Hi Guys,

It's a long time since I checked out Highguard, and it's right there (thanks), so it's just another bit of errata to add to the list in MT :)

So would the best place for the errata be in the beam table on page 99?

I.e.

Page 99, Table 4 Beams (correction): The Beam Table should include Energy Weapons and the table does not indicate this. In the title replace the word "Beams" with "Beams: includes Lasers and Energy Weapons"

Also checking the tables out in High Guard the Fusion Guns matched the correction in the errata (as you might expect) and the plasma gun is copied correctly. So this just means that plasma guns are only really any use @ TL10, 11 and 12 until Beam Lasers take over again @ TL13 or Fusion @ TL12, and thinking about it Fusion guns are just a progression of Plasma Guns anyway.

Anyway this has helped me with thinking about war ship design, so thanks guys.

Best regards,

Ewan

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From: xxxxxx@simplelists.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Thomas RUX
Sent: 25 September 2020 03:31
To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
Subject: Re: [TML] MT Attaching Fusion and Plasma Factors

Hi Rupert,

> On 09/24/2020 5:44 PM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 25Sep2020 1029, Thomas RUX wrote:
> > Hi ewan,
> >
> >> On 09/24/2020 12:32 PM xxxxxx@quibell.org.uk wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks Guys,
> >>
> >> Now I thought that, because that's what I've done in the absence of anything else, however I couldn't find that in the rules anywhere. Which I found really strange. Which is why I asked the question. Now it might be that I'm just missing something, and I'm quite prepared to accept that I have. Could you point me to the right place?
> > MT Referee's Manual p. 59
> >
> > "Lasers: Lasers fire a concentrated light energy in beams or pulses against enemy targets."
> >
> > "Energy Weapons (which include plasma guns and fusion guns): These weapons fire a highly energized beam of ionized gas at the target: with the fusion gun this gas actually proceeds to fusion."
> >
> > I also did a cross check in CT LBB 5 HG 2 p. 45 "Beam Weapon Table: Beam weapons include lasers and energy (fusion and plasma) guns..."
>
> I'm not sure it's in MT anywhere as an explicit statement, but it's in
> HG as you note. Probably one of those cases where 'everyone knows' and
> so the absence in the new edition gets overlooked.
>
CT LBB 5 is very clear that energy weapons are included in beam weapons.

MT Referee's Manual I agree is not as clear as in CT LBB 5, however does include the term "beam" which is also used in describing lasers. Without looking the material up again I do not recall any of the other weapons in the Combat section of the MT Referee's Manual using the term "beam".

Tom Rux
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