[1e] Turret Weapons - Thoughts and House Rules

[kilemall]

My headcanon for sand intercepting beams is that energy weapons use capacitors as part of their firing process (since caps are better with instant spikes in power demand than a reactor), and the charging of those capacitors can be detected moments before the actual shot. Then it's more of a prediction of where the beams will need to be to intercept the ship, and putting sand in the way of the predicted path. The variable nature of both the to-hit roll and the absorption roll are based on how good those predictions are.

Not bad, if you use the Striker 250Mw laser design sequence there is definitely a capacitor in there. I just don’t think EMF from those things will be detectable that far away.

 

[Condottiere]

My headcanon for sand intercepting beams is that energy weapons use capacitors as part of their firing process (since caps are better with instant spikes in power demand than a reactor), and the charging of those capacitors can be detected moments before the actual shot. Then it's more of a prediction of where the beams will need to be to intercept the ship, and putting sand in the way of the predicted path. The variable nature of both the to-hit roll and the absorption roll are based on how good those predictions are.