The formula I see for output energy is based on "Damage Value", which as far as I can tell corresponds to target armor values. Right?
So for instance, if you want to design a grav-focused laser that can hit unarmored starships, that's a DV 20 laser, where, disregarding range for the moment:
DV = 2.5 x sqrt( input energy / 5 )
If DV = 20, then:
20/2.5 = sqrt( input energy / 5 )
8 = ...
64 = input energy / 5
320 = input energy, in Megajoules.
FFS says a ROF of 10 is typical for starship lasers, so input energy is
3,200 Mj distributed over 30 minutes,
or 100Mj per minute,
or 1.78Mj per second.
What am I missing? Is this correct?
So for instance, if you want to design a grav-focused laser that can hit unarmored starships, that's a DV 20 laser, where, disregarding range for the moment:
DV = 2.5 x sqrt( input energy / 5 )
If DV = 20, then:
20/2.5 = sqrt( input energy / 5 )
8 = ...
64 = input energy / 5
320 = input energy, in Megajoules.
FFS says a ROF of 10 is typical for starship lasers, so input energy is
3,200 Mj distributed over 30 minutes,
or 100Mj per minute,
or 1.78Mj per second.
What am I missing? Is this correct?