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YankeeGamer · 05-03-2018, 06:05 PM

Very small guns in large quantities should start running into surface area limits. Look at a late world war 2 warship, and you'll see that there's nowhere to cram in more guns. That should probably be GM fiat, with fewer small guns available on streamlined ships. Note that many real world ships had tertiary or smaller guns mounted on top of primary turrets simply because there was space there. (Mounting secondaries on top of main turrets, like the Kearsage, didn't work well...)

05-03-2018, 06:05 PM	#45
YankeeGamer Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: [Spaceships] Paying more for better system? Very small guns in large quantities should start running into surface area limits. Look at a late world war 2 warship, and you'll see that there's nowhere to cram in more guns. That should probably be GM fiat, with fewer small guns available on streamlined ships. Note that many real world ships had tertiary or smaller guns mounted on top of primary turrets simply because there was space there. (Mounting secondaries on top of main turrets, like the Kearsage, didn't work well...)