New white star variants

[kitsune106]

Yes, I know i willbe killed, but still, here goes"

Dancer in Light Skirmish

Turns: 2/90
Speed: 15
Hull: 5
Troops: 1
Special: Adaptive Armor, Advanced Jump Engine, Agile, Atmospheric, Dodge 4+, Flight Computer, Self Repair 1
Craft: None

Damage: 7/3
Crew: 6/3

Pulsing Neutron laser - F Arc - 4" Range, 4AD, mini-Beam, Precise, DD
Molecular Pulsar - F Arc - 6" Range, 4AD, Accurate, AP, DD

Special rules:
increased computers and thrusters: this variant has been reprogammed for skin dancing, and additional control thrusters have been added. this allows it to skin dance much more easily. It gain a +3 roll for the skin dancing roll. A roll fo one causes a ram action, as something terrible went wrong.


Dancer Star

Turns: 2/90
Speed: 15
Hull: 5
Troops: 1
Special: Adaptive Armor, Advanced Jump Engine, Agile, Atmospheric, Dodge 4+, Flight Computer, Self Repair 1
Craft: None

Damage: 10/4
Crew: 9/4

Improved Neutron Laser - F Arc - 4" Range, 2AD Beam, Precise, TD
Molecular Pulsar - F Arc - 6" Range, 4AD, Accurate, AP, DD


Special rules:
increased computers and thrusters: this variant has been reprogammed for skin dancing, and additional control thrusters have been added. this allows it to skin dance much more easily. It gain a +3 roll for the skin dancing roll. A roll fo one causes a ram action, as something terrible went wrong.

 

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WHY?

 

[Da Boss]

I would say the idea is to make an interesting / new skirmish level ISA ship (so they don't need allies ? )

comments

I hate skin dancing myself - but its an interesting idea. If you are going down this road maybe something like - it automatically succeeds a skindancing roll, make it SM as its the culmination of Whitestar technology?

(*) I am assuming that the new version of Skin Dancing is used and it can't attempt it if Crippled.

re the Raid version if it designed to rely on dancing I don't think it should have the missile launcher - its seems very old tech?

 

[The_Mhor]

I don't know if it's deliberate by Mongoose but I don't think any ships in the game have multiple damage mini-beams. Or precise Minibeams for that matter.

 

[Methos5000]

I don't know if it's deliberate by Mongoose but I don't think any ships in the game have multiple damage mini-beams. Or precise Minibeams for that matter.

By default no I don't think there are, however through campaign refits its possible for Mini-beams (and other weapons systems) to gain both precise and DD. So Technically it is possible for something to exist in the ISA arsenal (Maybe Minbari too but I don't think they have a turbo weapons refit, I think the precise refit the ISA has though came from the Minbari Table). So its not entirely unreasonable that a Weapon system like that could exist.

 

[Ripple]

Mixing and matching traits is how new stuff gets done... don't see any issue with mini-beam and other traits.

Ripple

 

[katadder]

i added some in the hyach fleet for those who downloaded the work in progress version.

 

[Methos5000]

i added some in the hyach fleet for those who downloaded the work in progress version.

Ah thats where I saw them...I thought I had seen DD Mini-beams somewhere.

 

[captainsmirk]

As a Mini-beam is just a beam weapon that doesn't rake across the target doing just a point impact (the same as most other "pulse" or similar weapons), see no reason that they should not be able to have those traits...

*Edit - In fact you might expect precise to fit with the operation of a mini-beam better than a full beam...

Nick

 

[skavendan]

Interesting perhapes a way to beef up the Omega-x damage.

 

[Da Boss]

i added some in the hyach fleet for those who downloaded the work in progress version.

Ah thats where I saw them...I thought I had seen DD Mini-beams somewhere.

Also on Katadders EAS Titan IIRC 8) (Earth Centauri war)

 

[katadder]

yeah that too, i like them as an alternative to full beams etc.

also the omega-x doesnt need increased secondaries, it just needs the longer ranged beam and possible shields.

 

[kitsune106]

thanks.

by the way, how does the feel oof the ship feel? think it woudl make an acceptable skin dancer?

And yes,iwas tempted ot put in afterburners.