Re: FCS and PBL was Re: Classed Weapons

Jared Hilal wrote:

>>>>The PBL *itself* increases linearly... but unlike virtually every
other 
>>>>weapon type, you need one active FCS for *each* PBL you fire.
>>>
>>>Really?  I just re-read the Phalon section of FB2 and this is not 
>>>mentioned in either the PBL section or the FCS section.
>>
>>Yes, really. It is very easy to miss and should've been expressed much

>>clearer (and *will* be expressed much clearer whenever the next
edition 
>>of Full Thrust comes out - Any Decade Now), but it is there:
>>
>>"Note that an operational fire-control system is required in order for
a 
>>Phalon ship to launch A PLASMA BOLT, ..." [emphasis added].
>>
>>If a single FCS had been sufficient to launch multiple plasma bolts in
a 
>>single turn it would've said "...to launch plasma BOLTS, ..." instead.
>
>If it was intended that a FCS was required for EACH plasma bolt
launched, 
>then it should expressly state so,

I did say that it should have been expressed more clearly, didn't I?

Regards,

Oerjan
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