06-23-2017, 05:19 AM | #1 |
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[UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
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I remember that drills and rotary hammers treat wooden, brick and stone obstacles as [semi-]ablative. However, I do not remember any similar notes about gradually cutting metal obstacles, even for things like the plasma torch (which does burning damage). So my questions are:
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06-23-2017, 06:21 AM | #2 | ||
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Re: [UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
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Thermite? (or UT-equivalents.) ADDENDUM: Found it. Pyramid #3/51: Tech and Toys III has REF values for ultra-tech explosives, and even Nanoscale Thermite in Ultra-Tech Too.
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06-23-2017, 08:54 AM | #3 | |
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06-23-2017, 08:56 AM | #4 |
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Re: [UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
Given that these are tools, not weapons, it seems reasonable for them to treat metal as semi-ablative outside of combat, otherwise they would be useless as tools.
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06-23-2017, 10:29 AM | #5 |
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Re: [UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
Watch some videos of plasma torches piercing and cutting shapes in thick steel. The following is obviously not RAW - but should work:
Assign an AD to the torch and let damage accumulate for every second it is on the start point until it over comes the DR. Assign a speed the torch can move while it cuts through that thickness of steel in inches per minute. Roll a successful Operation roll to continue to achieve that rate of progress. Once the metal is pierced the metal adjacent to the hole is hot and the plasma does not have to work on much surface area to bring it to melting point as it travels.
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06-23-2017, 11:06 AM | #6 |
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Re: [UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
Realistically, there should probably be a general rule for drilling (and sawing) that applies to any damage type in situations where the weapon can be held in a constant position against the target (or if you can continually hit the same point, which is probably comparable to targeting chinks in armor); there's a minimum threshold below which you can't drill at all, but as long as you can damage the surface at all you'll eventually get through.
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06-23-2017, 05:26 PM | #7 | |
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Re: [UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
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"Repeated impaling, piercing, and large piercing attacks against the same small spot (an area with SM 0 or less) lower DR at that specific point as if it were semi-ablative; repeated burning, corrosion, crushing, cutting, or huge piercing attacks at that same spot reduce DR at that point as if it were ablative." |
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06-24-2017, 12:20 AM | #8 | |
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06-24-2017, 05:59 AM | #9 |
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Re: [UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
Nothing in the text says that this only applies to wood and stone, only that wood and stone have a cap on how much DR can be ablated. The lack of a minimum DR for metals seems like an oversight, however.
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06-24-2017, 07:47 AM | #10 |
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Re: [UT] Plasma Torch vs. big metal door on a spaceship?
That * sign in the beginning of the paragraph on page 559 is a footnote from page 558. Notice that the DRs of wooden, concrete, stone and brick objects come with an *.
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