acklay-class stuff had hangar complements)

More to follow, after more people have better Ideas for me to leech off of.

 

[Seraphina Shel'tah]

[member="Tefka"]

Categories: Racers | Speeders | Ground Transport | Mini Walkers | Medium Walkers | Heavy Walkers | Tanks

(Mini walkers would be like the AT-RT, the medium walkers being like the AT-TE, and the heavy walkers being like the AT-AT)

 

[Captain Larraq]

I've always wanted to see vehicles divided up by tonnage the way that starships are divided up by length. While "10,000 meters vs 10,000 meters" has become a standard formality between writers, I'd love to see "2,000 tons vs 2,000 tons" become a bit of a staple for vehicular warfare.

 

[Captain Larraq]

Category: Mobile Fortress you say?

 

[Jsc]

Gundams plz

 

[Tefka]

I've always wanted to see vehicles divided up by tonnage the way that starships are divided up by length. While "10,000 meters vs 10,000 meters" has become a standard formality between writers, I'd love to see "2,000 tons vs 2,000 tons" become a bit of a staple for vehicular warfare.

Too technical, I'd rather separate by functionality.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

Category: Mobile Fortress you say?

Had that in mind as well as the Acklay when I suggested it. That would probably be the largest vehicle (beyond Nomad City or an EVS construction Droid) there is.

I like splitting Walkers into subdivisions as well. Maybe a good mix of Seraphina and Mine would be alright, because Tanks can slip into Light/Heavy vehicles (Scout tanks, command tanks, battle tanks, etc), Artillery and AA can slip into those categories as well, based on main weapon. Big main weapon=heavy, little main weapon=light. I have revised my suggestion to show these changes.

 

[Boethiah]

Speeders (swoops, pod racers, barges, etc.)

Walkers

Armoured Vehicles/Armour (think tanks, APC, etc)

Aircraft

The basic template could then remain in use for anything that doesn't fit in these categories. The primary reason that I have Armoured Vehicles as one category is because it's simple. Then you can add an armour rating, perhaps.

Additional template categories if you want greater expansion: Aquatic, Rail

 

[Captain Larraq]

Edit: duh

 

[Laira Darkhold]

Role: (Assault Tank? Reconnaissance? Troop Transport? Personal Speeder?)

There is a role section.

To add to that isn't a bad idea, but weight is all guesses when it comes to most cannon vehicles. Might as well remove it. There is no good way of calculating the weight of an AT-AT without some form of complicated math. The fact that I know how big it is should be enough.

Gundams plz

Please No. My reasoning (As someone who seriously considered designing Hulkbuster armor complete with Ysalamiri Nutrient Racks, piston fists, and wrist lasers) is that it doesn't fit well with the universe. No offense but other than Seripas there isn't anything like it (And he was smaller than Ewoks). All that said, 99% sure you were joking.

 

[Popo]

[member="Tefka"]
Give me *checks calendar* 1-3 days and I should have some stuff cooked up for you.

 

[Captain Larraq]

Honestly, I can't think of anything. All my ideas boil down to "starship 2.0 guide" for tanks, walkers, and other vehicles... and... I'm fairly sure that's a terrible idea.

 

[Ellie Mors]

I believe that separating types of vehicles in the manner that the starships are handled would work well, perhaps something like the following:

Speeder (Ground)
Speeder (Air)
Walkers
Repulsorlift Vehicles
Basic Vehicles
Transport Vehicles
Emplacements

I think narrowing down from here (I might have missed something, too) and then making the templates appropriate for each decided section, similar in nature to how the Starship section operates, would do well.

 

[Rexus Drath]

Does this mean I can finally have giant robots fighting monsters!? Please say yes

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

I would love to see boats, ships, submarines and other water craft represented, especially naval ones.

Sure, they're less glamorous and common than a star destroyer in orbit but still.

 

[Sempra the Hutt]

Personal flight... as in jetpacks?