Adding Weapons

[ArcaneFlash]

In the B5 book, Obviously the setting uses a lot of Plasma based weapons, are any of them similar to the Plasma Gun of TCS?

Also, while I'm thinking about it, How much ammo does a Railgun use and how many attacks does it get?

 

[whulorigan]

How much ammo does a Railgun use and how many attacks does it get?

The Railgun Spinal Mount in TCS is described more like a Mass-Driver: Each shot is a single slug 20dton in size and ignores armor equal to 3 times its penetration rating (Penetration Ratings I - IV for damage values from 100 thru 400+ points).

Final damage is calculated by reducing the damage by 20 times the amount of armor not ignored.

 

[Jame]

Part of the issue has to be what role they are envisioned as fulfilling. Repulsors are reasonably low TL because they are a close-in defensive system. Tractors (in the sense of the Traveller Starship-Combat Weapons tables) are a weaponized version of a Tractor that can restrict another vessel's movement and agility at range (at least, that is my understanding and explains the normally high TL of the system). This would be different from a simple "Utility Tractor Beam", which might be the same TL as a repulsor, but which would really be only useful as an advanced version of a "tow-cable" for objects at Adjacent Range.

The "Utility Tractor Beam" is closer to what I mean, so we're agreed.

I do see a "utility repulsor beam" as a common civilian weapon as it'd be "non-lethal."

 

[ArcaneFlash]

Another question, and its a big one.

Okay, I guess it is supposed that turrets do not contain ammo. But according to HG Railgun Barbettes do contain 1 ton of ammo. Therefore, shouldn't this apply to missiles?

A 50t Railgun Bay carries 10 tons of Ammo and a
100t Railgun Bay carries 20 tons of Ammo.

 

[Condottiere]

It's inconsistent.

Turret drone design indicates that railgun barbette doesn't have enough space to store ammo.

Bay versions have two hundred and four hundred respectively.