Re: FT-Targeting beacons

In message <000501c08fa5$1c290500$17c2893e@inty>
	  "Bif Smith" <bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> This is the bif again, wanting comments on a idea I had a while ago
> (marker by *), but heard nothing about.I`ve had a free day, and been
> going through the old posts, reraising old ideas, and asking for
> comments. You can probably guess from the number of posts from me
> today?<G>.
> 
> Chris DeBoe said-
> 
> >Oerjan's suggestion was that 3 mass is a banzai jammer: Hull 1, armor
1,
> >main drive 6.  The big red "Welcome, Salvo Missiles!" sign costs no
mass.
> 
> This has raised a idea or two-
> 
> *Targeting beacon
> Replaces standard SML round (mass=2)
> Range=ER SML (got to have some advantages for no dammage)
> Cost=x4
> Dammage=none, instead, any round(s) that suvive PDS lock a homing
beacon
> onto the hull of the ship targeted. This beacon allows any SML fired
at the
> ship with the beacon to gain a +1 to the number of missiles to hit
role, and
> also bypassed the "banzai jammer" and/or the target the nearest ship.
Effect
> negated by ECM (indevidual or area).

Is that +1 if any get through, or +1 _per_ beacon that gets through?

Charles

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> BIF