--------------------GEV List Thingy, March 30th------------------------------ To: hcobb@fly2.berkeley.edu Subject: Re:GEV List Thingy, March 29t From: Emilio Desalvo > It's a good thing that the Ogre stories, unlike Bolo, don't extend Ogre Stories? Where? Bye /\ Emilio Desalvo /<>\ mc4187@mclink.it /____\ FNORD ___ [There was at least 8 pieces of fiction set in the Ogre universe that were published in the Space Gamer over the years, but I was mostly talking about Steve's new history. -HJC] ___ From: Kerry Harrison Subject: Re: Ogre Errata To: "Henry J. Cobb" The latest version of the SJG Ogre Errata (for all versions of the game) is now available via anonymous ftp from io.com:/pub/usr/kerry/Ogre/ogre.err if anybody wants it. Kerry ___ From: Kerry Harrison Subject: Re: GEV List Thingy, March 29th To: "Henry J. Cobb" > > [In the Old Space Gamer somebody suggested a stealth Ogre (before > the Ninja) that would come in under cover of darkness or bad weather to hit > & run. Darkness is not really relevent considerning the tech level of Ogre, but bad weather could distort IFF and sensors enough (esp. if there is a lot of radioactive dust and the like flying around) to make target ID hard if not impossible. > > Will Ogre's be allowed to carry sensor missiles that scatter tiny > scaning mines over an area to give (just for the Ogre itself) the effect of > a Sensor Net in a small area? (Kinda like sending star shells over the > enemy fleet...) > Seems like a waste of magazine space to me, as Sensor Net only comes into play with LOS rules and several other units could do this - plus this is already represented by the the sensor icons in OM. > It's a good thing that the Ogre stories, unlike Bolo, don't extend > to other planets or we measure the effect on their id-systems when they > discover that the rhythmic pounding of their threads attract Sandworms... > -HJC] > Hmm, actually some combat is believed to have taken place on Luna and possiblye Mars, but no Ogres were involved. Kerry ___ [The Dune history starts with humanity's overthrow of their robotic masters, so you could just paste the two timelines together. (Any Ogre uncrated in that brave new world would face a very nasty reception...) Doesn't the sensor net negate terrain factors of defense? I must've misread the rules on that. -HJC] Henry J. Cobb hcobb@fly2.berkeley.edu, SFB Tyrant-for-life "yes, I also suspect that RMS is a MITI agent too." -- Piercarlo Grandi