Re: TNE rule question

Joe Heck [email removed] writes:
>
> Using an example of a 12mm hunting rifle at short range (Pen = 2, Dam = 4)
> and a visored helmet TL 10 (Armor value = 2), the resulting damage would
> work out:
>
>    AV x Pen       Damage Val - (AV x Pen)
>     2 x 2   = 4       4      -     4      = 0    which means this doesn't
>                                                  penetrate.
>
> while the same armor versus a 9mm Rifle (TL7) (Pen = 1, Dam = 5) would give
> a result of:
>
>   AV x Pen        Damage Val - (AV x Pen)
>    2 x 1    = 2       5      -     2      = 3    which means this does
>                                                  penetrate.
>
> So: A 9mm TL7 rifle will more easily penetrate a helm than a 12mm TL10
> Rifle?

Assuming that low Pen means better penetration, and high Dam means more damage
(which assumptions are based on the idea that better penetration and more
damage mean better chances of harming the target) then it is the data which
gives the 9mm rifle better penetration and more damage than the 12mm rifle
which is at fault.  I would personally expect the 12mm rifle to have worse
penetration (higher Pen) and do more damage (higher Dam) than the 9mm rifle.

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