...right. It didn't take me as long as I thought to do the probabilities
for having your shield generators left after a few treshold checks...
Treshold check number: 0 1 2 3
Origingal level-1:
Level-1 100% 83% 56% 28%
Level-0 0% 17% 44% 72%
Original level-2:
Level-2 100% 69% 31% 8%
Level-1 0% 28% 54% 42%
Level-0 0% 3% 15% 50%
Original level-3:
Level-3 100% 58% 17% 2%
Level-2 0% 35% 41% 17%
Level-1 0% 7% 33% 43%
Level-0 0% 0.5% 9% 38%
When you determine how many beam damage points the shields save you from, you
should take this into account. The last six damage points on a
heavy cruiser with an original shield level of 3 will probably take very
much less dice to inflict than the first six!
Regards,
Adam wrote,
> When you determine how many beam damage points the shields save you
I attempted to figure this out once while trying to stay awake at a very
boring job (one which I quit shortly thereafter, but that's another story). I
factored in threshold checks, but not repair rolls. Unfortunately, the exact
methodology I used to come up with these numbers is no longer in my brian, (or
at least not accessible) so I can't really defend them, but hey that's never
stopped me before....
I first considered a 36-mass heavy cruiser:
With no screens, it would take an average of 30d6 to destroy.
With level-1 screens, it would take 35d6.
With level-2 screens, it would take 45d6.
And with level-3 screens, it would take 78d6.
Next I considered a 16-mass destroyer:
With no screens, it would take an average of 12d6 to destroy.
With level-1 screens, it would take 16d6.
With level-2 screens, it would take 22d6.
And with level-3 screens, it would take 40d6 (assuming you could fit 3
screens, but never mind that).
Last I considered a 64-mass battleship:
With no screens, it would take an average of 51d6 to destroy.
With level-1 screens, it would take 58d6.
With level-2 screens, it would take 78d6.
And with level-3 screens, it would take 136d6!!
Cheers anyway, Scott
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