Re: Fleet Book beam weapon questions

>Hello all,
>
>I seem to recall Jon mentioning a couple of months ago that an
EFSB-style
>"Heavy Beam System" was being considered for the new Fleet Book.  I
have
>not seen any mention of this system in the recent reviews.  Did it make
it
>past playtesting?  Or did it just not fit in with the new beam weapon
rules?

We decided NOT to include it in the FB - too much to get in already, and
it
is rather a genre-specific system that didn't really fit here. It WILL
probabaly be in FT3 proper.
>
>Is the class 4 beam weapon more like the EFSB class 4 pulse battery or
the
>old AA beam battery?  (ie, does it use the same 12" range bands as the
>others now?)

Like EFSB; it is just a bigger beam, using all basic rules. The special
rules for the AA batt are now defunct.
>
>If so, would larger beam weapons follow the same progression?	(double
the
>mass, add a range band, increase dice by one per band - assuming thats
>still the same)

Yes. this is explained in the FB, you can now have as big a beam as you
like, but above class 4 to 5 they become VERY non-cost-effective.

Jon (GZG)
>
>Thanks.
>
>Jeff