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- | ====== Weapon Limitations | + | ====== Weapon Limitations ====== |
- | | :!: **This | + | These rules govern the quantity and quality of firepower available to the numerous [[guide:mecha_and_power_armors# |
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- | The following is an addendum that, if approved, would be an additional requirement of the [[guide:submission_rules|Submission Rules]]. | + | |
===== How much weaponry? ===== | ===== How much weaponry? ===== | ||
- | Usually, for infantrymen and power armor, this is self-explanatory... or at least easily ruled on. No one expects an infantryman or a power armor to dual-wield bazookas | + | Usually, for infantrymen and [[guide: |
- | * __Getting | + | * Getting |
- | * __Getting | + | * Getting |
- | For weapons | + | * OTWs can be converted normally into lower-tier |
- | * The first applies to missile systems with a single " | + | * TEWGs can only be converted into lower-tier weapons |
- | * The second applies to missile systems with multiple single-shot " | ||
- | Keep in mind that it doesn' | + | ==== What is a Tier-Equivalent Weapon Group? ==== |
+ | A [[guide: | ||
- | Here are a few final things to keep in mind: | + | * 2 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) [[stararmy:weapons: |
+ | * 1 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Secondary Anti-Starship Turret + 4 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) [[stararmy: | ||
+ | * 8 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Anti-Fighter Turrets | ||
+ | * 6 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Anti-Fighter Turrets]] + 8 Tier 5 (Medium Anti-Armor) [[stararmy: | ||
- | * For weapon systems that use ammunition with different | + | A gun capable of firing Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) |
- | * For a weapon system with multiple " | + | ==== Notes ==== |
+ | //The following are additional notes and errata for the rules described above.// | ||
- | * For gun-based weapon systems located in turrets (like the [[stararmy:type_31_secondary_anti-starship_turret|Type 31 Dual-Cannon Turret]], the [[nepleslia:twin_plasma_turrets|Twin Plasma Turret]], or the //[[nepleslia:primus_battleship|Primus]]//[[nepleslia:primus_battleship|-Class Battleship' | + | * **[[guide:mecha_and_power_armors# |
- | * For weapon systems | + | * For weapon systems |
- | ==== Loadout Example: Type 12000 Giant Robot Dinosaur ==== | + | * For weapon systems located in turrets (like the [[stararmy:weapons:type_31_secondary_anti-starship_turret|Type 31 Secondary Anti-Starship Turret]] or the [[stararmy:weapons: |
- | Let's say that I'm an evil [[faction:mishhuvurthyar:advanced|Mishhuvurthyar]] villain recently freed from imprisonment on [[planet:yamatai# | + | |
- | Given that 80-meter-tall units fit under the "Light Starship" | + | * For missile launchers (like the [[stararmy:small_craft: |
- | * 8 [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference# | + | * Bombs and torpedoes deployed from a small craft’s hardpoints (like the [[stararmy:weapons: |
- | So, if I want to have two Laser Eyes of Destruction™, | + | ===== Loadout Example: Giant Robot Dinosaur ===== |
+ | Let's say that I'm an evil [[species:mishhuvurthyar: | ||
- | * 4 [[guide: | + | Given that 80-meter-tall units fit under the "Light Starship" |
- | ...and then convert those four weapons into: | + | * 8 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) Weapons |
- | * 2 [[guide: | + | * 2 Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups |
- | So, in the case of my giant robot dinosaur with laser eyes, it //can// kill with a glare. | + | Since I want to have two Laser Eyes of Destruction™, I take those 8 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) weapons and convert them into... |
- | But wait, I wanted it to breathe fire too! And I want my firebreath to cause more damage than my laser eyes. Back to the drawing board: I divide 1 of those [[guide: | + | * 4 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) weapons |
- | * 1 [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference# | + | ...and then convert those four weapons into: |
- | * 2 [[guide: | + | |
- | And there we go. My Godzilla-impersonator is armed and ready to smash, stomp, burn, rip, and tear [[location: | + | * 2 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) weapons |
- | ==== Loadout Example: Fighter Jet ==== | + | So, in the case of my giant robot dinosaur |
- | Let's say that I' | + | |
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- | I know from the tech-heads that the fighter jets measure 14 meters by 9 meters by 2 meters, which (according to some [[guide: | + | |
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- | * 8 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...and that 4 of those 8 weapons are already "taken up" by the two autocannons mounted on each side of the forward fuselage, meaning that each fighter jet has... | + | |
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- | * 4 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...already equipped, and... | + | |
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- | * 4 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...available for missiles. Simple observation - and a forest' | + | |
