Some questions on Spaceships

FeiLin · 06-26-2019, 03:17 PM

I'm trying to read through Spaceships, and I'm having some difficulties (it feels I'm doing more referencing and turning pages than actually reading). I read most of the rules, and decided to try a simulated fight between simple fighters. In the process, I was driven to such a despair that I went through any errata I could find in hopes that something was missing (alas, I couldn't find anything helpful).

First up, a straight-forward question: is it possible to fire identical weapons of different batteries at the same time without multitasking penalties? I assume it is possible to at least do with penalties, but there's a sentence that didn't make sense to me: "identical fixed mount weapons in a major, medium, secondary, or tertiary battery". Afaik, a major battery can only have one weapon, so it would be redundant to include them in that list, so I was thinking maybe it's supposed to be "identical fixed mount weapons of [a] battery" (ie that if they're identical they're considered to have the same trigger). Failing that, are there any ways to link them? I couldn't see anything in the book, so could that be done with Basic or something?

Secondly, do missiles only do "normal" damage? They would logically be ex and/or burn, also with some AD, but I couldn't find that info about missiles.

In general, is there like a "Guide to Spaceships", that gives some easy to follow examples or something...?

I'll be back... (with more questions, probably)

06-26-2019, 03:17 PM	#1
FeiLin Join Date: Aug 2018	Some questions on Spaceships I'm trying to read through Spaceships, and I'm having some difficulties (it feels I'm doing more referencing and turning pages than actually reading). I read most of the rules, and decided to try a simulated fight between simple fighters. In the process, I was driven to such a despair that I went through any errata I could find in hopes that something was missing (alas, I couldn't find anything helpful). First up, a straight-forward question: is it possible to fire identical weapons of different batteries at the same time without multitasking penalties? I assume it is possible to at least do with penalties, but there's a sentence that didn't make sense to me: "identical fixed mount weapons in a major, medium, secondary, or tertiary battery". Afaik, a major battery can only have one weapon, so it would be redundant to include them in that list, so I was thinking maybe it's supposed to be "identical fixed mount weapons of [a] battery" (ie that if they're identical they're considered to have the same trigger). Failing that, are there any ways to link them? I couldn't see anything in the book, so could that be done with Basic or something? Secondly, do missiles only do "normal" damage? They would logically be ex and/or burn, also with some AD, but I couldn't find that info about missiles. In general, is there like a "Guide to Spaceships", that gives some easy to follow examples or something...? I'll be back... (with more questions, probably)