Hello. First time poster here. I’ve been playing CDDA for a few days now.
Anyway, I just wanted to explore if the following is a valid strategy and an alternative to using serious explosives. What I hope to do is to build an excessively armored vehicle and drive it through a military base wall. There’s this military base near my very first starting location and its existence has been taunting me ever since. I don’t have explosives or military IDs, or whatever is needed to normally access them, but what I am about to have is the capability of building a vehicle. So, is it possible to build like a 10-ton battering ram that goes like 300mph? What sort of results should I expect upon the collision? Also, would I be able to run over a couple of turrets while I’m doing that, or would the collision with the turrets stop the vehicle dead in the tracks? Should my character wear the sturdiest armor I can find while I’m driving in order to minimize the collision damage to him? Should I pull this off during night, under the cover of darkness, so that the turrets would hopefully react much later as I speed towards them?
That’s of course just the first part of my current action plan. I have no idea what I’ll find inside a military base and I don’t really want to know. After the crash, I was thinking I’d take out the rest of the turrets with smoke grenades, followed by hand grenades, or at least I’m assuming turrets can’t see through smoke. I could possibly even carry a dynamite charge or something right next to a turret, under the cover of smoke. Hell, I’ll even build hasty wood walls around them if the smoke lasts, to block the line of sight permanently.
I have to mention first that I have not piloted a vehicle in CDDA yet. I don’t know what to expect. I’ve read a whole bunch about the vehicle construction though (with a grin on my face). Would it possible to place the driver’s seat somewhere in the back, so that it’ll be the least likely spot to take damage in the collision and the incoming turret gunfire? I’ve also read that if you fly (through the windshield), and land in water, you won’t take damage at all. This might sound looney but would it possible to build a swimming pool in the front section of the vehicle, or should I just expect to fly way past the front of the car, possibly slamming the concrete wall of the military base? Do seatbelts keep the driver in place no matter what the speed is at the collision moment?
Also, since the military base in question is almost in the forest, and the ground is grass, would a nearby forest fire help me in anyway? Do fires spread on grass? Although right now I can’t remember if the base’s immediate surroundings were concrete or grass. The fire and the resulting smoke might provide visual cover but the fire might damage the vehice if I drive through it.
So… is any of this doable? Can I punch a vehicle through concrete or whatever the military base walls are made of?
