Striker Book 3 DS 5 MD Guns Installment 1

[snrdg082102]

Evening all,

I'm confirming that MD rounds weight, volume, and mass are calculated as being a mortar round and that all other characteristics are calulated using the gun type.

Hopefully, I'm on the right track.

 

[Carlobrand]

Evening all,

I'm confirming that MD rounds weight, volume, and mass are calculated as being a mortar round and that all other characteristics are calulated using the gun type.

Hopefully, I'm on the right track.

Design Sequence 5: Mass Driver Guns:
"Mass driver (MD) guns are available at tech level 8+; they are designed using the CPR gun design system with the following exceptions.
...
"E. Ammunition: All rounds weigh and cost the same as a CPR mortar round. Volume in m3 is weight in kg divided by 1000.
...
"J. Input: Mass drivers require a power input, generally from a vehicle's power plant. The required input, in megawatts, is equal to the weight of a single round in kg, times the number of rounds per second, times a multiplier for weapon type. The multiplier is found on the MD gun input multiplier table.

Yup. MD round's just a shell on a base that's designed to catch the magnetic field. Round's the same no matter how fast it's being thrown out; what makes an MD round low velocity or hypervelocity is how much power the gun puts into throwing the thing.

 

[snrdg082102]

Thanks once again for coming to my aid and confirming that I'm on the right track.

Design Sequence 5: Mass Driver Guns:
"Mass driver (MD) guns are available at tech level 8+; they are designed using the CPR gun design system with the following exceptions.
...
"E. Ammunition: All rounds weigh and cost the same as a CPR mortar round. Volume in m3 is weight in kg divided by 1000.
...
"J. Input: Mass drivers require a power input, generally from a vehicle's power plant. The required input, in megawatts, is equal to the weight of a single round in kg, times the number of rounds per second, times a multiplier for weapon type. The multiplier is found on the MD gun input multiplier table.

Yup. MD round's just a shell on a base that's designed to catch the magnetic field. Round's the same no matter how fast it's being thrown out; what makes an MD round low velocity or hypervelocity is how much power the gun puts into throwing the thing.