Darn it. Well, at least the initiative makes sense with the overanaylsis. I'll post soon.

Do you want all if our actions for the round in one post?

Let's do them one at a time for now. Keep things relatively simple.

Shitsumon, you can declare your next action now as well.

I did roll, but it was a bat 1 initiative for a total of eight. So, I am cool with "Suddenly fire and mildly suffocating." I got this. The blindness will be the real issue.

I literally put a fire extinguisher on the MACE to prevent this from happening to you but we  are currently too far apart.

I take four times longer than normal to be suffocated, and my PE is 27. I am mildly suffocating. I'm good on that front, unless he manages to keep a burn on me for several minutes straight. It's the lack of clear target that is going to be a hindrance.

I've got a quick plan, though.

Okay.  The Compandium of Modern Weapons is full of crap.  It says that M72a2 LAW (Light Anti-tank Weapon) weighs in at 12kg.  That's over 26#!  And absolute poppycock.  I trained with this weapon.  It weighs less than an M16a1 assault rifle, empty (about 6.6# without a loaded magazine).  Fire teams would be issued two per soldier.  No soldier is going to carry an extra 53# added to their already 65+# load-out.
LAWs only weight about 5#-6# from what I remember.

In reply to Gecko (msg # 72):

Yeah they are goofy sometimes.

Hey, would there any M72a2s in the armory?  I forgot a Carl Gustav was a two-man weapon.

Negative. LAWS are way too low tech for Doc.

It's not super difficult to operate a Goose by yourself (I would think even easier for a super hero). The M3E1 only weighs about 15 lbs. It's mainly a two man operation because the ammo is heavy.

The Carl Gustav isn't low-tech?  What about AT-4s?
Either way, I figure it will take him a Melee Round to load up before he is ready to do some damage.
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Actually, I was just reading that the US Army and the USMC have been using improved M72 LAWs in Afhghanistan and Iraq.  Apparently, there are relatively few tanks to take out and they have been used primarily as bunker busters, and because a soldier can carry two or three M72s as opposed to one M136 AT-4.

Essentially it is the same with the M3E1 (an AT4 is more or less a disposable CG). Updated warheads mean the weapon has a completely new lease on life. That means Doc can upgrade the warheads at need.

M72 have pretty much always seen more use vs hardened emplacements than vehicles.

True, but having been developed in 1963, and still being modified for a moder age, they are technically a newer technology than the Gustav (developed in 1946).  There is a M72a9 in production and use.

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that I asked for, and received, a budget to build and acquire equipment for the other members of the team.

Then I asked what, if anything, the other team members wanted.

I think there is a good chance that it may not be too late to request something (LS will surely tell me no if it is).

(I won't be acquiring any disposable rockets when I already own an M3E1 that has laser targeting and is capable of firing everything from straight HE to Guided Multi-warhead rounds up to 1200m. This is partly because the GM of this game is not interested in excessive crunchy stuff so one "Rocket Launcher" is probably enough.)

Well, I suppose two actions to load and fire (three if he wants to aim) won't be too bad, when he spends the rest of the round avoiding return fire.
What we could really use are some of those anti-armor/bunker buster rounds that penetrate then spray an incendiary inside.
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Shitsumon has only been in the country a few weeks, so hasn't had time to get more than the most rudimentary gear.

My character would only want things which would have a hard time surviving a flamethrower strike to the face. So, there is that. On the plus side, you guys are the eyes and ears anyways. Especially now, what with being blinded from napalm showers. It's so bright.

For sure, if anyone can think of anything they might have requested from Doc Roller, I'm happy to retconn it in. Part of the fun of a one-shot is for you to get everything you want so I can throw everything I want at it.

And Doc is right, it's not my thing, but if you want to geek out over the specific benefits of specific model of weapon, go for it. Even if you bring your real-life knowledge to bear and tell me "By the way, this one rocket launcher I'm using also plays trance music" or whatever, I'm happy to take that into account. I have my real-life topics that I'm super nerdy about (ask me about tarantulas some time), so I totally get it.

But that kind of things is outside my knowledge base and my 'Okay Winging It' Zone. So a little slack cut on both sides might be necessary.

My thinking is that while you may be a new arrival Doc would have been scouting you for a while. Anything you think would be beneficial can be put down to his planning ahead (like the flexible 40sdc armor and comm gear everyone got).

Hey guys...I am sorry for being absent. I will get a post up by tomorrow night.

Good f'n shot Gecko!

In reply to Dr.Roller (msg # 85):

Well, then. Shitsumon wants the doc to put a monomolecular edge on his arrows.

I'm juat glad his appearance is lizard-like rather than rodent-like....