MgT 2e Weapons mixing question

[snrdg121408]

Hello again all,

In CT/MT/TNE/T4/GURPS Traveller/Traveller 20 there are limitations place on some of the weapons that can be installed on a ship. The limitations are:

1. A ship use either beam lasers or pulse lasers but not both.
2. A ship have either a Particle Accelerator (PA) or Meson Gun in only one type of mount. If the selected is in a spinal mount then the ship can not have them mounted in a bay or turret, in the case of the PA or barbette.
3. A ship may have either a fusion gun or plasma gun and can only be in one type of mount either a bay or turret.

My efforts to determine if MgT HG 2e follows the same pattern by reading through the HG 2e section or through the forum have not been successful.

 

[AnotherDilbert]

1. A ship use either beam lasers or pulse lasers but not both.
2. A ship have either a Particle Accelerator (PA) or Meson Gun in only one type of mount. If the selected is in a spinal mount then the ship can not have them mounted in a bay or turret, in the case of the PA or barbette.
3. A ship may have either a fusion gun or plasma gun and can only be in one type of mount either a bay or turret.

Of the rule systems I am familiar with, this is only true in CT HG. The problem is describing the ship with the USP. These limitations are removed in MT & TNE.

2. A ship have either a Particle Accelerator (PA) or Meson Gun in only one type of mount. If the selected is in a spinal mount then the ship can not have them mounted in a bay or turret, in the case of the PA or barbette.

Not quite? You can only have one spinal, but you can have e.g. both a Particle spinal and Meson bays.

 

[Condottiere]

Those restrictions only made sense to simplify the ship attribute code, whose name escapes me.

 

[-Daniel-]

Those restrictions only made sense to simplify the ship attribute code, whose name escapes me.

Isn't it the USP that AnotherDilbert references in the post above yours?

USP = Universal Ship Profile I believe.

 

[snrdg121408]

Hello Condottiere,

Those restrictions only made sense to simplify the ship attribute code, whose name escapes me.

In CT LBB 5 HG 1e they did allow mixing spinal, bay, and turrets of the same weapon type. Once you had the weapons installed you determined the USP. I was unable to figure out the system when I got the book and when HG 2e came out I put 1e away. A couple of years ago 2011 I dug LBB 5 HG 1e out going through the system again to figure out how to reinstate the missile magazine in HG 2e. At the time I had a fuzzy idea how the system worked, sadly my efforts with the magazine failed and I have not looked at my work since.

 

[Condottiere]

It simplifies everything into one code, and at the same time inherently balances the armament.

Kinda neat, though not realistic.