RE: Hitting with B5 Beams

>On Monday, December 22, 1997 3:26 AM, Kelvin
[SMTP:kx.henderson@qut.edu.au] 
>wrote:
>> I have a question about the beam weapons though.  I noticed that you
don't
>> need to roll-to-hit with them.  You simply roll a D6 and subtract the
range
>> mods.  Is this right?  At 6MU and less you auto hit with the suckers?
>
>Yes - you auto hit / they have a 60 degree arc which makes them a
little
>more difficult to target, as in the show they rarely miss at close
range as 
>they
>are Nearly Fast As Light weapons.

Yes, confirmed - auto-hit at up to 6mu, so don't get too close to one of
these!! :)

>
>For shadows you could do the same but with no range mod :-/
>
>BTW no answer on my cascade damage question, is in 'greater than' or
'greater 
>than or equal' for cascade damage? Rules say former, the rules example
the 
>latter.

The example is correct - sorry, ambiguous wording in the rule itself!

Jon (GZG)
>
>sincerely
>tim jones
>--
>Reality is for those who can't cope with Science Fiction.