Why use a Mass Driver?

[DonM]

Ok, Aramis -- I know you know Striker better than I do...

Ideas here on fixing MDs in MT? Was this same discrepancy in performance displayed in Striker?

 

[DonM]

Ok, Aramis -- I know you know Striker better than I do...

Ideas here on fixing MDs in MT? Was this same discrepancy in performance displayed in Striker?

 

[DonM]

I knew I'd seen something on this before, so I hit the files when I got home, and found a note from Rob Dean in 1990, pointing this out:

It would appear from the MegaTraveller design rules that Mass Driver guns are not cost effective because they are such huge energy hogs. However...all other gun rules are completely compatible with Striker. Rates of Fire are doubled from Striker's "per 30 second" basis to a "per minute" basis. On P.78 of MegaTraveller Book 2, ROF for MD guns is given
as 1 for the base energy amount. If you check Striker, you will notice that that you calculate the same base energy, for a rate of fire of 1 *per second*. I suppose that this was supposed to be the same, and should be noted by anyone
working on this sort of stuff. This means that any previously designed vehicles with mass driver guns should have their rates of fire multiplied by 60.

If the readers agree, I move we add this to the Errata...

 

[DonM]

I knew I'd seen something on this before, so I hit the files when I got home, and found a note from Rob Dean in 1990, pointing this out:

It would appear from the MegaTraveller design rules that Mass Driver guns are not cost effective because they are such huge energy hogs. However...all other gun rules are completely compatible with Striker. Rates of Fire are doubled from Striker's "per 30 second" basis to a "per minute" basis. On P.78 of MegaTraveller Book 2, ROF for MD guns is given
as 1 for the base energy amount. If you check Striker, you will notice that that you calculate the same base energy, for a rate of fire of 1 *per second*. I suppose that this was supposed to be the same, and should be noted by anyone
working on this sort of stuff. This means that any previously designed vehicles with mass driver guns should have their rates of fire multiplied by 60.

If the readers agree, I move we add this to the Errata...

 

[DonM]

I knew I'd seen something on this before, so I hit the files when I got home, and found a note from Rob Dean in 1990, pointing this out:

It would appear from the MegaTraveller design rules that Mass Driver guns are not cost effective because they are such huge energy hogs. However...all other gun rules are completely compatible with Striker. Rates of Fire are doubled from Striker's "per 30 second" basis to a "per minute" basis. On P.78 of MegaTraveller Book 2, ROF for MD guns is given
as 1 for the base energy amount. If you check Striker, you will notice that that you calculate the same base energy, for a rate of fire of 1 *per second*. I suppose that this was supposed to be the same, and should be noted by anyone
working on this sort of stuff. This means that any previously designed vehicles with mass driver guns should have their rates of fire multiplied by 60.

If the readers agree, I move we add this to the Errata...

 

[mike wightman]

I think it's a good fix - do it

 

[mike wightman]

I think it's a good fix - do it

 

[mike wightman]

I think it's a good fix - do it

 

[DonM]

Page 78, Step 24, Mass Driver Guns (Correction): Replace the second paragraph below the table with the following:

Base Rate of Fire for Mass Driver Guns is 60. Rate of Fire may be increased by increasing power output. Doubling power doubles rate of fire. The limit to increased rate of fire is the square of the gun's Tech Level times 60 (the limit at TL 8 is 3,840; the limit at TL 15 is 13,500).

That seems a bit... the other direction... over the top.

 

[DonM]

Page 78, Step 24, Mass Driver Guns (Correction): Replace the second paragraph below the table with the following:

Base Rate of Fire for Mass Driver Guns is 60. Rate of Fire may be increased by increasing power output. Doubling power doubles rate of fire. The limit to increased rate of fire is the square of the gun's Tech Level times 60 (the limit at TL 8 is 3,840; the limit at TL 15 is 13,500).

That seems a bit... the other direction... over the top.

 

[DonM]

Page 78, Step 24, Mass Driver Guns (Correction): Replace the second paragraph below the table with the following:

Base Rate of Fire for Mass Driver Guns is 60. Rate of Fire may be increased by increasing power output. Doubling power doubles rate of fire. The limit to increased rate of fire is the square of the gun's Tech Level times 60 (the limit at TL 8 is 3,840; the limit at TL 15 is 13,500).

That seems a bit... the other direction... over the top.

 

[epicenter00]

Originally posted by DonM:

That seems a bit... the other direction... over the top.

It would appear our enemies will finally see Reason. (sorry, Snow Crash reference).

 

[epicenter00]

Originally posted by DonM:

That seems a bit... the other direction... over the top.

It would appear our enemies will finally see Reason. (sorry, Snow Crash reference).

 

[epicenter00]

Originally posted by DonM:

That seems a bit... the other direction... over the top.

It would appear our enemies will finally see Reason. (sorry, Snow Crash reference).