RE: Idle Langston thoughts

On Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:02 AM, B Lin [SMTP:lin@rxkinetix.com]
wrote:
> Then there is the difficulty of energy absorption/release from the
field,
you might be able to simplify it with a shield that has X amounts of
points
and regenerates Y per turn.  But this loses the flavor of "hot spots"
and
rotation of those spots away from fire.  You might be able to split the
shield up in to 2 or more sections, each with X points, so that
concentrated
fire might be able to make a localized burn through.
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Langton Field
Mass: 10%
Cost: 5 x Mass

Each arc of the Langton Field has a rating equal to the mass of the
system.
Langton Fields cannot be combined with Screens or Reflex Fields.  The
Field
absorbs all damage up to this rating in each arc, after which the Field
has
been "burned through" and all further damage for the turn is applied
directly to the ship.  If 3 or more arcs suffer "burn through" the ship
suffers immediate hull damage equal to the rating of the field and the
field
is destroyed. 
ie: a 200 mass ship has a Langton Field of 20.	If it takes 30 points in
the
FP arc, the field burns through and the hull takes 10 points.  If the AP
and
AS also take 20 points each, the entire field fails and the ship takes
20
points to the hull from feedback (probably destroying the ship).

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies

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