LOE Ship Weapons Test
Tags
Attack Types
Energy weapons include lasers, disruptors, and other beam weapons. Energy weapons usually cannot be shot down, but are usually cinematically weak against specialized reflective or dispersive defences.
Hybrid weapons are dual-property attacks that are able to escape specialized defences either because they are unusual in nature or because the weapon system launches a multi-projectile attack. When an opposing defense system attempts a saving throw against a Hybrid weapon, it must treat the attack as whatever it is weaker against (Physical or Energy).
Missile weapons fire a cinematically "slow" projectile which Point-Defense weapons can engage.
Physical weapons encompass weapons who launch very fast physical projectiles and which may or may not explode on impact.
Attack Tags
AP # (Armour Piercing) – Defender's Armour save is reduced by #. Reduced by 1 for every negative relative Milieu Level.
SP # (Shield Piercing) - Defender's Shield save is reduced by #. Reduced by 1 for every negative relative Milieu Level.
AB # (Armour Break) - Ignores # levels of Armour.
SB # (Shield Break) - Ignores # levels of Shield.
AV (Armour Vaporise) – Defender cannot make an Armour Save.
SV (Shield Vaporise) – Defender cannot make a Shield Save.
AA # (Anti-Aircraft) – Attack roll is increased by # against Aircraft.
II # (Anti-Infantry) - Attack roll is increased by # against Aircraft.
EA # (Extra Attacks) - The weapon attacks its target # additional times whenever it fires.
ED # (Extra Damage) – The weapon will roll attack # additional times after damaging an enemy. Each success deals 1 damage to the enemy.
Guidance # - Weapon can perform target re-aquisition, allowing it # re-rolls to attack.
Soft # – Attack target against MDC targets is increased by #.
Unstable # - Whenever the Attack roll is # or less, the weapon rolls an attack on its housing vessel and is destroyed.
Fixed – The weapon has an inflexible mount and must be brought to bear with a Maneuver roll by the attacker. A ship cannot Maneuver to bring "Fixed" weapons to bear and evade a Slow weapon with Maneuver in the same turn.
Slow – Reaction time to the weapon is long enough that the target may evade a hit with a Maneuver roll. Slow weapons attack at the end of the combat turn. A ship cannot Maneuver to bring "Fixed" weapons to bear and evade a Slow weapon with Maneuver in the same turn.
Very Slow – Weapon takes a full round to arrive on target, giving two chances to evade with Maneuver. A ship cannot Maneuver to bring "Fixed" weapons to bear and evade a Slow weapon with Maneuver in the same turn.
Other Tags
Alpha # - Weapon has an integral capacitor, allowing it to fire # extra times once per battle.
Single Shot – The weapon can fire once per battle.
Power Hungry - No other weapons can be fired that turn except for those that are Independent.
Bombard – The weapon does not suffer penalties when used on surface targets.
Disabling – The weapon uses some sort of effect, technological or magical, to disable a target vessel with minimal damage. Etheric Pulse missile warheads are the most common form, although there are many other methods. Disabling weapons deal no damage on a successful strike, but roll to cause critical hits.
Incendiary – The weapon causes catastrophic fires and negates any Damage Control rolls against its damage.
Point Defense – The weapon may function as a point-defense system.
RBC – The weapon is a radiological, biological, or chemical attack of some kind. Generally attacks the crew, though occasionally you find ships that don't appreciate it either.
Supercritical – The weapon has +100% Critical hit rate.
Independent – The weapon is independent of shipboard power and/or sensor support. In cases where the vessel has lost power, Independent weapons are usually able to continue firing.
Discussion
Range Multipliers
Currently assuming multipliers are added together (50% + 50% =100%), then get applied after incremental (ie +1/+2) changes to allow weapon types to scale up intuitively.
Maloncanth 15:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Armour Break/Shield Break
Slightly strange things occur when the two coexist on one weapon. An AB 1/SB 1 weapon becomes broken when faced with a perfectly reasonable ship with 1 Armour and 1 Shield.
Maloncanth 15:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
A suggestion for a weapon that defeats both would be a "Hybrid Break" that ignores a number of levels of any defense, so against a HB2 weapon, going all-shield/all-armor wouldn't help if you only had space for 2 defenses of either type. It'd have to be rare and expensive, though, because something of that sort would be incredibly good. I tentatively suggest if you have armor break and shield break on the same weapon, they instead add their scores, become a hybrid break, and gets factored into combat like that.
