> -----Original Message-----
From: Rupert Boleyn
Sent: Sunday, 9 August 2009 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Re:Mass Driver Penetration -
> Was: Death of gearheading?
>
>
> Antony Farrell wrote:
> > I have to admit I had not noticed a problem with mass driver
> > penetration. The couple that I did I didn't see anything outrageous
> > for example a TL8 5cm/30 Mass Driver gave me a penetration of
> > 275/265/255/235 firing APFSDSDU this seems reasonable to me
> given that
> > Twilight 2000 v2.2 (this is the one that's supposed to be fully
> > compatable ith TNE) gives the M1A2 frontal armour of 120 on
> the turret
> > and 200 on the hull. So this MD gun could knock out an M1 at short
> > range and damage it at extreme. Perhaps the problem gets much worse
> > with larger calibers? Or later higher velocity MDs?
> >
> Higher velocity ones mainly. Redesign the weapon at TL15,
> with maximum
> velocity.
>
>
That explains that then. I mostly do stuff at the lower end of the design
spectrum, my own games generally run between TL9 and 11 with occassional 12
stuff. I find the lower end much more interesting..
Antony