White Dwarf Missile Rules

[infojunky]

During a discussion on FB about the Leviathan the oddities of that book came up. One of the big issues is that it was written by the Games Workshop crowd and used their assumption about certain things, noticeably Missiles.

Have any of y'all ever used Expanded Universe Missile rules?

I kinda like the larger mass and size assumed by those rules.

Also Note this is dredging up stuff from the 1st edition of CT era of thought.

 

[kilemall]

Which issue? Never saw.

 

[infojunky]

Which issue? Never saw.

Expanding Universe, Part 2, WD issue #14 by Andy Slack.

 

[ffilz]

Expanding Universe, Part 2, WD issue #14 by Andy Slack.

The article is available right here:

http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=23928

All of Andy Slack's Traveller material (duplicating the link above)

Andy Slack's White Dwarf Articles, Part 1 of 4: Expanding Universe
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=23928

Andy Slack's White Dwarf Articles, Part 2 of 4: Introduction to Traveller
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=23929

Andy Slack's White Dwarf Articles, Part 3 of 4: Rants, Rogues & Rules
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=23930

Andy Slack's White Dwarf Articles, Part 4 of 4: The Snowbird Mystery
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=23931

Frank

 

[kilemall]

Well that's' quite an eyeful. Thanks for the links.

In one sense, deals exactly with both the ridiculous performance of the 50kg missile AND gives it the speed I think it needs to be a worthwhile weapon.

But from a combat space use perspective it's horrible, especially with the 'free' anti-missile shot and ECM with CT rules.

At the very least I would insist on the relative vee damage and evasion/smart rules from SS3.

 

[infojunky]

Well that's' quite an eyeful. Thanks for the links.

In one sense, deals exactly with both the ridiculous performance of the 50kg missile AND gives it the speed I think it needs to be a worthwhile weapon.

But from a combat space use perspective it's horrible, especially with the 'f'ree' anti-missile shot and ECM with CT rules.

At the very least I would insist on the relative vee damage and evasion/smart rules from SS3.

I keep reading it and then SS3, and ponder a re-write of SS3 into larger faster missiles... Though to be honest with my current limits on ships in my game 6 missiles are plenty fast.