Re: [HOE] Power Armor Canister Cost (Teller)

["earthbinder" <earthbinder@ntlworld.com>]

wow
sometimes I forget how great it is to have the writer of a book on the list
so you can get questions answered
Then something like this shows up and puts me in my place
Guess I wont have to wait for the errata then
dom
Librarian Proper and Protector of Knowledge Arcane
Still amazed at the speed of response


----- Original Message -----
From: <PEGTeller@aol.com>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] Power Armor Canister Cost (Teller)


> God cahtch, Kai. By powerpacks it's meant batteries.  On the power armor
> table there is a column for batteries, and the value listed there is the
> number of charges a battery for that type of suit holds.  Basically you
can
> buy more batteries, at a availabilty rating of VR.  The cost of an
additional
> battery would be the max number of charges x 5 (so a 150 pt. battery would
> cost $750).  The things are about the size of a car battery.  Then empty
> batteries could be recharged.  Of course then you've got to deal with
popping
> out old batteries and putting in new ones - that's probably not real
> convenient to do, basically taking 3 minutes to open the compartment and
> disengage, then reingage the batteries--and seeing as how they are on the
> back of the suit the wearer has to have someone else do it or get out of
the
> armor and do it themselves--a point of real stress for a Pupae. Hooking up
a
> new battery is a Foolproof (3) driving: battlesuit or Fair (5) tinkerin'
> check.
>
> Teller
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