Defenses against the indefensible

1 posts ยท Jun 24 1999

From: Tom McCarthy <tmcarth@f...>

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:29:03 -0400

Subject: Defenses against the indefensible

There's a few things you can't defend against, and a few things your
shouldn't. The PSB would be pretty thick, but:

Kochte field - This field is specially designed to disrupt containment
on
pulse torpedoes.  All pulse torpedoes fired at this ship get -2 to hit.
3 MASS or 5% of hull, which ever is greater. 4xMASS in points.

Teske-Null field - A structural integrity field ala ST.  This device
costs considerable MASS but can pay off handsomely. It is a screen usable only
against reroll damage. 3 MASS or 5% of hull, which ever is greater. 4xMASS in
points.

Projected/attenuation screens - This screen is of lower tech than the
screens used by NAC, ESU, FSE, and may appear on older hulls of those or other
powers. It protects against beam fire as a normal screen only if the beam fire
comes from outside 6". No protection against fighters, obviously. 3 MASS or 5%
of hull, which ever is greater. 2xMASS in points.

Mag screen - The ship in question has an incredibly powerful
electromagnetic bottle around itself. It can repel most of the damage from
heavy area effect attacks like the wave gun or nova cannon. For each die of
damage, subtract 2 before applying damage. 5 MASS or 10%of hull, which ever is
greater. 1xMASS in points (due to rarity of weapon).