Re: Death of gearheading?

Part of thread: Death of gearheading? · 1 reply ↳ In reply to Re: Death of gearheading? — dedtraveller Re: Death of gearheading? — Rupert Boleyn


--- In , "Jake Collins" <jake.collins@...> wrote:
>
> Note that is TL*50 MegaJoules Roger, not 15. So the max. at TL15 is 750MJ.
>
> --- In , Roger Malmstein <starwolf@> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:18:30 -0000, "Jake Collins"
> > <jake.collins@> wrote:
> >
> > >Maybe the TLx50 fix for TNE lasers will finally become official!!!
> > >
> > Shudder, I hope not. However, the laser design needs some soret of
> > limiting. A TL-15 Xray laser limited at TL*15 will hardly fill a the
> > turret volume.
> >
> > There is several unforseen effects on different design systems in TNE
> > when it comes to items that falls outside the norm. I think of MEson
> > rifles. It does 1D damage, but the radiation will kill. Plasma and
> > fusion guns that get redicilous recoil when they get small enough.
> >
> > The designrules should have formulas for designing hull rather than
> > looking up tables.
> >
> > Power plant size efficiency modifiers and so on.

Now the limitations you mention -- fixes for those have been proposed somewhere, right? And I have NOT seen the laser limit you mention in the errata I've been reviewing.