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Millenniumfalsehood
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:57 am    Post subject: Need a clarification on shields. Reply with quote

I know, I know, I've played it this way long enough that I should have thought to ask before now.

Anyway, in the rule on damage to shields, it says the following: "Each hit on a shield checks off one box." I have interpreted this to mean "Each damage point from the weapon which hits the shield checks off one box," because I played the FASA game for a long time and this is basically how their system works.

However, I've come to question this, as a possible interpretation is that each "hit" is from a weapon, not a weapon's damage rating. In other words, each time a weapon scores a hit it only destroys one box on the SSD.

Which one is the correct interpretation? Common sense tells me the first one is the correct interpretation, but I want to be absolutely sure. It is, after all, an essential rule.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

One shield box is marked off, per damage point scored.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Will has stated it correctly. Each damage point scored by a volley disables one shield box, so if you score eight points - you mark off eight boxes. If you score 14 points, you mark off 13 boxes and do one point of burn-through, and so on.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you asking for SFB or FC?

If you are asking for SFB, there is no burn-through. If you are asking for FC, I need to move this thread.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's what I get for opening the forums before daylight and answering a question before getting dressed for work. I didn't even notice that it was in the SFB sub-topic.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, 'tis a SFB question. Wink Thanks for the clarification. The term 'hit' can be a mite confusing.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mjwest wrote:

If you are asking for SFB, there is no burn-through.


Unless you've got a good insurance policy for your ships and are playing with the optional leaky shields rule.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dharras wrote:
mjwest wrote:

If you are asking for SFB, there is no burn-through.

Unless you've got a good insurance policy for your ships and are playing with the optional leaky shields rule.

There is no burn-through. And, if using leaky shields, it works different than burn-through.
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