The ship builder file also has Increased Damage, I believe it's meant to be Increased Impact.

Thank you, kind sir!

Hey -- I wrote up the Grumm ships.

The difference in the Grumm weapons is just meant to represent different classes of the same sort of battery.  Basic properties of each mount is the same.  It's just that one packs more oomph than the other.

First time I've posted here in months.  Just saw someone was actually writing about the Grumm.

I have question concerning Dai-ken missiles.

Page 14 gives the stats for the Type 94 missile and says that they are strikers. It shows a capacity requirement of 28. Using the latest shipyard, I get a capacity requirement of 32. Changing the type to Seekers drops this to 24.

Which type are they ment to be? And are any of these numbers correct for the capacity?

EDIT: I've got another question too: Some of the "Kakashi models 1s" on Daiken ships have Doubled Range mods, and some do not - are these 2 weapon systems?

Also the 41 /TvL Main Guns on the Goryu have IMP 2, whereas the same guns on other ships have IMP-3

Yes, I have been having similar issues.

Have you included the "Grumm pivot ability"?

3 of the Dai-ken ships are ok, but the other 4 are all a little out. The Goryu is spot on, but only when it has imp 2 main guns, not imp 3 (like the other guns with the same name). The other 3 are all out (5 points less, in all 3 cases). Very strange.....

Thanks Paul. I've gotten the ship combat ratings correct now - I'd not noticed another slight anomaly with different weapons being called the same thing.

I've changed the defense cells back to "number" formatting, and I now see a capacity req. for those strikers of 32 (in excel anyway, not tried Oo yet), which matches what I got by hand. My only concern now is that you managed to get 34 for the same striker flight!

I'm still not sure if they are supposed to be Strikers or Seekers though - the sourcebook seems to say both, and then gives a capactiy requirement which doesnt match either!

Ah, I think I've found it - my version of H&C ("Original Version - April 2008") shows the type 94 missile as having speed 12, whereas you've used 14. Has a new version of H&C been released?

Bizarre. Mine, too, says speed 14 and capacity 28. It also says DMG 3.

I fiddled a bit and in Shipyard, I get capacity 28 with the following:
Size 4, Speed 12, Attack 4, Defense 1, DMG 2

It also says they are guided missiles and therefore, I think should be strikers, as it says.

I built the ships using the standard construction worksheet that was already in place for Starmada when I started writing the book.  I dunno why the missile stats are coming off loopy now.  As for the beam weapons, I think we answered that.

I'm getting absolutely clobbered by work and family issues.  I can try to put the missiles through their paces (math wise) again later.  Hope it isn't detracting from your enjoyment o' the setting.

Matt

I think the answer is obvious ....

Lawn Gnomes.