Re: SaVasku Needle POD

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	  NGarbett@STSSystems.com wrote:

> Any one like to agree or shoot down in flames the following idea.
> 
> Needle POD
> 
> 1 bio mass   3 power	range 36"
> All ships within 6" take a hit as per one needle beam on  a roll of a
5 or
> 6.
> 
> 
> A bit like the effect of one of those Star Wars X ray laser
satellites,
> looked like 
> a WWII mine, that the US were thinking about developing to shoot down
ICBMs
> 
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Hmm.. how does it know which systems on the target ships to attack?

I did come up with my own idea for a needle pod, it was a modified lance
pod that tageted a single designated system on the target vessel, cf.
needle beam.

3 power, 1 bio mass, Range 12 MU, roll damage as 1 beam dice (no
re-rolls, but penetrating), if the roll was a 6, then the target system
is damaged or destroyed.

On the subject of pods, other ideas I had:

Gunge pods (also called much ruder things by DC parties - q.v.)

This pod costs the standard 3 power, 1 biomass, and has a range of 12
MU, when it hits the target ship, it bursts into splatters of a quick
setting bio-epoxy goop, covering part of the target ship.

Roll a threshold check for all non-core systems on the target, with the
threshold number based on the size of the ship:

1-100: 4,5, or 6
101-200: 5 or 6
200+: 6

If a system fails the check, it is covered in goop and is inoperable
until cleaned (by damage control parties, at the usual chance of success
for repairs).

Gas Pods/Vapour Pods

3 power, 1 biomass, range: 18 MU, these create a cloud of vapour round
the target vessel which lasts until the end of the current turn. The
cloud acts in all ways as a vapour shroud (ship has level-2 screen
protection, but cannot attack at all).

I also considered a giant pod launcher capable of launching swarms of
drones (cf. a giant interceptor pod), in a similar manner to that
propsed by Nyrath in the SV womb mod for fighters thread, and inspired
by the same source.

Charles
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