Fixed weapon mounts

[simonh]

By making it a 1pt fixed damage weapon, you could simply eliminate its use on most targets and keep its use for the appropriate area

I suppose so. There's also the matter of projectile dispersion though. The emissions from an FGMP or PGMP are going to disperse more rapidly because, it seems to me anyway, they won't be at near the velocity of turret weapon emissions, and the quality of the magnetic containment in the barrell won't be as good. Bear in mind that in previous editions fusion and plasma weapons had reduced ranges compared to lasers anyway.

I can see them being useful for anti-personnel use, anti-fighter or assault craft work and sneaky player traps for the bad guys. I very much doubt they'd be worth the 1 ton of fire controll that would be required to make them useful in full-on space combat though.

I think we're geenraly in agreement. I'm all for it for certain kinds of roles, but only so far.

Simon Hibbs

 

[Myrm]

Bear in mind that in previous editions fusion and plasma weapons had reduced ranges compared to lasers anyway.

Ah not something I was aware of....perhaps Adjacent only then.

I think we're geenraly in agreement. I'm all for it for certain kinds of roles, but only so far.

Simon Hibbs

Yes sounds right to me, restricted role - designed for personal combat, point defence maybe but essentially filling much the same weapon role as say Probes in Star Fleet Battles, if you are familiar with that