Spaceships: "improved" guns?

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Originally Posted by SCAR

Gun sAcc is based purely on Calibre, for each of Conventional and EMG.

I sit corrected. I don't remember what the minimum TL for conventional guns is, but I'd imagine setting the base at TL7 would probably be the way to do it.

Originally Posted by SCAR

I don't think you need to really consider mechanically or technically how 'Improved' would work. Especially given the RoF variation by Turn length.

Perhaps I am again mistaken, but as I recall RoF is simply multiplied based on multiples of 20 seconds - RoF 1 at 20 seconds is 3 at 1 minute, 30 at 10 minutes, etc.

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

Of course, this shouldn't increase the available ammo supply, so such guns will only be able to fire for half as long.

That's an important consideration. TL improvements may result in lower propellant weight for conventional weapons, allowing them to carry a bit more ammo, but it's probably not enough to make a serious difference.