Re: [FT] Hardened Systems

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>For systems (weapons, FCs, screens etc) 50% is way too much. In these
>cases, hardened systems should have 25% extra Mass and "softened" ones
>(ie, systems which add 1 to all treshold rolls, so they fail the first
>check on 5+ etc) should get a 20% Mass rebate. The cost per Mass
>shouldn't change.
>
>(I can give you the statistics supporting this as well, but it'll take
me
>several evenings to type it in :-(  )

Did someone say statistics?

Cumulative chance of loosing the system

Regular system:
1st: 16%
2nd: 50%
3rd: 100% (note that this doesn't mean it's automatically gone - it's
just
statistically gone)

Hardened system:
1st: 0%
2nd: 16%
3rd: 50%

2 x Regular system:
1st: 8%
2nd: 25%
3rd: 50%
(But you also have the advantage of being able to use both until they're
gone!)

So a 50% mass increase is actually not too far off.

Schoon