OK I have made a set of fleshed out rules for turret weapons. These rules are based on Book 2 Starship rules that already exist. With the implications the existing rules provided, you can further extrapolate.
The basis:
With this you MIGHT extrapolate the idea that in some combination any Book 2 Starship could fire an energy weapon or particle accelerator if it simply had a larger Power Plant. How big? Don’t quibble about the exact energy points. Keep it LBB. I have tried to keep to using everything in Book 2 terms.
The basis:
- A ship of any tonnage normally has enough power all to fire all of its lasers once in a combat round.
- The Double Fire computer program: Double fire allows a ship to draw excess power (if available) from the power plant and thus increase the output of laser weaponry. When this program is functioning, a vessel with a power plant rated at least one letter higher than its maneuver drive (and which has not yet taken damage to reduce the current letter rating to equal to or below the M-drive letter) can fire a double beam or double pulse with laser weaponry.
With this you MIGHT extrapolate the idea that in some combination any Book 2 Starship could fire an energy weapon or particle accelerator if it simply had a larger Power Plant. How big? Don’t quibble about the exact energy points. Keep it LBB. I have tried to keep to using everything in Book 2 terms.