Re: Fleet Book Rules Q

My vote is for option 2. I agree that an anti-ship weapon that can
manage to hit something as small as a fighter is going to render it
combat ineffective no matter what.
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Jim 'Jiji' Foster / jfoster@nospam.kansas.net / Jiji @ AnimeMUCK

On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:52:49    Ground Zero Games wrote:
>>Here's something that came up in tonight's FFA game that needs an
"official
>>ruling" and a FAQ entry.
>>
>>Heavy Fighters vs. Class-1-Beams-as-PDS
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>>The behavior of Class 1 beams used as PDS firing at Heavy Fighters
("4's
>>have no effects") is undefined.  Since Class 1 beams vs fighters
normally
>>only hit on a 5&6 anyway - doing 1 kill on success - "ignoring 4's" is
a
>>NOP as written.
>>
>>We SWAG'd a rule that the Class 1 "PDS" against Heavy Fighters only
hit on
>>a roll of 6 - which properly 'degrades' the effectiveness in a manner
>>similar to those suffered by the regular PDS, but I would like an
official
>>ruling on this :).
>>
>>TIA!
>
>Well, before making an [OFFICIAL] ruling I'd like other list members'
>opinions on this - there are two ways to argue it:
>
>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?
>
>Jon (GZG)
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>>Mark "Hauptmann" Shurtleff
>>  email: hauptman@sfcmd.com -or- hauptman@concentric.net
>>  visit the Gear Locker at http://www.sfcmd.com/HeavyGear
>>
>> Finagle's Law:
>>   The perversity of the Universe tends towards the maximum.
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