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hey,
structural integrity remains constant across tech levels right? A million tonne ship {tl 10} has just as many SI as a million tonne ship {tl 17} right?
yeah I guess it just seems odd that a tech level 10 ship of a certain size is just as sound structually as a tech level 15 or higher ship of the same size.
Compare that to cars - the Model T Ford was much more structurally "rugged" than a modern car.
As the engineering improves, engineers use less and less material - eventual they should use the absolute minimum amount - using high tech materials rather than something low tech that takes more mass.
There is the countervailling - "padding" that and structure has - often this is introduced in legislation (ie you could build very cheaply if you don;t follow the building codes). There is also the "Throw a bit more on, just to be careful" or "fudge factor" that should be used.
So I could support the idea that a high tech ship is as structurally sound as a lower tech one. It would probably take fewer materials to build and have slightly more interior space - but a small enough difference not to matter.
It's not just hitting the ship, but also burning through all that armor. You may have (Missed the to hit roll by 2) hit the target, but the hit was in an area that either had too much armor to penetrate or the target rolled and prevented you from getting a good burn-through with your laser or....
A ship can come out of a fight "missed" every time, but her paint job and those scorch marks may tell another story.
whoops, think I misunderstood the question. Structural integrity means that under accell, the ship will not crush itself, or under a high speed turn, or high gravity... All ships are build to maintain themselves under these stresses. A scout can maintain itself vs the gas giant. A transport can too. But if you used the Scouts frame to hold up the transport, squish. The SI rating is a standard referring to that ship type. A ship in perfect condition gets a 10 for example, one that's been under high stress may be down to a 5 rating. But all ships will start at a 10 or 100% for their ship class.
In T20 (from my understanding) the SI, structural integrity, is basically the ship's Hull Points (HP). And you don't start with 10, you have a base number + n per every x tons over that base number -- the base is different depending on what tonnage group you're in.
The chart is in the ship design section (don't have the book with me so can't quote the page).
