I have a question about the the penetration ratings as they appear in TNE.
Examples of confusing entries are the 10mm Snub and 4mm gauss pistols. It has always
been my understanding when dealing with small arms fire versus character armor
that the number listed under penetration is the number of dice lost at that
range bracket versus one point of armor. Example: a G11 doing 3 dice damage and
with a penetration value of 1-nil hits a character with one point of armor on
the body location hit (and is standing at short range). The hit does 2d damage
plus one point for blunt trauma. My confusion stems from the fact that the
penetration ratings for the two weapons mentioned above is equal to the dice
of damage that they do--which means: two dice damage with 2-nil pen hits one
point of armor and is reduced to two points of damage from blunt trama, which
is the same as a nil rating would produce, so why don't they just say "nil"
in the first place since that is the effect anyway? Am I reading this wrong?
Is there some notation I missed? (Incidently, I solved the problem for myself,
at least until I get FF&S, by altering the codes of a lot of weapons to match
more logical stats from other "house" systems.)
DT