On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:25:10 +1200, Rupert Boleyn <>
wrote:
>Roger Malmstein wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:34 -0000, "Jake Collins"
>> <> wrote:
>The problem is the same as the one underlying lasers - penetration is
>linear with energy, and not with the root of energy. It's not only mass
>drivers, but any weapon that uses the KE penetrator rules, and it also
>results in a slightly messy interface between small arms and crew served
>weapons. My fix did not addess the latter issue, as it was not, IMO at
>the time, a major one. The linear penetration didn't seem like a problem
>when you only used chemical and ETC guns, but with mass drivers you got
>the effect that anything bigger than a 20mm gun could punch holes in
>mountains.
>
>What my fix did was change the table from a KE x constant system to
>KE^1/2 x constant for most energies.
I have read over the Mass Driver rules, and it seems that you only get
Muzzle Energy from the formulas. Actual penetrationis based on warhead
calculations further back in the book, and those calculations does
have limits to penetration dependent on muzzle energy.
Roger Malmstein
www.travellerfreeport.com