High Energy Turns

[Greg Smith]

There is an article on HETs on Planet Mongoose: http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/

 

[Myrm]

So no free HET?

 

[Democratus]

HETs were never free for every kind of ship (the NCL comes to mind), only those which were already very sturdy to begin with.

Edit: Hope that didn't sound snarky. Didn't mean it as such. Just trying to point out that it would be complex to track which ships should get a "free" HET and which should get a "safer one". With the ACTA push for simplicity and less record keeping this rule would be an easy one to simply drop.

 

[Myrm]

By free HET I was referring to the 2 point reduction on the breakdown roll in the SFB rules (C6.something or other), which made the first HET for many ships essentially a going proposition and that was a generally available effect, with Nimbles getting 2, and auxiliaries penalised from memory- OK not completely free but pretty much.

I understand that the simple option makes it an easy to drop rule, so I was observing rather than complaining.

 

[Iron Domokun]

Done this way, it means that freighters can HET... maybe.

Unless they have a lower than average Crew Quality score, which they probably should.

 

[Iain McGhee]

If it follows the B5 incarnation of ACTA, the campaign rules had a random CQ chart which noted CQ 2 as civilian. A number of scenarios also had freighters move in the End Phase, so technically they wouldn't be allowed to use any Special Actions at all.

 

[Iron Domokun]

The HET rules mean that more agile ships can perform HETs more safely. A Federation ship that wants to pull a one-eighty to bring its photons to bear will take three crits if it fails (135 degrees extra). A typical Klingon, only two. OTOH, the Klingon can take less damage.

HET-ing Gorns will be scary. If the Gorn fails, well, it can take it. And if it succeeds, that's a LOT of plasma coming your way...

 

[Myrm]

HET-ing Gorns will be scary. If the Gorn fails, well, it can take it. And if it succeeds, that's a LOT of plasma coming your way...

That was always the case in SFB - when someone drops that with a fully armed to bear Gorn DN its head between the knees and kiss the rear goodbye....