The Anapu is a military robot that is also used by some police forces and many security firms. The Anapu can be thought of as being intermediate between types such as the Kuros and the TNM. Kuros are effectively mobile weapon turrets, while TNMs are a militarized version of a simple labour model. The Anapu […]
The Katral TN-series are a relatively common mannequin-type android. Facial features are basic, just eyes and a speaker grill. TNs are five feet and four inches tall, a design feature intended to make them less intimidating and also save materials and reduce cost. TNs are typically used for tasks that favour a human body- form […]
“A conventional tank takes a couple of seconds to roll out of cover, fire and then roll back again. You can use that to your advantage. The Kuros, however…They pop out, fire and are gone again before you know it. And they can hide in a lot of places a tank cannot!” “The spider was […]
Today I was watching the Matt Helm movie “The Ambushers”. In one scene Helm runs out of ammunition, so unthreads his belt from his trousers. He holds the belt under a convenient stream of water and the belt becomes rigid so he can use it as a weapon. It occurred to me that a similar […]
In Timothy Zahn’s Blackcollar series, the blackcollars are a ninja/ commando unit that use low-tech, non-electronic and non-explosive weapons to avoid detection by their high-tech opponents. Favoured weapons included nunchaku, shurikens and slingshots. Oddly, the weapons used in the books that I read were still made from metal. The technology available in Transhuman Space permits […]
The Mk-7 Anti-track mine resembles a square plastic carrying case or flattened jerry can, 4 inches deep and 10 inches to a side. It has a moulded carrying handle and weighs around 11 pounds. The basic mine contains virtually no detectable metal although optional fusing systems may change this. The design has been widely copied. […]
GURPS source material generally uses the US customary units of measurement. If you are more comfortable with SI/metric measurements, this is generally not a problem. 4e mainly uses just yards and pounds, or units derived from these, so the only conversion numbers you need to remember are 0.914 and 2.2. One hex can be considered […]
The only GURPS stats for a water cannon that I can find are in GURPS Vehicles 3e (p.118) and these omit certain criteria that one might wish to know. The table below attempts to adapt those rules to THS 4e. It is assumed that the water cannon is mounted on a suitable vehicle. Being intended […]
Version 2 Originally derringers were designed to use a large-calibre bullet in a small weapon. During the twentieth century derringers were manufactured in a wider variety of calibres. In 2100 the most common models of derringer fire standard 10mm and 4mm caseless pistol rounds. The short barrels of these weapons reduce the effectiveness of these […]
Animal control officers, forest rangers, veterinarians, farmers, police, medical orderlies, spies, biologists and many other professions may find use for a dart gun. The dart guns available in THS have some differences to earlier models. Rather than compressed gas they are coilguns. An advantage of this is that projectile velocity can be varied so that […]