[email removed] (Burton Choinski.) writes:
> From: Adrian Hurt [email removed]
> [] So having two ships in the same hex may result in a collision? Good.
> [] If two ships manage to get that close to one another, some roll should be
> [] made to see if they collide, especially if one is trying to ram the other.
>
> This is what I feel too. Having two large ships of the line circling in the
> same hex should be asking for a hull-scraping.
Not just large ships. The probability of collision would depend on the size
of the ships, the size of the hex, and whether or not one of them was trying
to ram. In no case would the probability of collision be zero, though. (But
dealing with it via the task system might be a neat trick.)
> []> >Armor should be used similar to the 2300ad way -- shots that do not
> []> >penetrate can cause surface hits. This will most likely damage sensors,
> []> >exposed comminications gear,turrets,and perhaps the maneuver drive ...
> []
> [] Why aren't turrets armoured?
>
> Well, turrets are armored, but probably not as much as the main hull.
Again, why not? Since the ultimate objective is to make rules which
work for space vehicles as well as for air/ground vehicles, note that
tank turrets are often as well armoured as the hulls.
> Perhaps a surface hit welds the turret in one place, or (as I stated for
> lasers) blows away the reflective surface of a vane.
Does such damage occur with tanks? As for the reflective vanes, what happens
if I cover my ship with the same material as the vanes? (In personal combat,
this is what reflec armour does.)
> (btw, is there any reason WHY only one spinal mount is allowed? If the ship
> is large enough, could it not have 2 parrallel, or 3 triaxial mounts?
This is something that I've wondered, too. (And on this mailing list on a
few occasions. :-) What about catamaran designs? Take two 30,000 ton
cruisers and join them together with a big lump of metal. You now have one
70,000 ton cruiser with two meson guns. (I said it was a big lump, 10,000
tons! :-)
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