RE: MT Missiles vs. Kra'Vak Scatter Packs

First off, I assume that we mean the KV Scatterguns not Submunitions
packs
(which cannot attack fighters/missiles).

According to Oerjan (official playtester), that the verbage on p.7 of
Fleetbook 1 under PDS applies to MT Missiles and Salvo Missiles when it
states "A roll of ... 4-5 kills 1 missile...while a 6 kills 2..." except
that you are targeting each MT Missile separately, so 1 is the maximum
kill
from a single PDS. The same would apply to the Anti-Fighter/Missile
systems
in FB2 as well.

So MT missiles are no harder to hit than Salvo Missiles by PDS and other
Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Missile weapons under Fleet Book rules. The only
difference is that you have to target each missile seperatly (instead of
a
salvo of missiles). Any "spillover fire" (fire that would have damaged
more
than one missile) is lost.

FB2 indicates that a KV Scattergun kills 1-6 fighters or missiles.

I, too, prefered to keep the MT reading of the MT Missiles where they
are
only hit on a roll of a 6 for PDS style weapons. Since Scatterguns do
about
3 times the damage of a PDS in a single shot, I would have probably give
any
Scattergun a 50/50 chance to hit an MT missile (hit on 4+).

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Brian Bell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Gill [SMTP:rmgill@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 12:42 PM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	RE: MT Missiles vs. Kra'Vak Scatter Packs
> 
> At 6:41 AM -0400 6/11/01, Bell, Brian K (Contractor) wrote:
> >Since Scatter Packs roll 1-6 for damage and an MT Missile only has 1
> damage
> >point, it is an automatic kill. But the Scatter Packs must target
each MT
> >Missile individually.
> 
> 
> How do you balance the fact that MT missiles are more difficult for 
> PDS and fighters to engage?
> 
> For example, PDS will take down MT missiles on a 6 where as Salvo 
> Missiles are handled as for beams. Thats greatly smaller chance (1 in 
> 6) than with SMs or Fighters. I've always taken it to be represented 
> by the fact that MT missiles have a higher energy terminal phase as 
> well as a large number of advanced penetration aids and decoys.
> 
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