Re: [FT] What would you make this cost

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, McCarthy, Tom wrote:

> I'm thinking about a vapour shroud variant to simulate a cloaking
device.
> 
> The vapour shroud is:
> 
> MASS: 5% of ship's MASS
> Cost: 3xMASS
> When active, owner cannot fire any weapons or launch or recover
fighters.
> Attackers treat owning ship as doubly screened.
> 
> The cloaking device might be:
> 
> MASS: 5% of ship's MASS
> Cost: Ship's MASS ?
> When active, owner cannot fire any weapons or launch or recover
fighters, or
> have other screens active.  For fighters or missiles to attack the
owner,
> they must be within 2 units at the end of ship movement.  For a ship
to
> target the owner, the ship must successfully scan the ship (roll 5 or
6 on
> D6 or get 2 "hits" from a 3D6 "attack" on a doubly screened target
(close to
> equivalent)), then treats the target as singly-screened.

Call this a 'jammer' instead of a cloak, maybe. I like it, maybe cost
equals MASSx5 or x4?

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
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