Re: Nuclear Pumped Laser Missiles

On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Mike Miserendino wrote:

[missiles cause 2d6]

> For standard missiles that's right.  In addition, a needle missile
does 1D6
> as well as possibly knocking out a specific system (overspray? ;) ). 
In any
> case, I find the rules do a fine job of representing missile damage,
as
> taking a missile hit is no small matter.

I find needle missiles mighty strange. To fire a needle beam, you need
lots of scanner capacity (ie, they require a dedicated firecon). How,
then, can a mere missile carry scanners powerful enough? 

Oerjan Ohlson

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 What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
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