Solomani666
Mongoose
Any rules on this?
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Damage From Nukes Detonated Within A Ship
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far-trader
Mongoose
Solomani666 said:
Not that I've seen. At least not directly.*
Solomani666 said:
Dead ship. Blown to bits. Irradiated. No chance of survivors or salvage. Area littered with expanding cloud of rapidly moving bits that may be a hazard to nearby small craft.
* indirectly a critical hit result of ship destroyed may well be from such, rather than a near miss
Solomani666
Mongoose
In T&G the have what is called a suicide drone that does just that. What king of effect would it have on a large battleship?
ShadowDrake
Mongoose
Probably still gut it. Even the biggest battleships aren't big enough to absorb a nuclear blast in the middle of their lightly armored interior hull. Even the smallest nuke detonated on a Tigress would probably leave it crippled.
As for rules, though, I got nothing
As for rules, though, I got nothing
iainjcoleman
Banded Mongoose
The blast, thermal and radiation effects of a nuclear weapon depend on a lot of factors, but you can get a good idea of the orders of magnitude here:
Effects of Nuclear Explosions
From the table, a very small 1kt nuke would completely destroy all structures within a diameter of about 400m, with the thermal energy causing a conflagration within a 1000m diameter, and prompt radiation killing all human beings within a 1600m diameter. (The details are a bit more complicated than that, but you get the idea.)
From the deckplans, a Tigress is about 290m across in its largest dimension. Do, as they say, the math.
I don't think there's any need for a rule more complex than "ship is dead".
Effects of Nuclear Explosions
From the table, a very small 1kt nuke would completely destroy all structures within a diameter of about 400m, with the thermal energy causing a conflagration within a 1000m diameter, and prompt radiation killing all human beings within a 1600m diameter. (The details are a bit more complicated than that, but you get the idea.)
From the deckplans, a Tigress is about 290m across in its largest dimension. Do, as they say, the math.
I don't think there's any need for a rule more complex than "ship is dead".
Solomani666
Mongoose
How would you handle a hit from the Suicide Drone in T&G?
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far-trader
Mongoose
Chernobyl said:the weapon is described as a "bomb pumped laser torpedo warhead" whatever that is. it doesn't say nuke...
...but that is what they are
(and it should properly be described as a "nuclear bomb pumped x-ray laser" warhead fwiw)There are no details in the rules, but there are plenty elsewhere. It was a real proposed weapon system before it was borrowed for sci-fi games. The basic idea is a small nuclear bomb and some kind of focusing rod. The high energy release of the nuke is transferred and focused in/by the rods becoming a directed and aimed x-ray laser. A very high power but short burst one. Theoretically anyway
A bomb pumped laser torpedo is initially a torpedo type weapon. Then when it gets within range of the enemy ship (normally outside PD range), it detonates a nuclear weapon, and uses the energy from that to power a powerful laser mounted in the head of the torpedo.
End result is a great big laser heading at your ship from relatively close range. Advantages are massive power that your ship probably couldn't provide, and the delivery method making point defence... interesting...
EDIT: Far-trader got their first
End result is a great big laser heading at your ship from relatively close range. Advantages are massive power that your ship probably couldn't provide, and the delivery method making point defence... interesting...
EDIT: Far-trader got their first
middenface
Cosmic Mongoose
Interesting, I'm building a drone loaded DD - I was thinking of it carrying 8 drones, either as fighters or smart cruise - bomb pumped lasers, nasty and backed up with Thrust 6 and a 50T Torpedoe bay...
Hey Dan did you get my PM?
Hey Dan did you get my PM?
alex_greene
Guest
Forget counting the damage with numbers. Use the basic rule from 2000AD's The VCs - "You're hit, you're dead."
Better to evade than try and tough it out, unless your ships have nuclear dampers and/or black globes.
Better to evade than try and tough it out, unless your ships have nuclear dampers and/or black globes.
iainjcoleman
Banded Mongoose
Chernobyl said:
"Did you pack your luggage yourself? Does it contain any sharp objects, liquids or nuclear explosives?"
Solomani666
Mongoose
Chernobyl said:the weapon is described as a "bomb pumped laser torpedo warhead" whatever that is. it doesn't say nuke...
No details are given on these weapon systems in the core rules or T&G, so I say....ask mongoose!
It is a nuke.
See HG
Solomani666
Mongoose
Suicide Drone - T&G Page 3:
far-trader
Mongoose
barnest2 said:
Yeah, that quote makes no sense to me at all either. An editing change that didn't get caught? I'd hate to think it's actually what the author meant to write.
AlphaWhelp
Mongoose
maybe it is the same kind of warhead that the bomb pumped torpedo uses to power its laser, not that the drone itself delivers an entire bomb pumped torpedo.
