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Am I missing something? Where are the meson bays?
Meson Bays
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AndrewW said:
I'll be kind and spare everyone the long string of expletives I just uttered. Unbelievable.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
This should be good.
Fisics may make focussing the death beam with anything less than a spinal mount size impossible. Though that would rule out meson sleds as well, except as expensive communications mobile posts.
Fisics may make focussing the death beam with anything less than a spinal mount size impossible. Though that would rule out meson sleds as well, except as expensive communications mobile posts.
Quite happy to put them into the High Technology chapter...
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msprange said:
What's the thought process behind not keeping them as they were in 1e?
Gypsy Knights Games said:
Canon directive, they are to be spinal mounts only. So, not in the core design rukles, but tyhis is why we have the High Technology chapter...
madmike said:
Canon is what ever Marc decides it is - his universe, his rules!
They will still, however, be in the book.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
I always thought the Meson sled was over the top.
Aye. I too was at amiss not finding the meson bays. But it seems they've been replaced by a "poor man's" version, the Tachyon Cannons. Similar principle but doesn't penetrate through all armour. It also looses its penetration ability vs. molecular bonded armour. Apparently that stuff is it's kryptonite.
Now I need to build a ship with these cannons and see how they work out. New toys intrigue me.
As for the meson bays being in the high tech chapter, thumbs up to that. 100 tonners were TL13 and 50 tonners TL15 in HG.
I think those Meson Sleds were at the bleeding edge of TL15/16 anyway and introduced in TNE? I seem to recall a certain manufacturing company in the Domain of Deneb took the idea and slapped it on a ship and called it a barbette... :roll:
Now I need to build a ship with these cannons and see how they work out. New toys intrigue me.
As for the meson bays being in the high tech chapter, thumbs up to that. 100 tonners were TL13 and 50 tonners TL15 in HG.
I think those Meson Sleds were at the bleeding edge of TL15/16 anyway and introduced in TNE? I seem to recall a certain manufacturing company in the Domain of Deneb took the idea and slapped it on a ship and called it a barbette... :roll:
But TL16 armour is not in the OTU, and so we need to be careful of Tachyon cannon balance. Unlike Mesons - screens dont work on Tachyons so technically, there is no defense.
I think Tachyon Barbette is a perfect example of balance. Consider:
4D Particle Barbette
2D Tachyon Barbette/cannon - with AP 10.
With each die being an average of 3.5, you can see Tachyon has the following advantages:
a) Better overall damage vs high armour targets
b) Better power consumption
Meanwhile, Particle:
a) Better Range
b) Better Damage vs low/un-armoured targets
This is what I love about well balanced games. It gets you thinking about hmm.. I have more than one valid choice. Which in-turn increases replay value, 'richness' of the universe, and customization.
I think we just need to do some work on the small/med/large versions of Tachyon - which scale way too quickly in comparison. Some of us can always make "meson bays" more 'offical' in our worlds anyways
I think Tachyon Barbette is a perfect example of balance. Consider:
4D Particle Barbette
2D Tachyon Barbette/cannon - with AP 10.
With each die being an average of 3.5, you can see Tachyon has the following advantages:
a) Better overall damage vs high armour targets
b) Better power consumption
Meanwhile, Particle:
a) Better Range
b) Better Damage vs low/un-armoured targets
This is what I love about well balanced games. It gets you thinking about hmm.. I have more than one valid choice. Which in-turn increases replay value, 'richness' of the universe, and customization.
I think we just need to do some work on the small/med/large versions of Tachyon - which scale way too quickly in comparison. Some of us can always make "meson bays" more 'offical' in our worlds anyways
