Problem: on an open map, plasma is too easy to run away from.

Answer: Give plasma legs.

On an open map and ONLY on an open map, second plasma warhead bracket becomes 20 impulses long for all plasmas G and above. F, D and K torps remain as-is.

R-torp would run for 10 impulses at 50, then another 20 at 35 before dropping again.

S-torp would run for 10 impulses at 30 before dropping to 22 where it runs for another 20 hexes.

G-torp would run for 10 impulses at 20, then another 20 impulses at 15.

Again, the is open-map ONLY.

Extending the plasma at the first warhead drop attempts to strike a balance between limited tactial use of running to drop a warhead level from wholesale running plasma out.

Combined with the sabot, a plasma torp might be able to run down a ship and still have some life left or force a ship to so dedicate itself to running away that the plasma ship can have another batch of plasma ready by the time the enemy gets turned around.

By John Trauger (Vorlonagent) on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 04:32 pm: Edit

The use of a flat-20 impulses in all cases is an attempt to avoid the need for changing and reprinting a whole bunch of SSDs.