On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) > <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: > >> According to the memoirs of a survivor of the sinking of the >>IJN Yamato in WWII, the USN dive bombers strafed the BB >>as they pulled out (he said they were so close that he could >>see the faces of the rear gunners screaming at them) & that >>the strafing had a significant impact. Mainly casualties, of course >> & not affecting the structural integrity of the ship. > > > Yeah. But I don't particularly see that translating into Traveller terms. > TNE had this thing about breaking the ship into sections for what would get hit... Maybe a chart of "surface-ness" ? So things that have to be on the outer hull and are hard to armor are noted?