Damage From Nukes Detonated Within A Ship
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alex_greene
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Erm, somebody reversing a nuclear damper field to create a damper box effect, and training the beams on the ship's fission or fusion power plant core.Chernobyl said:
That might do it.
In terms of straightforward rules, I'd say use the damage for either a missile or torpedo nuke (depending on the size of nuke used) with no reduction from armour.
If the nuke is placed somewhere specific, like say on the P-Plant, the damage applies to that system directly. Otherwise roll on the internal damage table.
If the nuke is placed somewhere specific, like say on the P-Plant, the damage applies to that system directly. Otherwise roll on the internal damage table.
Solomani666
Mongoose
The drone does penetrate the hull before detonating, hence its spike like configuration.
A bomb pumped laser is a nuke.
The bomb laser could easily be replaced with a conventional torpedo nuke.
If you do not know what a bomb-pumped-laser is either ask questions, or please refrain from commenting.
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A bomb pumped laser is a nuke.
The bomb laser could easily be replaced with a conventional torpedo nuke.
If you do not know what a bomb-pumped-laser is either ask questions, or please refrain from commenting.
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Solomani666
Mongoose
DFW said:
Now who is being hostile?
You need to chill.
P.S. I'm not your junior.
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Note: I do not own Traders and Gunboats, hence cannot speak from a rules perspective, only comment on the tech/physics involved.
Which means the laser effect is pointless. If you're already inside the hull and setting off a nuke....would a laser head really make things much worse?
I'm not convinced the result would automatically be kablooey, especially on a big ship. The internal bulkheads would be closed in a combat environment and the major internal bracings may well be made of the same stuff (e.g. bonded superdense) as the primary armour belt.
The other problem I have is that a 20 dTon small craft ramming a big warship's armour is going to end up pancaked.
If you set off the nuke before impact with a BPL, no problem.
If you set of a contact nuke at impact, also no problem.
If you want to "drive deep into its hull", forget it.
This isn't a bunker-buster punching through rock; the armour is made of the same material as the drone and is very, very thick. I don't doubt that it can be penetrated with enough force - steel bullets can penetrate thin steel sheet, after all - but I'm really not convinced it'll happen in a way that's going to leave any device in the guts of the drone as temperamental as a nuke capable of functioning.
Personally I'd just stick with using the rules for the humungous bomb-pumped laser.
Which means the laser effect is pointless. If you're already inside the hull and setting off a nuke....would a laser head really make things much worse?
I'm not convinced the result would automatically be kablooey, especially on a big ship. The internal bulkheads would be closed in a combat environment and the major internal bracings may well be made of the same stuff (e.g. bonded superdense) as the primary armour belt.
The other problem I have is that a 20 dTon small craft ramming a big warship's armour is going to end up pancaked.
If you set off the nuke before impact with a BPL, no problem.
If you set of a contact nuke at impact, also no problem.
If you want to "drive deep into its hull", forget it.
This isn't a bunker-buster punching through rock; the armour is made of the same material as the drone and is very, very thick. I don't doubt that it can be penetrated with enough force - steel bullets can penetrate thin steel sheet, after all - but I'm really not convinced it'll happen in a way that's going to leave any device in the guts of the drone as temperamental as a nuke capable of functioning.
Personally I'd just stick with using the rules for the humungous bomb-pumped laser.
Nuclear Fridge Magnet
Mongoose
The luxury ship Cloud 9 suffered an onboard nuking in BattleStar Galactica, didn't it?
BANG. Luxury ship bits everywhere. :twisted:
BANG. Luxury ship bits everywhere. :twisted:
