Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 16:07:27 -0400
From: ryohib@ViaNet.on.ca (D. Jeremy Brown)
Subject: Re: Fire Links (again)
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>  When you add a second lazer cannon to a turret you get a 50% increase in
>fire control and damage. So a two cannon turret would have 3d fire control
>and 6d damage. Add a third and you increase the numbers by 50% of the _last_
>increase. So a third cannon would make it 3d+2 fire control and 7d damage. A
>fourth add would then add 50% of the last add again, making it 4d of fire
>control (3d+2 plus +1 = 4d, right? Math in the future!) and 7d+2 for damage.
>I, of course, insist that they also purchase new software (Shoot'em 3.1) and
>upgrade their power supplies or face major complications on the wild die.

        We hammered this out earlier on in this list...to calculate damage
for additional guns in a single hardpoint (ie a turret) you use the combined
action bonuses for damage increases as follows

1.  Use the Combined Damage rules from the 2nd ed.
     rulebook for figuring damage in weapon combinations 
     that occur in a single hardpoint (ie. a turret or fighter configuration.)
                     eg : X-wing - 4 lasers, @ 4D dam 
                                  +2d for fire link = 6D damage!
                      Falcon Quads - 4 lasers, @ 4D dam
                                  +2d for fire link = 6d damage!
                       Y-wing - 2 lasers, @ 4d dam
                                  +1d for fire link = 5d damage!
        Keep in mind this is using Andrew's suggested 4d 
        modern military blaster standard (thanks again!!)

2.   The Fire-Linkage rules in GG6: Tramp Freighters 
      refer to firing multiple batteries from one post
      ie - multiple gun clusters being fired from the weapons
      station or a single gun cupola/turret rather than manning
      all gun emplacements. 
      The Falcon's quads are never listed as being fire - linked.
       If they were, both quad turrets could be fired from the same
       post!!
                "Most weapons are designed to be fired individually
                 from the captain's or weapons officer's station.
                 Up to three identical weapons can be linked to fire
                 at the same target simultaneously... 
                 Similarly, if a weapon can be fired from two different
                 locations, say, the weapons cupola and the pilot's 
                 station, the additional linkage costs 100 credits per
                 weapon." (Tramp Freighters, 1st ed.)

        Because you are firing additional weapons clusters (turrets,
what-have-you), frieghter-style fire linkage leads to an increase in Fire
Control.  I don't think that just adding guns to a single turret would
increase the fire-control bonus...unless you use the rest of your initial
idea and make your Tramps "buy" better targetting software and hardware.  I
have to admit, I really like the idea of making my PC's have to upgrade ALL
aspects of their ship's guns ("What was that, Salic?  You forgot to increase
your power-focussing batteries?  Ok, all of a sudden you notice a distinct
decrease in ship speed that seems to coincide with firing....want to make
any more shots?" - heh.)
        Hope this helped you out, and thanks for some new ideas.  You might
want to check out the resource pool for the new ship's targetting systems
that were posted there a while ago.
        
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D. Jeremy Brown              Good...Bad...
ryohib@vianet.on.ca                   I'm the guy with the gun.
AKA Captain Cort Cadaan, Owner/Operator of the Kodachi