Trait Scope, Core, p75. Basically you get a range bonus, not a DM to attack.

Wasn't the Azhanti the show off ship for some time? It displays a diversity of offensive firepower in a small package saying "You think this impressive? I fail to see anything impressive about the AHL, it's near complete lack of defences makes it not a combat unit, but a scouting unit (just like th...

It's not size that is impressive, it's concentrated combat power that is impressive. A few small, out-dated (pre-dreadnought) battleships wasn't all that impressive, but the numbers and ability to deploy them on the other side of the globe was impressive (to anyone but the Royal Navy). Today a tour ...

NOLATrav wrote: ↑ We could meet in the middle and say 3 kg?

Your guess is as good as any other.

Sigtrygg wrote: ↑ It's not a prototype, ...

Nothing stops you from building your entire fleet with "prototype" systems. It's just very expensive.

NOLATrav wrote: ↑ Boarding Shotgun: TL 9, Range 20m, 4D, 2kg, Cr600, 6 rds (Cr20), Zero-G, Ignore Dodge

2 kg is too light? A regular shotgun is 4 kg, and the major difference is the shell fired. Too low weight also increases recoil, which is exactly what we want to avoid.

Sigtrygg wrote: ↑ ... and the other thing of note is that it is a jump 5 ship in the year 434...

Which is perfectly acceptable in the current systems (MgT2, T5) with prototype drives.

Example:


It would also imply prototype J-8 X-boats in 1100...

CS S9 Fighting Ships, p9 wrote:Scouts: The Scout Service controls a wide variety of craft up to cruiser class, but scouts proper are vessels up to 200 tons designed for exploration, survey, and courier work.

CS S9 Fighting Ships, p9 wrote:Cruisers: ... Sizes range from 20,000 to 100,000 tons.

Why not just a laser?

The enemy presumably wears a vacc suit with armour about 10, making small pellet and fragmentation attacks ineffective.

Anything that has a cost based on a percentage of hull cost is going to be cheesy when applied to planetoids due to their low hull cost. Breakaway hulls and armor come to mind. No cheese with breakaway; cost isn't proportional to hull cost. Low cost of armoured planetoids is intended, unfortunately...

The Darrians has not had any TL-16 industry for about 2000 years.

Their industrial base was destroyed when their star misbehaved in -924.

The Imperial standard ACR - the Imperium insists on standardisation across the empire in order to simplify the supply chain. An ACR purchased of Regina will quite happily use spare parts and fire ammo purchased on Efate, or even Terra for that matter. Bah, a Delgado model Fusil modelo 487 ACR is no...

Rerednaw wrote: ↑ There wasn’t official errata or FAQ on this?

No errata needed; the rules are clear:

AnotherDilbert wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:53 am

Core, p158 wrote: If a critical hit has been inflicted upon a spacecraft, roll 2D and then consult the Critical Hits Location table. If a particular location does not apply to this spacecraft, roll again.

5D is too much damage and armour penetration, same as an Anti-Materiel Rifle, better than a HMG. The Accelerator Rifle is the same damage as a regular rifle. So perhaps 4D damage, same as a regular shotgun? Many small low energy impactors should have less penetration than a .50 cal bullet, so perhap...

So, "Armor-15, bridge, model-9, agility-6, " is not happening under 100 Dt. Percentages: Armour: 16%, Bridge: 20%, Agility-6: 17%(man)+6%(power)+6%(fuel) = 65%. Tonnages: Computer: 13(comp)+12(power)+12(fuel), Turret: 1 = 47 Dton. Minimum size: 47 / ( 1 - 65% ) ≈ 134.3 Dton. This is of course only ...

I'm sorry, but I'm not having this. If the gun's still active at full +DM, you ain't neutralised it. Sure, but what are you going to hit? A fighter can't hit fighters, and can't penetrate dampers (everything else). The point of fighters is that they are very difficult to hit? Technically you're rig...

I fear it's a mistake to include maneuver hits as a "mission kill". (1) It's still fully armed! (2) It's -agility to hit, and not -relative agility. No manoeuvre drive, no agility => trivial to hit, so dead next round. Agility is the ability of a ship to make violent maneuvers and take evasive acti...

That seems very specific, so I assume you got the chart out? Yes, always. I did the same and I make it 11/36 to disable. The following rolls will prevent it attacking (the condition i originally gave for "disable"): 2d6 - 2 vaporised; 4 computer; 9 powerplant; 10 crew; 11 fire/control (50% to hit s...

I don't recall any of us ever using a meson larger than J in our TCS. Meson J is not all that much larger, but significantly better at penetrating. It is certainly a possibility. You're right that adding nice things like agility to a ship makes them better but it's sometimes surprising how the numb...

As far as I understand resumed F-22 production is not under consideration. The alternative is the F-35. The F-35 is slower, have shorter range, less powerful radar, and lower payload (if the public stats are correct), but is much more expensive. Stealth costs. The F-35 can't supercruise either (if p...