Re: FT: One question, was THEY CAME! THEY CAME!!!!!!

Roger Books wrote:

> > At 07:43  11/02/02 -0800, 2B^2 wrote:
> > >OK, I read through FT, FB!, and part of FB2.  One wuestion. 
According 
>to
> > >FB2, K-1's can be used in PDS mode and kill 1 fighter on a roll of
5 or 
>6.
> > >Given the rest of the games rules, is it reasonable to assume they
kill 
>a
> > >HEAVY fighter on a roll of 6 only?
> >
> > Possibly not, heavy fighters are protected as per a level 1 screen,
and
> > screens don't effect k-guns.
>
>I'm going to have to disagree here.  The book says they are protected
>similarly to a screen, not as a screen. I believe it says they are
>more strongly constructed.
>
>As a point of reference those Kra'Vak shotgun things kill 1-6 fighters
>or half that many heavy fighters.  I read this one two nights ago
>trying to figure out how to deal with Kra'Vak.

That's how I read it too - stroger hulls, armor, just all-around more
robust 
- not necessarily screened.  That's why I was thinking the L-1 kill on 6

only would be a valid assumption.

2B^2

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