On 10/8/2014 6:20 PM, Tim wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 08:42:25AM +1100, Ian Whitchurch wrote: >> But the TL12 nuke damper pulled the teeth of the only weapon in Trav that >> could hurt a proper, armored, military ship. > > Most of the rules systems totally overlook the fact that given > Traveller's drive performance and distances, kinetic missiles should > hit with the energy of small nuclear weapons exploding in direct > contact with the hull. Another possibility, given those same speeds and ranges, is that the chance of actually hitting an active vessel's hull with non-lightspeed weapons is a virtually impossible task - as a recent movie put it, "like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet, whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse." Thus (the assumption goes) Traveller missiles may well be proximity-fused and saturation-fired. (Itano Circus, anyone?) -- --------------- Kelly St. Clair xxxxxx@efn.org
