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|A fightercraft with fore shields as 50% and aft shields at 100% could transfer 50% from the aft shields to bring the fore shields back to 100%. The same fightercraft could instead decide to balance its shields and share reserves evenly: getting 75% on both facings.| | |A fightercraft with fore shields as 50% and aft shields at 100% could transfer 50% from the aft shields to bring the fore shields back to 100%. The same fightercraft could instead decide to balance its shields and share reserves evenly: getting 75% on both facings.| | ||
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- | |Expecting damage on the fore barrier, a captain orders power to be rerouted from aft facing (at 100%) to fore (also 100%). The aft barrier is reduced to 50%, but the fore barrier is boosted to 150%.| \\ |Later, that same ship is fleeing a squadron of enemy vessels and the captain orders power to be rerouted from all facings to the aft. Fifty percent is taken from five facings (250% total) and shunted to the aft facing, upping it to 350%. While the ship's aft now extremely well protected, the rear emitter is not made to handle such an energy load and risks quickly overloading.| | + | |Expecting damage on the fore barrier, a captain orders power to be rerouted from aft facing (at 100%) to fore (also 100%). The aft barrier is reduced to 50%, but the fore barrier is boosted to 150%.| |
In SARP, the safe limit to boost a barrier facing is 200%. Going beyond invites malfunctions, | In SARP, the safe limit to boost a barrier facing is 200%. Going beyond invites malfunctions, | ||
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=== Armor === | === Armor === | ||
- | Essentially, | + | Essentially, |
- | An armor' | + | An armor' |
+ | |||
+ | For ease of reference, anything within the same tier is documented as performing about the same. We won't go in the minutiae of what protects better between | ||
== Supplemental Armor == | == Supplemental Armor == | ||
- | It is not unknown for power armors carry along shields((" | + | Power armors |
- | The performance of supplemental armor is generally played by the ear by Game Masters. They are heavily reliant on the Game Masters protraying | + | The performance of supplemental armor is generally played by the ear by Game Masters. They are heavily reliant on the GM's portrayal |
- | Given that shields typically are made of heavier plating than what the user is wearing, its resilience can be treated as going up to one step above the tier of the unit. For example, the M6 Daisy' | + | Given that shields typically are made of heavier plating than what the user is wearing, its resilience can be treated as going up to one step above the tier of the unit. For example, the M6 Daisy' |
- | There comes a point when a shield has sustained so much abuse that it looks more like an abstract metal representation of swiss cheese rather than anything capable of granting protection. How long shields can stand up to damage and deterioration is pretty much under the purview | + | There comes a point when a shield has sustained so much abuse that it looks more like an abstract metal representation of Swiss cheese rather than anything capable of granting protection. |
== Materials == | == Materials == | ||
- | Materials | + | Materials |
- | Here's a list of commonly seen armor materials in SARP, along with a short blurb of how they stand out. | + | Even though Durandium is supposedly lighter and less dense, someone designing a light power armor and wanting to sheathe it in Durandium plating will put the necessary amount of armor on it to make it fit within its tier. |
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+ | Here's a list of commonly seen materials in SARP, along with a short blurb of how they stand out. | ||
^ Armor Material | ^ Armor Material | ||
- | | Xiulurium | + | | |
- | | Zanarium | + | | |
- | | Durandium | + | | |
| Durandium-T | | Durandium-T | ||
- | | | + | | |
- | | Nerimium | + | | |
- | | Yamataium | + | | |
- | | Zesuaium | + | | |
| Zesuaium-T | | Zesuaium-T | ||
| Zesuaium-X | | Zesuaium-X | ||
- | Durandium is an extremely widespread | + | A material' |
- | But, a Mindy power armor plated in durandium could take some serious damage from taking an Hostile' | + | Durandium is an extremely widespread material and makes for cheap, reliable |
- | There are ways around that, though. If a gauss bazooka is fired directly | + | However, a Mindy plated in Durandium could take some serious damage from a Hostile' |
- | == Being " | + | Other aspects of physics remove |
- | You may have seen that term applying | + | |
- | Most of what is listed | + | == Being " |
+ | Most of what is in the tier list as target examples are items that are prepared or designed to endure damage coming //from weaponry// | ||
- | But many other items - especially from the civilian market | + | But many other items — especially from the civilian market |
- | All of these are //Unarmored//. They take damage one step worse than usual for their tier. | + | These are //unarmored//. They take damage one step worse than usual for their tier. |
===== Setting Submissions ===== | ===== Setting Submissions ===== | ||
This section is made in the interest of making submissions adhere to SADRv3. | This section is made in the interest of making submissions adhere to SADRv3. |