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For those who are unfamiliar with these, these are the nasty rollbar phasers seen on the Reliant and several other starships. they are described as having the range of a phaser bank, but having the punch of a photon topedo. Any suggestions for mechanics on this?
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I would treat them like normal pulse phasers. Just make them a little bit more powerful than the standard phasers for a ship of its size and classification.
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Hmmm...that seems to work, but I'd hate to give another weapons track on the ship considering it's the primary phaser armarment. May have to.
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There wouldn't be a need for a second track, BC. Just as when you have multiple types of phasers (or other beam weapons) you would combine the Offensive Value for both to arrive at the penetration value. And the Weapons damage track applies to all weapons anyway...Originally posted by BouncyCaitian
Hmmm...that seems to work, but I'd hate to give another weapons track on the ship considering it's the primary phaser armarment. May have to.
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Ah okay thanks...still learning how the construction system works.Originally posted by Doug Burke
There wouldn't be a need for a second track, BC. Just as when you have multiple types of phasers (or other beam weapons) you would combine the Offensive Value for both to arrive at the penetration value. And the Weapons damage track applies to all weapons anyway...
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Just give a phaser the enhanced or pulse edge. I remember those mega-phasers from FASA. I don't know if they're canon or not, but getting the effect you're looking for shouldn't be hard.
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As far as i know the Mega-Phasers are not canon, can't find an official reference.Cool concept though. I would agree with the pulse upgrade.
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