Re: MT Heavy Missiles and Ship Defenses

On 21-May-01 at 21:15, David Griffin (carbon_dragon@yahoo.com) wrote:
> --- Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@juno.com> wrote:
> ...
> > I have Full Thrust Fleet Book: Volume 1 in front of
> > me	-  
> > 
> > FT2:
> > 
> > Page 7;
> > 
> > Class-1 Beam batteries as point-defence
> > 
> > "...Class-1 beams may act as secondary point-defence
> > systems against both
> >  fighters or missiles...rolls of 1-4 are misses,
> > while 5 or 6 each kill
> > ONE missile or fighter; 6 allows a reroll, as
> > usual..."
> > 
> > That's how Class-1's take down MT missiles...
> > 
> 
> There is a precedent for MT missiles being 
> harder to kill then salvo missiles (and the
> real rule if it exists isn't easy to see from the
> book), However, even if you use the above
> as your guide, a reroll hardly makes since
> since a salvo missile is a single unit, not
> a salvo, so what would a reroll allow you do
> do -- kill the missile more than once?

Kind of like the re-roll you get when there is only
1 fighter left in the squadron?