On 10/8/2014 6:20 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 08:42:25AM +1100, Ian Whitchurch wrote:
>> But the TL12 nuke damper pulled the teeth of the only weapon in Trav that
>> could hurt a proper, armored, military ship.
>
> Most of the rules systems totally overlook the fact that given
> Traveller's drive performance and distances, kinetic missiles should
> hit with the energy of small nuclear weapons exploding in direct
> contact with the hull.

Another possibility, given those same speeds and ranges, is that the
chance of actually hitting an active vessel's hull with non-lightspeed
weapons is a virtually impossible task - as a recent movie put it, "like
trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet, whilst wearing a
blindfold, riding a horse."  Thus (the assumption goes) Traveller
missiles may well be proximity-fused and saturation-fired.  (Itano
Circus, anyone?)

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