[FT] Simple EW
From: Roger Books <books@m...>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:28:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [FT] Simple EW
I see many complicated systems for EW that look neat, but that
1 hour lunch break doesn't allow that much complexity. What
we are going to try is this
Visual ID and all info on ship:
0-12 (basing this on the fact that a needle beam can pick out targets)
Civilian Sensors
0-12 ship mass
12-24 targetting info
Military Sensors
0-12 ship ID
12-24 ship mass
24-36 targetting info
Enhanced sensors (1 mass) shift this up one, so:
0-24 ship ID
24-36 ship mass
36-48 targetting info
Superior sensors (2 mass) shift up another one so:
0-36 ship ID
36-48 ship mass
48-60 targetting info
ECM requires 5% of the ships mass, 1 mass minimum
It has two modes:
Mode 1, "hide mode"
Reduces the range brackets by 1, so Standard Military sensors are:
0-12 ship mass
12-24 targetting info
Mode 2, "mimic mode"
In ranges where sensors may detect mass a ship using mimicry
EW may increase it's apparent mass by 50 for each mass of
the ECM system.
Both detection and ECM systems cost 5 per mass of the system.
No die rolls, quick and easy. Does it all sound plausible?
Roger Books