On 23Feb2018 1840, Cian Witherspoon wrote:
> Honestly, most editions are short on the ground when it comes to
> anti-missile defense. One note I made is that it's best to not use
> this idea with the 2nd edition of the Mongoose version, as missiles
> there are exceedingly powerful - they get DM+1 for every missile in
> the salvo (including the first), deal 4d6 damage, and upon a
> successful attack multiply the damage of the first missile by the
> effect (total roll-8). Point defense is rather weak in that version as
> well, but not as bad as the 1st edition. Actually defending against
> the huge salvos that capitol ships can put out usually requires an
> escort completely dedicated to point defense systems, which leave no
> option for offensive capability.
> I am working on actual countermissiles, which would be the most
> effective option (and could maybe get their own pods, but the
> targeting data upload would be interesting).

MgT's insistence that 1) small ships can only be attacked effectively by
small weapons, and 2) that missiles can only be attacked by
point-defence fire and not while in transit makes massed missile fire,
and massed missile fire by missile boats, insanely effective.

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