RE: Kinetic Shields

Hi Roger!

I don't think the Humans/Kra'Vak/Phalons are out of balance.

I don't think the K-Guns are out of balance with screens any more than
P-Torps or Salvo Missiles are. None of them are effected by screens. But
each has other balancing factors (K-Guns (C3+) are 1 arc, Salvo Missiles
are
subject to placement and PDS).

Are K-Guns out of balance if placed on non-Kra'Vak ships? Maybe. Part of
the
balancing factor of the Kra'Vak is that they have no armor or screen
technology. If you allow for cross-species systems, you might end up
with
ships with Phalon Armor (to help protect against K-Guns) and Level-1
Screens
(to protect agianst beams) on a ship with K-Guns as weapons. 

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Brian Bell
bbell1@insight.rr.com
http://www.ftsr.org/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Books [SMTP:books@mail.state.fl.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:31 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Kinetic Shields
> 
> 
> Am I the only one that feels like the FT/FB1 point system is severely
> broken when talking shields/K-guns?
> 
> Roger