From: Bif Smith <bif@b...>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:46:32 -0000
Subject: Re:IF & needles
Oerjan, if your saying pulsar arced needle beams (3 mass=3arc), what would be a reasonable mass for a heavy (longer ranged) needle beam. Would a mass of 5 for 3 arcs and a range of 18 MU be reasonable?
From: Izenberg, Noam <Noam.Izenberg@j...>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:13:33 -0500
Subject: Re:IF & needles
> From Bif Smith: > Oerjan, if your saying pulsar arced needle beams (3 mass=3arc), what I took this one on a while back: Heavy Needle Beam - Mass 5, Cost 15, one arc only. With one dedicated firecon per target, HNB's act as two normal Needle beams, targeting the same system on the same ship. If two sixes are rolled vs Main drive (or any other 2-hit system), the main drive is totally destroyed. Two sixes vs. other systems destroy the target system, score one normal damage vs. hull, and then reroll once as per normal beams (skipping armor). With two dedicated firecons per target, HNBs can fire as a single normal needle beam between 12" and 24". SSD Symbol: As Needle Beam but with two "barrels" coming out of the black circle. I'm personally not a big fan of a multi-arc needle at the moment, but Ithink I could get over it. The reason why I made up the HNB is because normal needles are virtually useless in FT2.5 (this from too much experience).