Re: Damn the torpedoes

In message <199703261407.JAA13212@sparczilla.East.Sun.COM> Joachim Heck
- SunSoft writes:

>   So I've heard various arguments one way and the other about A vs
> Torp vs Big Ships and I decided to take a quick look at the numbers.
> They came out more favorably (for the torpedo) than I would have
> expected.
> 
> 
> Weapon	Screen	0-6	6-12	12-18	18-24	24-36	Total  
d/in
> 
> A	3	.5	.5	.33	.33	.17	1.83	.05
> A	2	1	1	.67	.67	.33	4.00	.11
> A	1	1.5	1.5	1	1	.5	5.50	.15
> A	0	2	2	1.33	1.33	.67	11.33	.31
> PT	ANY	2.33	1.75	1.17	.58	0	5.83	.24
[...]
>   Well this is all sort of out of the blue but if anyone has any
> comments, fire away!

It looks like you forgot to factor in their relative mass.

Multiply the A battery results by 5, the PTT by 3 to give 15 mass
of weapons.

Weapon...............0-6...6-12..12-18..18-24  
5x A vs 3 shields....2.5....2.5....1.6....1.6 etc. 
5x A vs 0 shields.....10.....10....6.6....6.6 etc.
3x PTT.................7....5.3....3.5....1.8
(15x SMP..............30.....20.....10)

So, at a range of 0-18 a PTT does 2-to-3-times as much damage as
an A-batt against a triply-shielded ship.

-- 
David Brewer