Building an intelligent Super-vehicle?

[Great Beyond]

So Scarlett Arrow, my newest character, has a really cool motorcycle for getting around (no travel powers to speak of). I was thinking of bit of tinkering with the bike, either adding a computer or getting it possessed. Think My Mother the Car, but less sit-commey.

 

Looking over the main book, there's a couple of ways to do this - either as a follower (a very oddly shaped follower, mind you) or just building it as a vehicle with an AI.

 

So what's the best way to do that - they seem (more or less) the same, or at least get the same results? Or is there a better way to go at this.

 

The other question - has someone put the numbers together for K.I.T.T. (or another intelligent super car/bike) that they'd be willing to share. I'm not hard up for idea, but seeking inspiration from other sources would help.

[BobGreenwade]

Re: Building an intelligent Super-vehicle?

 

I'd go with a Vehicle with AI. The Ultimate Vehicle includes rules for including INT and EGO on Vehicles (as well as PRE and/or COM if you want them; see TUV pages 15-16), and that sounds like just the kind of thing you're after.

[Great Beyond]

Re: Building an intelligent Super-vehicle?

 

Of course it'd be the ultimate vehicle - one of the sourcebooks on the short To Get list as soon as rent's paid.

[BoloOfEarth]

Re: Building an intelligent Super-vehicle?

 

If Scarlet Arrow is great with a motorcylce (has TF and Combat Driving, maybe some bike tricks), you'll want to go with a Vehicle/AI combo rather than a "robotic" Follower. If he's just so-so with his bike, you might go the Follower route. (The problem I have with the motorcycle as Follower is that it's basically carrying the rider, so the rider's skill doesn't come into play.)

 

On a related side note, if you have any Digital Hero credits, you might check out DH #16 (Jason Walters' Biker Hero) article for some bike tricks that SA could learn; the article is also a very entertaining read. Also, I think DH #28 (D.T. Butchino's The Whole Package article) has a martial art, Bike Fu, that might be useful.

[clsage]

Re: Building an intelligent Super-vehicle?

 

So Scarlett Arrow, my newest character, has a really cool motorcycle for getting around (no travel powers to speak of).

 

The other question - has someone put the numbers together for K.I.T.T. (or another intelligent super car/bike) that they'd be willing to share. I'm not hard up for idea, but seeking inspiration from other sources would help.

 

You may want to give this page a gander:

 

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/mathew/champions.html

 

There are several Transformers as well as a version of KITT

 

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/mathew/cskitt.html

 

that might give you some ideas.....

 

-Carl-

[Great Beyond]

Re: Building an intelligent Super-vehicle?

 

If Scarlet Arrow is great with a motorcylce (has TF and Combat Driving' date=' maybe some bike tricks), you'll want to go with a Vehicle/AI combo rather than a "robotic" Follower. If he's just so-so with his bike, you might go the Follower route. (The problem I have with the motorcycle as Follower is that it's basically carrying the rider, so the rider's skill doesn't come into play.)[/quote']

 

She's not bad at the moment - a basic TF and one level of combat driving - but there's room to improve (and I intend to over time), so it sounds like the combo meal is the way to go.

 

On a related side note, if you have any Digital Hero credits, you might check out DH #16 (Jason Walters' Biker Hero) article for some bike tricks that SA could learn; the article is also a very entertaining read. Also, I think DH #28 (D.T. Butchino's The Whole Package article) has a martial art, Bike Fu, that might be useful.

 

Dont have any, but I'll give it an eyeball when I get a chance.

 

You may want to give this page a gander:

 

. . . snippage. . . .

 

that might give you some ideas.....

 

-Carl-

 

 

Sweet - that should be perfect!

[clsage]

Re: Building an intelligent Super-vehicle?

 

So Scarlett Arrow, my newest character, has a really cool motorcycle for getting around (no travel powers to speak of).

 

If you have the chance, post the cycle when you've

finished building it. I'd love to steal.....errrr, take a look

at it.

 

BTW, have you considered a Nitrous Oxide system for

"sprint speed bursts" ?

 

-Carl-