Re: Vertical Damage

I have been thinking more about the Vertical Damage Weapon--you
may have heard the gears grinding--and I've come up with two
options:
a) a cutter beam does 1d6 like a PTorp, but vertically.  If you
get to the end of a column with one shot, you do 1 threshold at
5+; if you knock out two columns in one shot, you do a 4+
threshold, etc.

b) Roll as Beam dice but also roll 1d6 for location.  1-3 is
first track (ie armor, if the ship has it), 4-5 is 2nd, 6 is
reroll; reroll 1-3 is 3rd track, 4-5 is 4th track, 6 is 5th track
(last hull row for an armored ship).