From: Shawn M Mininger <smininger@y...>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:00:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: needle beams
Howdy folks, this is a two part question. First, does anyone happen to know mass and cost of normal needle beam? I think it's mass:2 cost:6 but I don't have my books handy (loaned them to a friend) Second, NI SkunkWorks proposed a Heavy NeedleBeam. Stats are as follows: ======================================================= Heavy Needle Beam ======================================================= 0-12" HNB's act as two normal Needle beams, targeting the same system on the same ship. 12-24 HNBs can fire a single normal needle beam die. If two sixes are rolled vs. Main drive (or any other two-hit system), it is totally destroyed. Two sixes vs. single hit systems, destroys the targeted system, cause 1 point of hull damage, and the extra hit gets rerolled as a normal beam (skipping armor). Mass Cost Note 5 15 One arc only. I think this is about perfect, but my bussie says that it's too cheap.....he thinks that the extra range should be MUCH more expensive. I'd be willing to up the mass to 6 and the cost to 18, but that's about it. What do you think?