Striker Book 3 Laser Guidance DS 2M Features versus DS 9

[snrdg082102]

Morning all,

I'm curious about why the laser guidance system requirements for tech level, weight and price in DS 2 CPR guns and DS 9 Tac Missiles are different?

The warhead for a tac missile is a modified low velocity CPR gun round according to the details on Book 3 page 21.

I suppose that laser guidance may have been developed for tac missiles and then adapted for CPR rounds, but I don't think the process took one tech level.

If laser guidance was adapted from tac missiles for CPR gun rounds I'd think the weight and prices would the same.

Of course I could be wrong.

 

[Carlobrand]

That's another one of those "just because" items; I can't really see any logic to it.

My best guess is they had some real-world example they were trying to emulate, and it just happened to be a bit different from the bomb guidance examples they were emulating. Real-world examples often vary quite a bit for no reason us outsiders can discern.

 

[aramis]

tac missiles only need the hardware to survive 30G's.
CPR Guns, 100 or more.

 

[snrdg082102]

Morning Carlobrand,

That's another one of those "just because" items; I can't really see any logic to it.

My best guess is they had some real-world example they were trying to emulate, and it just happened to be a bit different from the bomb guidance examples they were emulating. Real-world examples often vary quite a bit for no reason us outsiders can discern.

Actually your best guess is very good and dredged a memory about adapting components from one system to another. Thanks for the memory jog.

 

[snrdg082102]

Hello aramis,

tac missiles only need the hardware to survive 30G's.
CPR Guns, 100 or more.

The memory jog that Carlobrand provided did mention a similar issue, which makes sense.

Thanks for the additional information.