Torpedoes

Example: Susie’s Pit Viper has a single
Pulse Laser weapon system, and her
pilot has a Gunnery of 4. The total attack
dice roll is 2D8 (for the Pulse
Laser weapon type) and 1D4 (for the
pilot’s Attack Die Bonus). This is noted
as 2D8+1D4.
The ways the attack dice are read to determine
whether a target is hit and how
severely it is damaged are explained below
in Hitting the Target and Damaging the
Target.
Multiple Gun Weapon Systems
Some cannon weapon systems contain
more than one gun (e.g., the Night Hawk
has a weapon system with 6 Splatterguns
in a single mount). Such weapon systems
only roll attack dice once when they fire.
Their multiple guns provide To Hit and
Damage bonuses, but cannot be fired separately.
Additionally, when eliminating a weapon
system, you must remove the entire mount
at once. It is impossible to simply eliminate
a single cannon from a multiple
weapon mount.
Firing Order
The order in which starcraft discharge
their cannons depends on the Gunneries
of the various pilots and gunners firing
them. Gunners with Gunnery 10 fire first.
Gunnery 9 gunners fire next, then Gunnery
8 gunners and so on until finally the Gunnery
1 gunners fire. If opposing gunners
have the same Gunnery, they resolve their
fire simultaneously.
After all eligible gunners have fired, pilots
then fire their weapons. Pilots resolve
their fire in sequential order just as gunners
do, based upon their Gunneries, moving
from highest to lowest. In all cases, no
pilots fire until all gunners have had a
chance to fire.
Note that attacks are resolved sequentially,
with all damage from one attack taking
effect before the next vessel’s weapon
system is fired. The only exception to this
is when gunners or pilots with the same
Gunnery value have their attacks resolved
at the same time. Damage is then resolved
simultaneously.
Hitting the Target
When attacking a target with either cannons
(in the Cannon Fire Phase) or missiles
(in the Missile Results Phase), you roll
the weapon’s attack dice. The number you
are trying to meet or beat is the target ship’s
Defensive Value. This number is located in
the upper left side of the large hex on the
ship’s display.
A target’s Defensive Value tells you how
hard it is to hit it. Ships with high Defensive
Values are harder to hit than ships with
lower Defensive Values. When you’ve finally
got an eligible target, follow this procedure:
1) Roll and add together the weapon
system’s attack dice.
2) If the target is in the weapon’s Short
Range increment, add 1 to the total.
3) If the target is in the weapon’s Long
Range increment, subtract 1 from the
total.
If this final modified total is equal to or
exceeds the target’s Defensive Value, the
target is hit and may be damaged (see below).
If the final modified total is less than
the target’s Defensive Value, the attack
misses.
Example: Helen’s Salamander fires its
Impulsegun at Mark’s Night Hawk.
Mark’s ship is 9 hexes away, which falls
into the Impulsegun’s Long Range.
The Impulsegun has Base Attack Dice
of 2D8. Helen’s pilot has a Gunnery of
5 for an Attack Die Bonus of 1D6. She
rolls the three dice (2D8+1D6) and
gets 7, 5 and 2, which adds up to 14.
The –1 modifier for Long Range fire
brings the total to 13. Mark’s Night
Hawk has a Defensive Value of 13, so
it’s just been hit.
Hitting With
Multiple Gun
Weapon Systems
Some cannon weapon
systems contain more
than one gun (e.g., the
Night Hawk has a 6
Splattergun weapon
mount). For every gun
beyond 1 in a weapon
system, a +1 is added to
its total attack dice roll
for determining a hit.
Example: Wendy’s
Thunder Bird has a
gunner with
Gunnery 7 staffing
a 4 Pulse Laser
weapon system.
Her total attack
dice roll is 2D6 (for
the Pulse Laser
weapon type), 1D8
(for the gunner’s
Attack Die Bonus)
plus 3 (for the
three extra guns
beyond the first).
This is noted as
2D6+1D8+3.
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