Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 13:59:27 -0800
From: thomd@atm.com (Thom)
Subject: Starfight Scale Combined Damage

Starfighter Scale Weaponry - based on single firing or linked double firing.

                       Single  Double Linked
             Blaster   1d/1d   1d/2d    obsolete, basically a char. scale weap
      Triple Blaster   1d/2d   1d/3d    still used on the Z-95, a good package

Light Blaster Cannon   1d/1d   1d/2d    (Taim and Bak KD-3)
      Blaster Cannon   2d/3d   2d/4d    Good anti-personnel weapon
 Twin Blaster Cannon   2d/4d   2d/5d    
Heavy Blaster Cannon   1d/4d   1d/5d    Plagued by control problems    

  Light Laser Cannon   2d/2d   2d/3d    (Kuat Vonak)
        Laser Cannon   2d/4d   2d/5d
   Twin Laser Cannon   2d/5d   2d/6d
  Heavy Laser Cannon   2d/5d   2d/6d    (Arakyd Tomral)
   Quad Laser Cannon   2d/6d   2d/7d
  Turbo Laser Cannon   3d/7d   3d/8d    (Incom W-34t) with control stabilizers

    Light Ion Cannon   1d/2d   1d/3d    (Comar f-2)
   Medium Ion Cannon   2d/3d   2d/4d    (Comar f-4)
    Heavy Ion Cannon   2d/4d   2d/5d    (Comar f-9)

I interpolate price and weight based on the chart on page 40 of Galaxy
Guide 6: second edition.  The "Twin" and "Quad" packages weigh less
but cost more than the heavy versions.  Remember to check those
legality charts! 

  Weapon permits for vessels in most systems are %30 of the purchase price.
  Weapon linkage costs around 100 credits per weapon, and the weapons
must be the same.  If fired remotely, linking reduces the control dice
by one (although advanced firing control computers will remove that
penalty). Linking two or three similar weapons adds 1 dice to the base
damage, linking four weapons adds 2 dice to the base damage (this is
per the Combined Action rule from page 69, not the Galaxy Guide 6
rule). 
  Weapons may also be linked with a secondary firing station, at 100
credits per station (but see mishap charts for this modification) 
  Keep in mind that character points can also be spent to improve
weapons or other parts of a starship, so not all fire control and
damage codes will match the chart above. 

  -- An X-Wing (with 4 linked LC) may fire one (3d/4d), two (3d/5d),
or all four (3d/6d).  Each weapon may only fire once per combat round,
so the pilot firing groups of two may have two different targets, while
the player firing all 4 must fire at the same target.
  -- The Millenium Falcon has two quad-laser cannons.  Each may be fired
separately (3d/6d) or they may be fired linked from the cockpit (2d/7d).
The Falcon's Light Laser Cannon is primarily used as an anti-personnel
weapon.

    __o		--Thom
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