[Warning: This post contains nonsense written before I thought about what I was reading. I suggest skipping the first two posts and begin reading from that point.]
Been kicking the tires on TNE: FF&S Chapter 8 Lasers and trying to build the official TL 9 Laser Pistol.
Under "Step 8A. Direct Electrical Power" in the part titled "Power Input", it states that power input is based upon MW input per second and then goes on to explain you calculate this using the ROF x IE and divide by 5, which does yield required power in MW per second. Then it just says that this power is supplied by battery packs or fuel cells carried in the backpack with the HPG. [FF&S page 132]
When you go to the battery section of the power generation rules [FF&S, pg 66] standard battery output is given in MW with an assumed 1 hour discharge rate. but I need a specific MW per second to power the Laser Pistol, and to add complexity, I need 5 seconds worth of that output per combat round shot or burst. The battery rules have cost and price modifiers for faster discharge rates, but it is very unclear just how much power I need and how quickly I need it. There are a lot of combinations to go through to discover how they designed the official weapons using simple trial and error.
So has anyone actually designed a Direct Energy Input small arms laser?
Been kicking the tires on TNE: FF&S Chapter 8 Lasers and trying to build the official TL 9 Laser Pistol.
Under "Step 8A. Direct Electrical Power" in the part titled "Power Input", it states that power input is based upon MW input per second and then goes on to explain you calculate this using the ROF x IE and divide by 5, which does yield required power in MW per second. Then it just says that this power is supplied by battery packs or fuel cells carried in the backpack with the HPG. [FF&S page 132]
When you go to the battery section of the power generation rules [FF&S, pg 66] standard battery output is given in MW with an assumed 1 hour discharge rate. but I need a specific MW per second to power the Laser Pistol, and to add complexity, I need 5 seconds worth of that output per combat round shot or burst. The battery rules have cost and price modifiers for faster discharge rates, but it is very unclear just how much power I need and how quickly I need it. There are a lot of combinations to go through to discover how they designed the official weapons using simple trial and error.
So has anyone actually designed a Direct Energy Input small arms laser?
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