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YankeeGamer · 04-30-2018, 08:54 PM

As I'm looking at options, I see one very useful, and, IMVHO, important and realistic modification.

Each turret has a specific amount that you get back if you put, for example, only 3 tertiary guns in place. That's the weight of the weapon emplacement.

Well, even BIG ships will use small guns; the Iowa class battleships used the same 20 mm Oikerlons for point defense that destroyers did.

I think that a section could be equipped with MUCH smaller weapons than the size class of the ship supports in the rules, with the rest cargo, or reaction mass, or whatever. Thus, a SM +15 ship could still have LOTS of guns suitable as secondary guns on a SM +5 ship, creating a forrest of fire for shooting at fighters and missiles.

04-30-2018, 08:54 PM	#34
YankeeGamer Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: [Spaceships] Paying more for better system? As I'm looking at options, I see one very useful, and, IMVHO, important and realistic modification. Each turret has a specific amount that you get back if you put, for example, only 3 tertiary guns in place. That's the weight of the weapon emplacement. Well, even BIG ships will use small guns; the Iowa class battleships used the same 20 mm Oikerlons for point defense that destroyers did. I think that a section could be equipped with MUCH smaller weapons than the size class of the ship supports in the rules, with the rest cargo, or reaction mass, or whatever. Thus, a SM +15 ship could still have LOTS of guns suitable as secondary guns on a SM +5 ship, creating a forrest of fire for shooting at fighters and missiles.