Re: [FT] Weapon of the Week - AM-SM

In message <006701c09178$aabd2740$dffc0e3f@pavilion>
	  "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:

> > With SML salvoes, we're not limited to making them 6 actual missiles
> to be
> > shot down.	At Mass 19 for a single salvo, I'd rather take a
> Wavegun.
> >
> > How about simplifying the mechanics down.
> >
> > 3 mass AM-SM (AMSaM) salvo = 2 die Plasmabolt, 24" range.
> > Defence resolution is resolved as normal against the Plasmabolt.
> >
> > PSB: Area detonation is harder to target, as the missiles aren't
> using
> > terminal manoeuvres for a hull contact detonation.
> 
> Basically firing a shotgun blast of antimatter pellets.  This is good.
> 
> (anything that increases the demand for antimatter is good.  Forward
> Power Station is a major economic factor in the Alarishi Empire, and
> one of the leading antimatter suppliers in human space)
>
Well, in that case - do _you_ agree with the revised stats we've hacked
together so far? - or not?