Re: [SGII] Fire of AT Missiles at disperesed tagets

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:06:02 +0100, John Atkinson
<johnmatkinson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:25:36 +1100, Beth.Fulton@csiro.au
> <Beth.Fulton@csiro.au> wrote:
> 
> > other backgrounds. One of the backgrounds I use it in has a power
where
> > their anti-armour is small enough that ammo is no longer a
restriction
> > factor (I'm guessing the same would be true for Star Trek-like
> > background where you just dialup the phaser appropriately). In a
> > background like that it wouldn't be doctrine anymore so something
very
> > different could pan out I'd expect.
> 
> So, if you can just dialup the phaser appropriately, then why would
> you ever use it on the lower setting?
> 
> John

There's a couple reasons. Why waste that much battery power
incernating a single person, when a low setting can still guarentee a
kill but give you enough charge for another five shots. Another
possibility is windup. Perhaps it takes a few seconds for the emitter
to charge to full for the heavy shots, whereas it can cycle faster on
a lower setting.