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Re: [SG] weapons

From: "Matt Tope" <mptope@o...>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:56:59 -0000
Subject: Re: [SG] weapons

Karl Heinz wrote:

>Roger Burton West schrieb:
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:20:08PM -0000, Matt Tope
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Excuse my ignorance, but what are sand casters? I've
>> seen the term used on the list once or thrice, is it some kind of
>>scattergun
>> type device?
>>
>> The term originates with Traveller, I believe, where they
>> were a defensive weapon which deployed large clouds of
>> sensor-absorbent material (generically "sand", but it was implied
>>that
> this fulfilled the function of chaff, IR-blocking smoke, etc.) to
>>impair
>> enemy targeting abilities.

>Right. To expand a bit, Traveller was/is the original SF role-playing
>game, with a fairly extensive spaceship section.

>IIRC, the sand casters' cloud also were to a degree able to absorb beam
>weapons and to harm incoming missiles.

>Scattergun is a rough (but more powerful) equivalent in FT

So in FT terms it would combine the effects of a scattergun, with a
Phalon
Vapour shroud, and being in a nebula. Nifty stuff.

Regards,

Matt Tope

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