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*ponders more the mad scientist look than the pure field medic that she first had in mind* xp Raven + bottles/beakers/test tubes full of combustible(and potentially explosive) stuff = fun! blaugh

Dante, would you mind helping me alittle then? I had a ton of ideas for different Warjacks and such, but on some I wanted to mount Gatling guns, and I wasn't sure of the rate of fire and if it would be feasable for those to have a trigger away from the back of the gun.

Also, Rae! you should join my character in his company!

well... Gatlings dont have triggers, they are operated (that is readied and fired) by the action of the crank so the bigger question is how will you provide energy to the crank to operate the weapon. Rate of fire for most Gatling guns varied widely based on the rate at which the operator turned the crank and the number of barrels.

But a rough guess would be a maximum RoF of around 200 rpm or roughly 30-40 RPM per barrel for early models. As Gatlings understanding of the operation improved he tried different gearing and crank configurations (side and rear) and eventually achieved up to 1500 rpm with a 10 barrel .45 caliber weapon (model 1883) thats obviously a pretty big gun though. Earlier he had developed a rear cranked version that had half as many barrels and was fully enclosed (model 1877 Bulldog) that had a rate of fire of 1000 rpm.

Rule of thumb is rear cranked models have a higher RPM than side cranked models. Understand though the rate of fire is theoretical, most of these weapons were either fed from a single 40 round box of loos cartridges or two twenty round strips that alternated. Sustaining 1000 rpm means 50 magazine changes if your lucky enough to have a Bruce feed which would allow for it to fire 20 round strips in sequence (thus sustainable if you had two loaders) so the issues besides running the Gatling you cant reach is also keeping it fed, they did not use strips like early machine guns they used loose cartridges like modern Vulcan and Gatlings.

Crystal: Im thinking Derringer in vest pocket next to his watch, a Schofield revolver tucked away in traveling stuff, a .577 Holland and Holland Side lock rifle disassembled in its hard case for when he might go hunting. Since two of those three will almost always be in storage he will probably only have on him his derringer and his sword cane.

Hes probably not going to be great shot though, well able to hit a buffalo or man sized target but not the ten ring if you get my drift. I'll probably use his sword cane fore most encounters.

They were going to be side attached, and powered through a clockwork operation or the pistons within the Mech itself. These weren't going to walk to places, likely dropped off by the Goliath 'jack I have in mind and given enough energy to operate the guns and move small distances, or something like that. The amount of barrells....well, the mechs would likely be around 10 tall? 4 gats on each 'jack.....They might be able to run them off the excess energy produced by their steam engines.

hmmm....that is the question isn't it.....getting the bullets to the gun is likely the hardest part. I'm thinking something like the front wheels on a train, the rotary peace that turns the first and last wheels and makes the entire thing move, attached to the engine itself, would suffice? or a small piston combined with that, jutting out the back.....hmmmm....The Reaver 'jacks are likely the easiest.

Hmmmmmm....so the Reaver mechs might be my best bet, along with the Bruisers. Big Claws, Heavy front armor, etc. Would a cannon be a better choice for things that are essentially walking tanks?

no, Definately single shot as far as canonons go, one shot. And the Mech would likely load itself, having the superior strength and all. I'd only use them in seige situations, an opening volley to take down a wall, or break up a line, before having regular soldiers or the like running in.