Penetrator Weapons
In reply to #5717 TNE question on Penatrator type weapons by Mark Urbin
Mark Urbin [email removed] writes: > So what I'm seeing is that a TL 9 fusion rifle will cut through a suit > of TL F battle dress like a blowtorch through butter and deliver 9d6 to > the wearer. THat's the way I read the rules, too. Any other interpretations make even less sense. Speaking of things in T:TNE that just don't make sense, here are a couple: A TL-9 Laser Rifle does 10d6 of damage to an unarmored target, but bounces totally (no damage whatsoever) off of ballistic cloth, or any other type of armor. A TL-13 laser rifle will actually get good damage through Cloth or TL-10 combat armor, but is completely stymied by TL-10 battle dress (or better). If you want to poke holes in battle dress, you best (non high energy weapon) choices are: a TL-7 9mm rifle (1d6 through TL-10 battle dress) or a LAG (2d6). A TL-13 Gauss Pistol is ineffective against TL-8 Ballistic Weave (or Cloth, or a TL-5 Flak Jacket for that matter); however, a TL-5 9mm magnum revolver isn't (gets 1d6 through any of those). Grumble. I *still* prefer the Striker/Azhanti High Lightning/Snapshot. > I don't know if this made DW's errata list, but last night I noticed some > errors describing the plasma/fusion weapons. It's the TL F fusion gun that > has the grav module to counteract the recoil (i.e. no Battle Dress required), That section is *very* unclear as to what rules apply to which weapons. I presume (based on Classic Traveller and MegaTraveller definitions) that the TL-12 and TL-13 "Plasma Rifles" correspond to PGMP-12 and PGMP-13, respectively (require Battle Dress). THe TL-14 Plasma Rifle presumable corresponds to PGMP-14 and requires no battle dress. The "Light Fusion Rifle" probably is an FGMP-14, and requires battle dress, while the TL-15 "Fusion Rifle" does not. In any case, you're right: that section is very confusing, and should probably be in the errata. [email removed] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far Future