MJ12 Commando 17:34, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Guidance
Should the weapon get rerolls no matter what it attacks or only after the target evades?
Maloncanth 15:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
That will limit it to being used on air targets and maybe the occasional rare ship. It's a fairly powerful advantage, but I don't think it necessarily should be limited like that. I don't recommend allowing more than one level of guidance, particularly on higher-grade weapons. There's diminishing returns, but it nonetheless swifly results in very high likelyhood of hits. --Shrike 18:07, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Slow
Any thoughts about slapping a # on this and giving that many rounds after the attack is launched to evade?
Maloncanth 15:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
I don't think the book-keeping involved would make doing so worthwhile. I also think slow/very slow is a rules expansion we don't really need. --Shrike 18:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Tech Weapons
TL1
+1 Ballista (Physical)
Attack: 9+
Range: 2
Tags: Independent
Represents low-angle siege weapons such as ballistae or perhaps a man-sized blowdart launcher. Optimized for direct damage.
+1 Catapult (Physical Missile)
Attack: 9+
Range: 3
Tags: Independent
High-arc projectile siege weapons such as catapults or mangonels. Can be refined to deliver fun stuff.
+2 Flamethrower (Hybrid)
Attack: 8+ (Incendiary)
Range: 1
Tags: Independent
Greek Fire.
+1 Ram (Physical)
Attack: 8+ (AB 1, Fixed, Slow)
Range: 0
Tags: Independent
Once a ship has been rammed, it is stuck in melee/boarding range with the attacker and must roll Maneuver or Damage Control in order to break free.
TL2
+1 Carronades (Physical)
Attack: 7+ (II 1, Soft 3)
Range: 1
Tags: Independent
Deck-mounted shotguns, or guns with five million barrels type things.
+1 Cannons (Physical)
Attack: 8+ (Fixed)
Range: 3
Tags: Independent
+1 Rockets (Physical Missile)
Attack: 7+ (AA 1, Unstable 1)
Range: 2
Tags: Independent
East asian style rack o' rockets like Hwacha.
+2 Tesla Coil (Energy)
Attack: 7+
Range: 5 (per hop)
Tesla Coils always attack the nearest enemy unit. If Tesla Coil scores extra attack successes and damages an enemy, the electric arc "hops"; its Attack TN increases by 1 and it attacks the next nearest enemy.
+1 Torpedo Tube (Physical)
Attack: 8+ (AB 1, ED 1, Very Slow)
Range: 3
Tags: Independent, Single Shot
+2 Bombs
Attack: 9+ (AP 2, Slow)
Range: 12
Tags: Independent, Bombard
May only attack surface targets.
Deadfall projectiles. Only effective vs ground targets.
TL3
+2 Naval Artillery (Physical)
Attack: 7+
Range: 8
Tags: Independent
+1 Autocannon (Physical)
Attack: 8+ (EA 1, II 1 Soft 2)
Range: 6
Tags: Independent
Rapidfire type weapons. Usually shoots twice per turn.
+2 Missiles (Physical Missile)
Attack: 8+ (Guidance 1, Slow)
Range: 12
+1 Laser (Energy)
Attack: N/A
Range: N/A
Tags: Point Defense
+8 Multi-Stage Gun (Physical)
Attack: 8+ (AB 2, AP 2, ED 5, Fixed, Slow)
Range: 24
Tags: Single Shot
TL4
+3 Beam Array (Energy)
Attack: 6+
Range: 12
+2 Burst Beam Array (Energy)
Attack: 7+ (EA 1, AA1, Soft 2)
Range: 6
+4 Pulse Array (Energy)
Attack: 6+ (EA 1)
Range: 8
+3 Automatic Pulsar Array (Energy)
Attack: 7+ (EA 2, Soft 2)
Range: 4
--wip--
+3 Cluster missile pods
Attack: 7+ 2x AA1 air
Range: 12
+3 Brilliant missiles
Attack: 6+ AA1 air
Range: 30
+12 Superlaser
Attack: 4+ x8 P3 slow single shot energy
Range: 25
+12 Spinal Railgun
Attack: 3+ x7 P2 B1 slow single shot
Range: 30
TL5
TL5
+4 Hybrid Cannon Array (Hybrid)
Attack: 5+
Range: 20
Slots: 2
+2 Phalanx (Hybrid)
Attack: 7+ EA2 AA2 Soft2
Range: 8
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+1 Bobbler Launcher
PD2.
