On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:45 AM,  <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote:
> Morning PDT Evyn,
>
> MT Referee's Manual page 63 seems to be a four step process. Step 1 Select
> armor material type; Step 2 Select the minimum armor protection rating which
> for spacecraft and starships is 40; Step 3 Determine the modifier for the
> protection rating; and Step 4: Determine weight and price.
>
> If I'm following you I'm guessing that what you are after is Step 2 and Step
> 4 determining the price.
>
> Hopefully I'm in the ball park, and if not then I'll have to listen to the
> radio.;-)

Actually the Game mechanism in how it is used is the bigger question.

Thinking over night about how Armor works in High Guard, it is a Die
modifier that shifts damage rolls away from Critical Hits. That
mechanism wouldn't be too hard to implement within Book 2 core rules.
In effect it would be a DM of -1 on the damage location roll for each
hit.

One of things to consider is whether or not the are various levels of
armor for a Book 2 Ship, with the above it could be a binary decision
whether to have a "Armoured" hull or not. In this I am looking at
Armor as improved internal compartmentalization along side a some
surface strengthening. Say a 5% cost in volume with a MCr 0.4 cost per
ton.

--
Evyn