> From: Timothy Little [email removed]
> Subject: 2300AD Ship Combat
>
> > In message 5946, Muir Macpherson [email removed] writes:
> > Missiles work by getting as close as they can to the target vehicle; they
> > then *spray space* with as many laser beams as the missile can generate.
>
> Not according to my reading of the rules - more seriously, you couldn't get
> enough power. If you want an X in 10 chance of hitting something on the
> order of 10s of metres across in a space 600,000,000 metres across, you'd
> need a *lot* of lasers. A few MW just *isn't* enough.
If the missiles work as in TNE they are powered by a nuke so the energy
will not be an issue. A 1kt charge can power 42000 100,000,000 joule beams
(although this could be reduced to one tenth or less because all energy won't
impact the xray rods)
- -bertil-
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