RE: Fleet Book Rules Q
From: "Dean Gundberg" <dean.gundberg@n...>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 16:40:11 -0600
Subject: RE: Fleet Book Rules Q
> 1) take Mark's suggestion above, assuming that Heavy Fighters'
> armour gives
> them the same kind of protection as when fired at by PDS, or
>
> 2) leave the rule as written - Heavy fighters take damage from class-1
> beams just as normal fighters, and gain no extra benefit. The argument
for
> this is that the beam, pulse, (whatever) fired by a class-1 beam is
MUCH
> more powerful than that fired by a PDS battery, and if it hits at all
it
> will cut through any armour that a fighter can carry with equal ease -
the
> reduced hit chance represents the relative difficulty of tracking
> a fighter
> with an antiship mount compared to a dedicated PDS, but if it hits it
will
> kill.
>
> Opinions?
I understand why #1 can make sense but prefer #2 since I don't see the
class-1's reducing power levels when firing at fighters.
Dean