Re: MT Missiles vs. Kra'Vak Scatter Packs

At 9:29 AM -0400 6/12/01, Roger Books wrote:
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>Looking at the damage potential of a scattergun it is painful to use
>them on fighters or Salvo Missiles.  How much more so to use them

Remember though, scatter packs are 50% less effective against Heavy 
Fighters. D6 Halved, rounded up. That provides a useful yardstick 
does it not?

(I'm guessing on the correct percentages here, statistics aren't my
forte)

PDS vs fighters 4,5 - 1; 6 - 2.  60% effective
PDS vs salvo missiles 4,5 - 1; 6 - 2. 60% effective
PDS vs Heavy Fighters 5 - 1; 6 - 2. 40% effective
PDS vs MT missiles 6 only. 20% effective?

Scatterpacks vs fighters D6. about 75% effective
Scatterpacks vs missiles D6. 90% effective (vs the d6 SMs)
Scatterpacks vs Heavy Fighters, 1/2 D6.
Scatterpacks vs MT Missiles D6???! 100% effective

Scatterpacks are very effective against Salvo Missiles or Fighters, 
and half as effective against Heavy Fighters. And totally effective 
against MT missiles?
What is a MT missile if not a very heavy Salvo Missile?

>on a More Thrust Missile?  I personally was considering using MT
>missiles to blunt that close in attack a worthwhile thing even
>if I lost 1 MT missile per scattergun used.  If Oerjan is an
>indication (and he seems to be a pretty good one) the official ruling
>will probably be 1 scattergun per MT missile.

True, but the 2-3 rate of burning those scatter packs vs the one per 
one (given the number that you can land on those very maneuverable 
Kra'Vak) is fairly significant a difference.

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