Range: N/A
+3 Brilliant Endo/Exoatmospheric interceptors (BEEis)
Attack: 6+ Guided1 AA1 Soft1 SP1 air
Range: 25
+4 Advanced Multipurpose Missile
Attack: See Below
Range: 25
Has 3 modes
- Anti-Shipping: Attack 5+ SP1 AP1 Air Guided1
- Anti-Aircraft: Attack 5+ AA2 Soft2 Air Guided1
- Etheric Pulse: Attack 4+ Air Guided1 Disabling
+6 Hypometric Weapon
Hypometric weapons tear chunks out of enemy vessels using space distortion, making most defenses entirely useless. However, they are inaccurate, expensive, and exceedingly finicky.
Attack: 9+ Hybrid Unstable1 B V MD1
Range: 10
- +2 Improved Acausal Targeting
- Effect: -1 attack difficulty.
+7 Hellbore
Not the Bolo kind, the Starfleet Battles kind.
Attack: See Below
Range: 20/8 (Normal/Overcharge)
Has 2 modes-
Normal: 5+ MA1 AP1 SB1
Overcharge: 4+ MA3 AP2 SP1 SB2, Range 8, Power Hungry.
+12 Boson leap cannon
Attack: 5+ Slow power hungry energy
Range: 10/50
Special: Ignores shields on an attack roll of '10'
+12 Gravity-blast cannon
Attack: 4+ x6 B3 single shot energy
Range: 25
+15 Hell-class weapon
Attack: 4+ x10 SB2 AP3 SP1 slow single shot energy
Range: 30
Tech Weapon Refinements
Generic
-1 Exposed Mounts
- Weapon Critical hit rate +10%
Ballistae
+0 Large
- Range +50%
+1 Very Large
- Range +50%, Size +1, Fixed
+1 Burning Pitch
- Incendiary
+1 Polybolos
- EA +1
+1 Chain-net Shot
- AA +1
+1 Fullmetal Ballista Bolt
- AP +1
Catapults
+0 Large
- Range +50%
+1 Trebuchet Large
- Range +50%, Size +1, Fixed
+1 Burning Pitch
- Incendiary
+1 Bees
- gains RBC
Flamethrower
+1 Improved Siphon
- Range +2
+1 Misting Nozzel
- Attack +1
+1 Plasmathrower (TL 4)
- Attack +2, EA +1
Rams
+1 Burning Ram
- Incendiary
+1 Torpedo Ram (TL 2)
- AB +1, ED +1, Unstable +2
+1 Giant Drill (TL 3)
- AP +2
Cannons
+0 Heavy
- Range +50%, Size +1
+0 Breechloading
- Attacks at 7+.
+0 Rifling
- Range +1
+0 Naval Battery Upgrade (TL3)
- Attack +1, AB +1, Range +3, Size +1, Milieu 3
+0 Massdriver Upgrade (TL4)
- Attack +2, AB +1, Range +7, Size +2, Milieu 4
+1 Grapeshot
- AA +1, II +1, Soft +2
+1 Deck Mounts
- loses Fixed
+1 Elevating Mounts
- Range +1
Rockets
+1 Incendiary Rockets
- Incendiary.
+0 Large Rockets
- Range +50%, Size +1
Tesla Coils
+1 Frequency Modulation
- SP +1.
+1 Electromagnetic Resonance Chamber
- Each time per turn a ship damages a target with Tesla Coil, increase its ECM value by 1.
+1 Big Fucking Battery
- Alpha +1.
