RE: [FT] armour

Wave Gun and Nova Cannon. But these are rarely used.
The real question is the cost/mass/effectiveness ratio vs. screens
and vs. the firepower that could be added for the cost/mass.

I don't have the math to compute the figures. But my impression
is that screens are more effective against beam weapons than
armor, but less (or not) effective against other weapons.

I don't have a feel for the armor vs. added firepower.

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Brian Bell
http://fly.to/ftsr/  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Books [SMTP:books@mail.state.fl.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 11:20 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: [FT] armour
> 
> On 21-Jul-99 at 11:13, Tony Francis (tony@glassghost.com) wrote:
> > Roger Books wrote:
> > 
> > > I've been looking a bit at armour and in ship design it
> > > looks like armour is a wonderful thing.
> > >
> > > Average hull mass 90 ship:
> > >
> > > First threshold @   7 hits
> > > Second threshold @ 14 hits
> > > Third threshold @  21 hits
> > > Death	      @  27 hits
> > >
> > > Weak hull mass 90, with 9 armour:
> > >
> > > First threshold @  14 hits (same as second on AVE hull)
> > > Second threshold@  19 hits
> > > Third threshold@	 23 hits
> > >  Death	     @	 27 hits
> > >
> > 
> > But not all weapons have to go through the armour before starting to
> > damage the hull. Meet a ship with the wrong (or right, depending
upon
> > which end of the barrel you are) weapon mix and your threshold
points
> > become :
> > 
> > First @ 5
> > Second @ 10
> > Third @ 14
> > Death @ 18
> > 
> > which doesn't look half as appealing.
> 
> Which weapons are you talking about?	If they are using needle
> beams and they hit enough to be significant thresholds are not
> my problem.  Beams get through armour on a re-roll, but they
> are still doing most of their damage to the armour.  Plasma
> torps do 1/2 damage to armour and 1/2 to hull, I'm still better
> shape there (10 hits to get to the first threshold, 19 for
> second).  Am I missing an important weapon?
> 
> Roger Books