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- | * 1 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 2 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 4 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 8 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 16 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 32 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 64 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 128 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 256 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 512 [[guide: | + | |
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- | Now, in an ideal universe without any of those pesky politicians, | + | |
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- | Problem is, this isn't an ideal universe; because the civilians spent too much time chewing their thumbs and debating over what to do, I unfortunately have no choice but to send out the fighter jets with their current anti-fighter loadout of... | + | |
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- | * 4 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 64 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...(which, for you tech-obsessed tech-heads out there, is sixteen [[guide: | + | |
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- | ==== Loadout Example: Ke-M1993-28i " | + | |
- | Let's say I'm the long-dead [[faction: | + | |
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- | I never intended in my wildest dreams for five teenagers with attitude to pilot my glorious war machine, of course - the notion of child soldiers was something that the [[: | + | |
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- | At 95 meters tall, the aforementioned war machine - the Ke-M1993-28i " | + | |
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- | * 8 [[guide: | + | |
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- | Seeing as how the Izanagi' | + | |
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- | * 1 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...for the extendable Sword of Justice™ built into the Izanagi' | + | |
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- | * 4 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...then divided those four weapons into... | + | |
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- | * 8 [[guide: | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ...and divided //those// eight weapons into... | + | |
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- | * 16 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...for the (retractable, | + | |
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- | * 1 [[guide: | + | |
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- | ...is utilized for the [[: | + | |
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- | * 2 [[guide: | + | |
- | ...which thereby brings the Izanagi right up to the maximum limit of 8 [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference# | + | But wait, I wanted it to breathe fire too! And I want my fire breath to cause more damage than my laser eyes. Back to the drawing board: I divide 1 of those Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) weapons |
- | With the weapons taken care of, all that remained was to add a Shield of Integrity™ to the Izanagi' | + | * 1 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) |
+ | * 2 Tier 11 (Medium | ||
- | * 1 [[guide: | + | Then I remember that I’ve forgotten about the 2 Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups. Back to the drawing board one more time: I take those 2 Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups and - since they' |
- | * 2 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 2 [[guide: | + | |
- | * 16 [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference# | + | |
- | ...plus the... | + | * 4 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) Spike Launchers of Devastation™ |
- | * 1 [[guide: | + | These launchers, located on the flanks of my Giant Robot Dinosaur, will be my point-defense against any pesky fighter jets the inhabitants |
- | ...the Ke-M1993-28i " | + | * On-Tier Weapons: |
+ | * 1 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) Plasma Flamethrower | ||
+ | * 2 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) Eyes of Destruction™ | ||
- | ===== Damage Rating | + | * Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups |
- | //The following table was copied directly from the [[guide: | + | * 4 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) Spike Launchers of Devastation™ |
- | ^ Tier ^ Purpose ^ Defensive Example ^ Offensive Example ^ | + | ...and there we go. My Godzilla impersonator is armed and ready to smash, stomp, burn, rip, and tear Kyoto City into rubble! MUAHAHAHAHA! |
- | ^ Personnel | + | |
- | | 1 | Light Anti-Personnel | + | |
- | | 2 | Medium Anti-Personnel | + | |
- | | 3 | Heavy Anti-Personnel | + | |
- | ^ Power Armor ^^^^ | + | |
- | | 4 | Light Anti-Armor | + | |
- | | 5 | Medium Anti-Armor | + | |
- | | 6 | Heavy Anti-Armor | + | |
- | ^ Mecha ^^^^ | + | |
- | | 7 | Light Anti-Mecha | + | |
- | | 8 | Medium Anti-Mecha | + | |
- | | 9 | Heavy Anti-Mecha | + | |
- | ^ Starship | + | |
- | | 10 | Light Anti-Starship | + | |
- | | 11 | Medium Anti-Starship | + | |
- | | 12 | Heavy Anti-Starship | + | |
- | | 13 | Light Anti-Capital Ship | [[stararmy: | + | |
- | | 14 | Medium Anti-Capital Ship | [[stararmy: | + | |
- | | 15 | Heavy Anti-Capital Ship | 3km+ Structures, Dreadnoughts | [[stararmy: | + | |
- | ===== OOC Notes ===== | + | ===== Resources |
- | [[user:frostjaeger]] created this article on 2017/04/22 12:28. | + | [[https://docs.google.com/ |