Torpedoes
+1 Improved Propulsion
- loses Very Slow and becomes Slow
+1 Gondoan Hax
- Range +2
+0 ADCAP design (TL 3)
- Attack +1, Range +3, Milieu 3
+1 Launcher Design (TL 3)
- loses Single Shot
+1 Kozunese Trickery (TL 3)
- Range +100%
+2 Supercavitation (TL 3)
- loses (Very) Slow
+0 Energy Torpedo (TL 4)
- Attack +2, Range +3, Energy type, Milieu 4
+0 Plasma Tanking
- Alpha +1
Bombs
+0 Bomb Sights
- Attack +1
+0 Cruiser Scale
- AP +1, Range +50%, Size +1
+0 Battleship Scale
- AP +1, AB +1, Range +100%, Size +2
+1 Superbattleship Scale
- AP +1, AB +2, Range +150%, Size +4
+0 Railgun Upgrade (TL4)
- Attack +1, Range +4, Size +1, Milieu 4
+1 Hypervelocity (TL4)
- Range +4, SP +1, -1 AP
+0 Extended-Range Munitions
- Range +50%
+0 AA Munitions
- AA +1
+0 NGS Munitions
- Bombard
+0 Saboted Munitions
- Ignores 1 reduction to AP
+0 Destabilizer Munitions (TL4)
- SP +1
+1 Energy Shells (TL5)
Adds 'Hybrid' and 'SP1' to any projectile weapon of any milieu.
Autocannon
+1 Phalanx
- Range -50%, Point Defense
+1 Multiple Barrels
- AA +1
+1 Flak
- AA +1
+1 Coilgun Upgrade (TL4)
- Attack +1, Range +2, Milieu 4, Size +1
+1 Armour-Piercing Bullets
- Soft -1
+1 Improved Shells
- Attack +1
+1 Extended Range Munitions
- Range +100%
Missiles
+1 Anti-Aircraft
- AA +2
+0 Small
- Soft +2, Range -50%, Size -1
+0 Large
- Range +100%
+0 Very Large
- ED +1, Range +150%, Size +2
+1 Advanced Design
- Attack +1
+1 Anti-Ship Warhead
- AP +1, AB +1
+1 Shaped Charge
- ED +1
+1 Supersonic
- loses Slow
+1 Land Attack
- Bombard
+1 Improved Guidance
- Guidance +1
+1 Very Improved Guidance (TL 4)
- Guidance +1
+1 Very Damn Improved Guidance (TL 5)
- Guidance +1
+1 Etheric Pulse Warhead
- Disabling
+0 Box Launcher
- Single Shot, Alpha 3
- The missile launcher is a box or VLS design with no reloads, allowing for larger throw-weight but reducing battlefield endurance.
+1 Stealth Missiles
- Enemy Point Defenses -1
- Stealthed missiles. Lower visibility means more survivability. Can be attached to all Air-type weapons.
Beam Weapons
+0 Cruiser Scale
- SP +1, Range +50%, Size +1
+0 Battleship Scale
- SP +1, SB +1, Range +100%, Size +2
+1 Superbattleship Scale
- SP +1, SB +2, Range +150%, Size +3
+1 Ortillery
- Ortillery, Slow
+0 Multimodal
- PD
+0 Improved Collimation
- Range +50%
+0 Beam sweepers
- AA +1
+1 Pulsed beam
- AP +1
+0 Haywire
- Critical +50%
+0 Deep Magazine Capacitors
- Alpha +1
+1 Thermal Induction
- Attack -2, attacks crew
Pulse Weapons
+0 Cruiser Scale
- AP +1, Range +50%, Size +1
+0 Battleship Scale
- AP +1, AB +1, Range +100%, Size +2
+1 Superbattleship Scale
- AP +1, AB +2, Range +150%, Size +3
+1 Ortillery
- Ortillery, Slow
+1 Multimodal
- PD
+0 Enhanced Tracking
- AA +1
+0 Variable-Frequency
- SP +1
+1 Mega Particles
- AB +1
+0 Haywire
- Critical +50%
+0 Deep Magazine Capacitors
- Alpha +1
Hybrid Cannons
+0 Cruiser Scale
- AB +1, Range +25%, Size +1
+0 Battleship Scale
- AB +2, Range +50%, Size +2
+0 Superbattleship Scale
- AB +3, Range +75%, Size +3
+0 Variable Array
- Slots +2
+0 Disruptor Upgrade
- Add Vaporize, Slow, Range -10
+1 Ortillery
- Ortillery, Slow
+1 Multimodal
- PD
+1 Improved Collimation
- Range +50%
+1 Beam sweepers
- AA +1
+1 Pulsed beam
- AP +1
+1 Variable Frequency
- SP +1
+1 Haywire
- Critical +50%
+1 Blast Capacitors
- Alpha +2
+1 Vectored, Size +1
- Guided +1
+2 Autofire, Size +2
- EA +1
+2 Buster, Size +2
- ED +1