RE: [FTFB] Fleet Book Kra'Vak

I can think of a couple of things (if anyone actually receives this!)

Your railguns don't really mass enough compared to beam weapons.  A
better comparison is the damage potential of P-Torps.
			Damage per mass point (unscreened target)
			range 0-6"	range 24-30"
class-1(6-arc)		0.798		0.000 
class-3 (1-arc) 	0.599		0.199 
P-torp (1-arc)		0.720		0.145 (no rerolls)
railgun-1 (3-arc)		1.340		0.350
railgun-2 (1-arc)		1.340		0.350
railgun-3 (1-arc)		1.012		0.262
(Schoon's railgun versions - with reroll damage)

As you can see, the railguns are about 60% more efficient against an
un-screened ship, which argues for at least a 50% mass increase for
railguns.

The scattergun would be better to compare to a sub-munition pack rather
than class-1 due to it's expendable nature & higher damage curve (2.396
damage per mass at 0-6").  Leaving them as mass 1 but reducing the
antiship/antifighter range to 6" still makes it more efficient than
human tech, but running out of fighter defences is a Bad Thing (tm).


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-----Original Message-----
From:	Sean Bayan Schoonmaker [SMTP:schoon@aimnet.com]
Speaking of which... any comments on the Kra'Vak stuff I posted?

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Class 1 RAILGUN - 1 MASS, 4-arc fire
Class 2 RAILGUN - 2 MASS, 2-arc fire
Class 3 RAILGUN - 4 MASS, 1-arc fire
POINT COST = 4 per MASS
<snip>
Scattergun Charge - 2 MASS
POINT COST = 4 per MASS