Re: Fleet Book Rules Q

> Date: 	 Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:52:49 +0000
> To:		 gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> From: 	 Ground Zero Games <jon@gzero.dungeon.com>
> Subject:	 Re: Fleet Book Rules Q
> Reply-to:	 gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU

I vote for option (2).

> >Here's something that came up in tonight's FFA game that needs an
"official
> >ruling" and a FAQ entry.
> >
> >Heavy Fighters vs. Class-1-Beams-as-PDS
> >---------------------------------------
> >The behavior of Class 1 beams used as PDS firing at Heavy Fighters
("4's
> >have no effects") is undefined.  Since Class 1 beams vs fighters
normally
> >only hit on a 5&6 anyway - doing 1 kill on success - "ignoring 4's"
is a
> >NOP as written.
> >
> >We SWAG'd a rule that the Class 1 "PDS" against Heavy Fighters only
hit on
> >a roll of 6 - which properly 'degrades' the effectiveness in a manner
> >similar to those suffered by the regular PDS, but I would like an
official
> >ruling on this :).
> >
> >TIA!
> 
> Well, before making an [OFFICIAL] ruling I'd like other list members'
> opinions on this - there are two ways to argue it:
> 
> 1) take Mark's suggestion above, assuming that Heavy Fighters' armour
gives
> them the same kind of protection as when fired at by PDS, or
> 
> 2) leave the rule as written - Heavy fighters take damage from class-1
> beams just as normal fighters, and gain no extra benefit. The argument
for
> this is that the beam, pulse, (whatever) fired by a class-1 beam is
MUCH
> more powerful than that fired by a PDS battery, and if it hits at all
it
> will cut through any armour that a fighter can carry with equal ease -
the
> reduced hit chance represents the relative difficulty of tracking a
fighter
> with an antiship mount compared to a dedicated PDS, but if it hits it
will
> kill.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Jon (GZG)
> >
> >===================================================================
> >Mark "Hauptmann" Shurtleff
> >  email: hauptman@sfcmd.com -or- hauptman@concentric.net
> >  visit the Gear Locker at http://www.sfcmd.com/HeavyGear
> >
> > Finagle's Law:
> >   The perversity of the Universe tends towards the maximum.
> >===================================================================
> 
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