RE: Kinetic Shield; was Re:FT-HET Lasers

At the last GZGECC, I ran a game with pre-Fleet-Book Sa'Vasku.
They had shield levels that could absorbe 3 points of any type damge
per TURN. This made them seem very tough.

In 1 on 1 battles or small group engagements, the shields were 
stronger than screens (plus protected against weapons other than
beams). But with a large number of ships concentrating fire, the shields
were weaker than beams.

Still, not a bad mechanic.

You could have a Tractor Beam Defense Grid (TDG). A ship is mounted
with a number of small Tractor Beam projectors and a sensor system 
similar to the PDS sensors. It looks for projectile style weapons
(K-Guns,
missiles, etc.) and projects a tractor beam to deflect the projectile.
The system can deflect a limited number of attacks each turn*. This
system
has the same mass/cost as screens. An additional layer of Tractor Beam
projectors/sensors may be added** (same cost as level 2 screens). This
weapon is not effective against energy weapons columnar energy weapons
(Beams, Stingers, etc.), but is effective against plasma weapons
(P-Torps,
Phalon Plasma, etc.) and weapons with projected matter (missiles,
stinger nodes, K-Guns). It is not effective against fighters (PSB
fighters 
are too slow to fall within the parameters of system or are agile enough
to
still attack after the beams have pushed them). This system is
incompatable
with screens (the tractor beams are disrupted by screens).
* Absorbs the first 3 poinst of non-beam type damage in a given turn.
** Combined system absorbs the first 6 points of non-beam type damage in

a given turn.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter C [SMTP:petrov_101@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:04 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: Kinetic Shield; was Re:FT-HET Lasers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker <s_schoon@pacbell.net>
> >Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> >To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> >Subject: Kinetic Shield; was Re:FT-HET Lasers
> >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:25:05 -0800
> >
> >>As for K.H.Ranitzsch, saying that too many weapons ignore sheilds
> already,
> >>how about another idea, the MAGNETIC PARTICAL SHEILDING.
> >
> >I don't care for the idea of "improved shields" against everything as
> >you described, but I do like the idea of a "kinetic" style shield
> >that protects against the stuff that "beam-style" shields don't.
> >Maybe not everything, but definitely K-guns, submunitions, etc.
> >
> >That way "old" shields are not rendered instantly obsolete by the new
> >system, which I think would be a little over the top.
> >
> >Schoon
> 
> I use "kinetic" style shields for my FT games.  Call them "Deflectors"

> (original... huh ;) 'cause they deflect K-gun projectiles.  Same
cost/mass
> 
> as normal FT shields.  Protects as the original armor rules from More 
> Thrust.
> 
> Pete
> 
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