From: Graeme Bradbury <graeme.bradbury@b...>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 15:11:09 -0000
Subject: HBW debate
Well just to add my bit of input to this. I did the number crunching on average damage for the beams (can post the numbers if you want) The beams do lower damage than p-torps in the 12-30 range (though the difference is <1) higher damage in the 0-12 range (difference <1 for small beams >1 for larger beams compared with large numbers of p-torps) And naturally more damage at the 30-36 range. The main thing I noticed is that two approaches yield different results. If you use two BE and BPS systems so as to alternate firing from turn to turn, then mass required is the same as for p-torps. If on the other hand you use one large BPS and enough class 1 BE's to fire the half the BPS's capacity each turn you get a lighter mass requirement. e.g.. 8 p-torps take up 32 space. A HBW system that can fire 8 dice (2x Class 4 BPS 4x Class 1 BE's) every turn requires 28 mass. This means that approach one weighs and costs the same as the same p-torp system with the added benefit of a double damage alpha strike at the expense of a one turn charge up. And approach two which acts like the p-torp system, but with no alpha strike like approach one but leaves extra space for other systems. So all in all i think HBW's need to cost just a smigen more. (The only problem is i can't think of how much)