RE: [FT] K'V Armour Vs. Weapons

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From: "Dean Gundberg" <dean.gundberg@noridian.com>
To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: RE: [FT] K'V Armour Vs. Weapons
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:45:31 -0600
Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU

Schoon wrote:
> By so aptly comparing RGs to PTs, we have our answer. Armour affects 
them
> in the same way...
> Level 1 Armour - subtract 1 from damage
> Level 2 Armour - subtract 2 from damage
>
> "Wait !" I hear you say. "Doesn't this mean that Class 1 RGs are
> ineffective against armoured targets ?" Yup.

The subtracted damage is from total damage I assume and not per hit 
rolled
since you  don't mention Class2 RGs not hitting.  So for a Class2 to do
damage to a ship with Level 2 armour, both rolls would have to be hits.

Beam 1s still do damage to human armour and given time will destroy any
other human ship.  Class1 RGs with the armour level rules you have above

can
never do any damage to an armoured ships no matter how much time they 
have.
I don't think making an armoured ship totally impervious to Class1 
railguns
is a good idea.

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However, if a wet navy analogy is appropriate, the 5 inch guns on a DD 
won't even scratch the hide of an Iowa class BB.  Perhaps armor is able 
to absorb the damage from the smaller kinetic projectiles, while giving 
way (vaporizing away? though maybe slowly) to energy weapons fire?

My 0.02 American

JimC

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