Static Jump
Jumping En Mass
About the only thing static jumps have in common with all the other jumps is that they use a parachute, and they jump out of an airplane of some sort. Static jumping is in a class of it's own. During a static line jump, you wear a parachute that is nearly uncontrollable and bulky. You exit the plane at an altitude of about 1000 feet, freefall lasts only four seconds and you are never really truly in freefall, yes you are falling, but you are attached to the plane by the static line. When the static line can stretch no further the stress caused by your body falling and the static line still being attached to the place causes your parachute to open. The static line works just like a ripcord except that it pulls it for you, you play no part in opening the parachute. Static line jumping is used mainly for dropping large amounts of soldiers at once in the least amount of time. The down side of this parachute type is that its almost uncontrollable, unlike the ram-air parachute you have very little way of turning or slowing down. You are at the mercy of gravity and the winds, you go where they take you. And landing in one of these is not very comfortable, you land with a thud, hardly anyone can land standing up, most people land on their butts. The impact with the ground can cause injury or death if you land the wrong way or tumble and hit your head on a rock or something. Image |
skill: Parachute availability: 2 cost: 1000 (new), 500 (used) scale: Character size: 8.5m diameter Body: 2D Maneuverability: 0D Move: Forward: 5; 15kph
Capsule: This is the standard dome parachute. It is circular in shape and used in mass drops of jumpers. They are unmaneuverable and descent is rapid. The jumper lands like a sack of rocks, and for every 20 kilograms that the jumper is over 100 kilograms in weigh he takes 1D damage. If the jumper is 100 kilos or less, no damage is taken. The parachute is worn on the back and activated by a static line 5 meters long. The jumper usually exits the vehicle at 400 meters or less, anything above that altitude is too risky to jump safely. |