R Arceneaux
Mongoose
Never underestimate the power of a one in a million chance....
Under normal circumstances I would agree with your statement that small weaponry has little damage effect on any 'tough' armor. However, let us not forget the possibility, be it ever so small, that a bullet might hit a very critical part of the ship and cause damage that will not be noted until it’s too late….
For example:
A GM rolls for damage cause by a simple assault rifle. His roll indicates that one of the bullets hits the engine causing a small fuel leak in one of the fuel lines. When the ship pressures up to full throttle half way up in the atmosphere to escape the planet the damaged pipe ruptures a large amount of raw fuel directly in the engine with a resultant explosion that shuts down if not blowing up part of the ship. Result: loss of power, crash, possible manditory total party kill caused by the one in a million chance of a single bullet hitting a critical part of the ship going unnoticed.
Of course this would be a one in a million chain of events BUT STILL you have to also remember that winning the lotto is also less than a one in a million chance as well and people still do win the lotto eventually.
And TOO you also have the Game Master who goes all out for the honor of a Total Party Kill every now and then just to keep the players on their toes.
Can this one in a million happen???? Heck yea it can. Two years ago in a D D Campagne my character, always marching in the middle of the party of 7, got hit by fire, a big rock or something to JUST ME marching in the middle not once but FOUR weeks in a row. AND, it was all honest rolls by the GM I went an entire month not doing anything except eating the snacks. And it was all happening due to a random roll of the dice. So I am a believer that the one in a million chance can and does happen despite what the makers of any game rule system incororate in their rules.
Under normal circumstances I would agree with your statement that small weaponry has little damage effect on any 'tough' armor. However, let us not forget the possibility, be it ever so small, that a bullet might hit a very critical part of the ship and cause damage that will not be noted until it’s too late….
For example:
A GM rolls for damage cause by a simple assault rifle. His roll indicates that one of the bullets hits the engine causing a small fuel leak in one of the fuel lines. When the ship pressures up to full throttle half way up in the atmosphere to escape the planet the damaged pipe ruptures a large amount of raw fuel directly in the engine with a resultant explosion that shuts down if not blowing up part of the ship. Result: loss of power, crash, possible manditory total party kill caused by the one in a million chance of a single bullet hitting a critical part of the ship going unnoticed.
Of course this would be a one in a million chain of events BUT STILL you have to also remember that winning the lotto is also less than a one in a million chance as well and people still do win the lotto eventually.
And TOO you also have the Game Master who goes all out for the honor of a Total Party Kill every now and then just to keep the players on their toes.
Can this one in a million happen???? Heck yea it can. Two years ago in a D D Campagne my character, always marching in the middle of the party of 7, got hit by fire, a big rock or something to JUST ME marching in the middle not once but FOUR weeks in a row. AND, it was all honest rolls by the GM I went an entire month not doing anything except eating the snacks. And it was all happening due to a random roll of the dice. So I am a believer that the one in a million chance can and does happen despite what the makers of any game rule system incororate in their rules.
