[Spaceships] Question about hull damage

[ToeFinger]

Originally Posted by Varyon

While you've set your fighter as, say, SM+7, you can use the volume reduction of heavy armor and the Smaller Systems rules to have it function essentially as a really well-armored SM+6 fighter instead.

That's a good idea that I had not considered before. This would fix survivability issues by increasing armor at the expense of somewhat reduced firepower.

There was another thing about hull damage that I was also thinking about. What happens when all the systems in the central hull section are destroyed? Does this leave the front and rear section cut off from each other? Would the front and rear hull be able to use systems located in the opposite hull section, transferring power points through a central hull section held together by duct tape?

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by ToeFinger

There was another thing about hull damage that I was also thinking about. What happens when all the systems in the central hull section are destroyed? Does this leave the front and rear section cut off from each other? Would the front and rear hull be able to use systems located in the opposite hull section, transferring power points through a central hull section held together by duct tape?

Considering that the ship is at best at -2xHP, that sounds about right: fore and aft connected by tangled wreckage and compartments open to vacuum. If it fails a roll to survive under such conditions, I'd rule it splits amidships.