Re: needle beams

You *missed* the NB discussion?? Bummer, I was in NB Heaven!

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:00:11 -0700 (PDT) Shawn M Mininger
<smininger@yahoo.com> writes:
>Howdy folks, this is a two part question.
>
>First, does anyone happen to know mass and cost of
>normal needle beam?  I think it's mass:2 cost:6 but I
>don't have my books handy (loaned them to a friend)
>
>Second, NI SkunkWorks proposed a Heavy NeedleBeam. 
>Stats are as follows:
>
>=======================================================
>Heavy Needle Beam
>=======================================================
>
>0-12" HNB's act as two normal Needle beams, targeting
>the same system on the same ship. 
>
>12-24” HNB’s can fire a single normal needle beam die.
>
>If two sixes are rolled vs. Main drive (or any other
>two-hit system), it is totally destroyed.
>
>Two sixes vs. single hit systems, destroys the
>targeted system, cause 1 point of hull damage, and the
>extra hit gets rerolled as a normal beam (skipping
>armor). 
>
>Mass		   Cost 		Note
>5		   15			One arc only.
>
>
>I think this is about perfect, but my bussie says that
>it's too cheap.....he thinks that the extra range
>should be MUCH more expensive.  I'd be willing to up
>the mass to 6 and the cost to 18, but that's about it.
>
>What do you think?
>
>
>=====
>Thank You,
>
>Shawn M Mininger
>
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