I should have said, "overbuild" rather than "overpower," as part of it is
of course in building a longer tube.
Frank probably mentioned this in the BR designer's notes, but in
developing BR he discovered that MGs were the true ship killers, and PAs
were just "varmint guns." I think that phenomenon was already clear in
previous editions of Traveller, but I think the T2K derived damage tables
in TNE brought that into sharper focus.
> That's what I figured you meant, that while the numbers were in a
> realistic approximate range, you couldn't get the numbers to parse in
> detail. Plus ca change...
>
> One of the things I used to try to do was to overpower things so that you
> could push short-range damage values out to medium or long FC range
> values.
>
>> While trying out various power outputs for the Voroshilef's spinal
>> weapon
>> (assuming a spherical configuration) you get a meson tunnel with a beam
>> pointer allowing the 6 hex short range, with at 50,000Mj gives a damage
>> value at each range band of 1055-528-264-132 this corresponds to BR
>> ratings
>> of 12-10-7-4
>> The maximum damage for BR rating 12 is 1249 which on this particular gun
>> means a discharge of 69,958Mj, this will give BR ratings of 12-10-8-4 on
>> a
>> 170m long TL13 meson gun tube
>> The minimum discharge for BR rating of 12 is 44,845Mj on this particular
>> gun
>> this will give BR ratings of 12-10-7-4. The listed stat is 12-10-6-4 a
>> minor
>> difference yes but one that cannot be generated for a TL13 tube of this
>> length.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
of course in building a longer tube.
Frank probably mentioned this in the BR designer's notes, but in
developing BR he discovered that MGs were the true ship killers, and PAs
were just "varmint guns." I think that phenomenon was already clear in
previous editions of Traveller, but I think the T2K derived damage tables
in TNE brought that into sharper focus.
> That's what I figured you meant, that while the numbers were in a
> realistic approximate range, you couldn't get the numbers to parse in
> detail. Plus ca change...
>
> One of the things I used to try to do was to overpower things so that you
> could push short-range damage values out to medium or long FC range
> values.
>
>> While trying out various power outputs for the Voroshilef's spinal
>> weapon
>> (assuming a spherical configuration) you get a meson tunnel with a beam
>> pointer allowing the 6 hex short range, with at 50,000Mj gives a damage
>> value at each range band of 1055-528-264-132 this corresponds to BR
>> ratings
>> of 12-10-7-4
>> The maximum damage for BR rating 12 is 1249 which on this particular gun
>> means a discharge of 69,958Mj, this will give BR ratings of 12-10-8-4 on
>> a
>> 170m long TL13 meson gun tube
>> The minimum discharge for BR rating of 12 is 44,845Mj on this particular
>> gun
>> this will give BR ratings of 12-10-7-4. The listed stat is 12-10-6-4 a
>> minor
>> difference yes but one that cannot be generated for a TL13 tube of this
>> length.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>