Torpedoes

Immobile Targets
Any starcraft which
has been reduced to a
Drive of 0 may not have
a Defensive Value
greater than 5. If a
starcraft’s Drive is
brought to 0, immediately
reduce its Defensive
Value to 5. If the
vessel’s Defensive Value
is already less than 5,
leave it alone.
Ships with dead or
dazed pilots automatically
have a Drive of 0.
Once the dazed pilot
recovers, the ship’s
Drive is figured normally.
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Damaging the Target
Each weapon type on the Master Weapon
Table has an entry in the Damage column:
either Low, Medium, High, All, All x 2 or
10/8/6. This entry indicates how to read attack
dice that have hit their target to determine
the base amount of damage done.
The entries are defined as follows:
Low: Damage equals the lowest number
rolled. In case of ties, add all the low
numbers together. If all three dice are
the same, total them.
Medium: Damage equals the middle number
rolled. In case of ties (in which case,
there is no middle number), add the all
the high numbers together. If all three
dice are the same, total them.
High: Damage equals the highest number
rolled. In case of ties, add all the high
numbers together. If all three dice are
the same, total them.
All: Damage equals the total of all the dice
rolled.
All x 2: Damage equals double the total of
all the dice rolled.
10/8/6: Damage equals 10 at Short Range,
8 at Medium Range and 6 at Long
Range.
High+1/: This damage convention is used
for missiles. The damage is equal to
High damage, plus 1 point of damage
for each missile that hits the target.
Example: Continuing from the example
above, Helen’s Salamander
scored a hit against Mark’s wounded
Night Hawk, so now it’s time to figure
damage. The attack dice came up
2, 5 and 7. The Impulsegun’s damage
is High. The high die is 7, so 7 hits are
inflicted. If the dice had come up 2, 6
and 6, the damage would have been
(6+6=) 12. If the dice had come up
three 6s, the attack would have done
(6+6+6=)18 points of damage.
Once the base damage has been figured,
subtract the target’s Damage Reduction
from that number to get the amount of
damage that’s gotten through. Then mark
that number of boxes off the target’s damage
track and apply any special damage indicated
by the damage track.
Cannon Weapons
Not all cannon weapons fit smoothly into
the rules given above. Some of them have
special effects and limitations. These are
based upon the sort of weapons they are
and the kind of ammunitions they fire.
Blast Cannons
There are two sorts of blast cannons:
Splatterguns and Blatguns. Both are rugged
particle beam weapons which deliver
good concussion damage, considering their
relatively compact size. Blast cannon fire
is not renowned for its penetration characteristics,
as the particle beams tend to
splatter upon hitting a target.
Disruptor Cannons
Disruptors project oscillating electromagnetic
pulses which set up sympathetic
molecular vibrations in their targets. A
good hit actually disintegrates portions of
the target vessel as its molecular bonds are
broken down.
The two types of disruptor cannons—
Disruptorguns and Disintegrators—are not
popular with fighter manufacturers, since
they are larger than comparable weapons
and have a restricted range. Also, disruptor
pulses have difficulty penetrating the energy
screens which protect all modern,
high-performance fighters. To reflect this
fact, a special rule applies to Disruptor cannon
fire.
If a target’s Defensive Value has not been
reduced by a previous critical hit (reflecting,
in part, a battering of the ship’s
screens), a +1 modifier is added to that
target’s Defensive Value against disruptor
cannon fire.
Example: A Blizzard’s Disruptorgun
is fired at a Kosmos with a Defensive
Value of 14. The Kosmos’ Defensive
Value has not been reduced by the effects
of a critical hit. Against the
Disruptorgun attack, the Kosmos is
treated as if it had a Defensive Value
of 15, not 14. If the Kosmos had received
a critical hit that had reduced
its Defensive Value by, for instance, 2,
the Disruptorgun attack would be resolved
normally against a Defensive
Value of 12.