RE: [FT] Cutter Beams & vertical damage.

I haven't read Insurrection yet.
I only included it as an option as some players might not like having
their
SDN taken out by a runaway powercore on the first turn.  It's actually
the
version I prefer.
It's not really effective against undamaged ships (although you could
get
lucky & roll a 6 on damage, followed by a 6 for the threshold check) and
as
soon as the enemy find out your ship has these things, it will have a
minimum life expectancy.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oerjan Ohlson [SMTP:oerjan.ohlson@telia.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 1:49 AM
> 
> describe below (with its option used) sounds more like the "wide-arc
> primaries" (2nd generation capital primary beams) used by the Terran
> Republican Navy in the battle of Zapata in Weber/White's
> "Insurrection"; this weapon slices a 2" wide but several meters long
> gash through the target ship. 
> 
> >Cutter Beam
> 
> Without the option below, this is considerably weaker than the P-torp
-
> lower average damage except against Phalon cruisers and capitals, and
> almost unable to inflict threshold checks. With the option, it might
be
> worthwhile.
> 
> >[option 1]: Increase the mass by 2; damage that penetrates past the
> >last damage row, make an immediate Core System check against 1 
> >random system at current value +1 per point of penetrating damage.