 September 11, 2011 - 5:26pm | While working on the webzine I realized some of us have expanded the AD equipment into the Knight Hawks supplement... I think I'm going to work on a project to do just that. Here's my first shot at the laser battery; Laser Battery Range: 1/2/3/4/9 (PB/S/M/L/E) Damage: 1d10 per SEU Ammo: 1,000 SEU drum Rate: 2 Defense: Albedo DTM: +0 Cost: 5,000 For each range there is a -10% to hit, just like a character. |
 September 13, 2011 - 6:58am | So the character is hit by a starship's laser battery and the albedo screen protects them or is that the defense for another ship or installation? Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
September 13, 2011 - 8:10am | I'll need to make a scale, something like; Scale Damage Character d10 Vehicle d10 x 5 Spaceship d10 x 10 No... that's not right... at least for compatibility with my previous optional rules. I already accounted for vehicle grade weapons on a character scale in Non-Civilian Duty Vehicles, Issue 15. An "autolaser" does 10d10 (average 55 damage), a "laser cannon" does 2d10x10 (average 110 damage). I need to make spaceship weapons on the same scale. That means hull points will need to be extrapolated as well. Wonder if I should use the same categories for spaceship weapons? (Small, Medium, Large) Spitter (projectile), 2d10x10, 4d10x10, 6d10x10 Rocket Battery (projectile) 4d10x10, 6d10x10, 8d10x10 Laser Cannon (beam) 6d10x10, 8d10x10, 10d10x10 |
September 13, 2011 - 8:22am | Spaceship Defenses Albedo - absorbs laser damage Gauss - absorbs energy based broad-spectrum attacks but not lasers such as electron beam battery, proton beam battery Inertia - absorbs half damage from projectiles, collisions, ramming, etc. Ion - (replaces sonic), need some new ion based weapon, maybe it stuns a ship, no damage Armor - increases hull points like it does for vehicles. So... maybe it's time to work on Non-Civilian Duty Spaceships.  |
 September 13, 2011 - 9:49am | Spaceship Defenses Ion - (replaces sonic), need some new ion based weapon, maybe it stuns a ship, no damage it already does that sort of: Ion window blocks scanning. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 13, 2011 - 10:00am | I envision the Ion Screen to specifically absorb or deflect ion and EMP attacks that scramble electronics. I suppose you could say a ion window can absorb the same type of incoming energy or at the least disperse it. IMO the falls into the realm of character ingenuity, "Hey, lets release ions from the engine in all directions." GM, "You can't use your engines while windowing". |
September 14, 2011 - 6:11pm | Here's the thing to remember about screens. When they block different spectrums of the electromagnetic field they also block your sensors of different types. Never really covered in KH rules but something to add for fun for all. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
September 14, 2011 - 6:30pm | Good point. These ships could deploy probes that communicate via pi-tachyons. Knock out the probes, knock out communication and sensors. "There goes the last one commander." "Drop the screens and bring her about, Oh Aye! We be gunning fer thar throats!" |
