> On Mon, 08 Dec 1997, Brian Bell wrote:
> We like Wave guns on smaller ships. Less to blow up. One thing I've
I
> designed a double barrelled wavegun cruiser (only one could fire at a
...and a bit of systems redundancy. (Hi Brian!)
Would that be the Rostov-na-Donu S, which _just_ carries the two WGs, or
one of the more sensible heavier ships?
I should be scrupulously fair here, and point out that I did this to see if it
would break the system. Apparently it doesn't; which makes me happy. Of
course, the weapon charging rules look to me as if they were meant to reflect
a lack of power in the ship, in which case the single d6's worth of charge
should really be shared between the two guns; but I don't play it this way.
On the subject of breaking the system, has anyone else used my Zinoviev fast
attack boats (or similar)? Mass 1, thrust 8, one submunition; cost
8 with FTL, 7 without. I was _very_ surprised to find that these aren't
nearly as overbalancing as I'd expected; any former Battletech players
remember the Savannah Master hovercraft?
Cheers,
> We like Wave guns on smaller ships. Less to blow up. One thing I've
I have used one designed by Roger Burton West to fair effect. You only fire
one at a time. The idea is that while you are firing one, you are charging the
other. This acts as a single Wave Gun with a quick recharge.
Randy -
Depends on which side of the fence you're on at the time; I personally love
'em! (They make great boots for mechs)
Gil Murphy's Laws of Combat #23
"Teamwork is essential -
> It gives the enemy other people to shoot at!"
> ----------
> Roger Burton West <roger@firedrake.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Ahhhhggg! Savannah Storm!!!! I hated those.... Randy "It's Not Fair!" "You say
that so often, I wonder what's your basis for comparision?"
> Brian Bell wrote:
...Snip...(JTL)
> I actually used a modified Yekaterina:
Well Guys, I think it's ugly, I surrender!
Bye for now,
> Would that be the Rostov-na-Donu S, which _just_ carries the two WGs,
I actually used a modified Yekaterina:
Yekaterina (B) class Dreadnought Roger Burton West (modified to FTL by Brian
Bell) Mass: 78 Type: Capital Clas: Dreadnought Move: 2 FTL: Std Tech: Human
Hull: Military Strm: None Prot: 3 Screens, Reflex Field Damg: 39
9
10
10
10
Syst:
FCS
FCS
FCS
Screen
Screen
Screen
Reflex Field
Wave Gun
Wave Gun
A Beam PFS
A Beam PFS
A Beam FS
B Beam PFS
PDAF
PDAF
PDAF
> I actually used a modified Yekaterina: