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So you want to make a gun platform/defensive installation

Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:26 am
by Arcalane
Just to steal Verm's thread title. :D

But I'm thinking defensive platforms should get decent, percentage-based mass/power boosters -- even if they don't need engines, guns are pretty heavy right now, and they need to be well armoured too.

Thoughts?

Re: So you want to make a gun platform/defensive installatio

Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:09 pm
by Verminator
Maybe give them a different kind of power core that needs less mass yet still has a decent power output? I assume in addition to the engines taking up a lot of juice, a warship will need most of its power for FTL travel. That's got to free up a lot of mass/ juice when you take that consideration away.