Re: Would like FeedBack on these 2 FT systems

Back from the holidays again:

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>> >And the Second is:
>> >AA Battery from More Thrust Book
>> >What in FT(2.5) should the mass/point cost be
>>
>>A bit more powerful than the B4; I'd suggest MASS ~10 for cost
3xMass).
>>(Without the burn-out it'd be nearly as powerful as a B*5*.)
>>
>>Signing off for a week now,
>>***
>
>Bummer; I was wondering if the difference is the larger fire arcs or
>something I missed.

Good point; above I had assumed that DOC was going to use the FT/FB 
60-degree arcs. With a 90-degree fire arcs the AA would be a bit bigger 
still (about half an arc's worth of bigger :-/ )

The main reason why the AA is more powerful than the B4 is that it has
18mu 
range bands instead of 12mu ones, so the number of beam dice it can fire
at 
each range are:

Range:	B4	AA	B5
0-6		4	4	5
6-12		4	4	5
12-18		3	4	4
18-24		3	3	4
24-30		2	3	3
30-36		2	3	3
36-42		1	2	2
42-48		1	2	2
48-54		-	2	1
54-60		-	-	1

IOW, without the burnout the AA is clearly stronger than the B4 but not 
quite as powerful as the B5. The burnout reduces the value of the weapon

(46% chance of burning out at range 0-18, 14% at range 18-36 and 3% at 
range 36-54), but it is still a pretty powerful long-range weapons and 
ships large enough to carry these things tend to have enough DCPs to get

them back in working order relatively quickly so it isn't quite as bad
as 
it looks.

Doug, did this answer your questions?

/Oerjan

oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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