Re: 2e SJ & weapons

At 22:35 2001-09-05 +0930, you wrote:
>I think Leroys away ATM, and I emailed him regarding this, so I'm gunna put
>it out there for general consideration aswell.
>
>A weapon takes out a certain number of tons being on a ship.  now I was just
>making up a fcew drow ships (hehe), and placing a few medium ballistae
>internally.  I remember at one point someone had said that to get the
>deckplans accurate (I think it was Leroy who said it) count each 5x5ft
>square as .18 of a ton.  now each medium ballistae is 2 tons...  now either
>excel has rooted up royally, or thats 11 5x5ft squares per ballistae!

I think that's supposed to include space not just for the weapon itself,
but for ammunition, crew and so on. But 2 tons per medium ballista sound a
bit much, unless you're packing an *awful* lot of ammo.


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Staffan Johansson (sjosv99@???????.???.se)