re: Re: Heavy Beam Notes and 2nd draft

> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:14:40 EST
> From: BDShatswell@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Heavy Beam Notes and 2nd draft
> 
> Hello Beth, Schoon, everyone!
> 
[snip]
> 
> What if there were one class of BPS?	This BPS can store up to 6 EPs
that are 
> generated in the aforementioned Schoon style.  A vessel can carry
multiple 
> one-arc BEs linked to the BPS.  If separate BPS are allowed onboard,
then a 
> system to clearly define which BEs are linked to which BPS will need
to be 
> developed.  This could be similar to the SM launcher/SM magazine
concept.  
> 
> A single standard BPS necessitates several classes of BEs as defined
below:
> 
> Class 1 Emitter -- can emit up to 2 EP (2 dice)
> Class 2 Emitter -- can emit up to 4 EP (4 dice)
> Class 3 Emitter -- can emit up to 6 EP (6 dice)
> 
[snip]
> Bill Shatswell

bill,

this is certainly simpler, but how do you represent the nasty beam
weapons 
of the vorlons and shadows that (should) do more than 6 dice?  there
would
have to be a larger class of BPS or the first ones would need to have
multiple
BPS feed a large emitter (which is an exception to a previous rule). 
hmmmm....

thanks for the food-for-thought.

dave