That's why I wanted to convert them.  I made some stats for the Zandris IV stuff in X. Because I tried to stay to true to what was on the model and what the sculptor had come up with for FT stats they had a limited armament. They also kind of looked like they had AGBs too.

http://z4miniatures.blogspot.com/

I actually like ablative armor for some of my starships -- I had a race designed that had poor shielding technology -- most of their ships either had no shields, or occasionally, a shield at level one.....

I used the rules for ablative armor with that particular race, and it fit wonderfully.... I was hoping that someone would make it available in AE

Nahuris

See http://mj12games.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1170

This was a forum option giving additional armor which took hits before the ship.

Nahuris, if you want I could post Shipyard version 10A (A=Ablative) (and show the Armored Gun Batteries / Redundant Shielding.)

Paul

The idea of Ablative Armor is that it soaks up initial damage which gets through the shields without the loss of weapons, shields or engines.

Paul

I like the idea.... the universe I am working on has a number of races... some older with better tech, some fairly new with limited tech.... I loved the VBAM rules with Starmada X, as it fit the universe very well, and am really hoping we can get some of it updated for the improvements for AE.

I am currently still using Starmada X right now, as some of the items (kinetic, ballistic, energy.... ablative armor.... spinal mounts, ect.) haven't been ported over to the new addition yet. I am, however, using the new movement rules, and as much of the constuction rules as I can.

The only other item I would love to see would be an official change to 4 or 5 weapon batteries. The 3 battery limit especially hit hard on the V'rdraan (one of my races...think exoskeletal reptilian), as they armed their ships with spinal mounts (using my suggestion of light spinal mount cannons from the Starmada X threads...), heavy railguns (extra hull damage decent range), plasma cannons(mid range standard damage cannons) , and rotary plasma guns (short range high volume of fire) for close in defense.
Their smaller ships are relatively unchanged, but the heavier ships tend to lose some firepower now, as I have had to drop the spinal mounts, and the additional railguns just don't give me the initial strike ability that they were known for. Since they use few fighters, and no drones, seekers, ect.... they kind of get hurt in a long range firefight now.

Nahuris

Understood.. I'm digging through the spreadsheets now... unfortunately, Excel and Open Office are not software apps I use often enough to actually understand well.... so, I am trying to learn as I go.

Nahuris

Actually, it has to do with an idea I was using a while back. In the game I was currently playing at the time, one of the races used some Hull 6 and Hull 8 ships with spinal mounts. When they would hit... the damage was pretty much overwhelming, especially since spinal mounts out-ranged everything else in Starmada X -- we came up with the idea of "Light Spinal Mounts" -- basically, the hull 6 ship would have 2 spinal mounts, but each only did 3 die of damage, ect. for the Hull 8 ship, I either used 2 at 4 die damage, 4 with 2 die of damage, or in once case 2 at 2 die with a single mount with 4 die of damage.
As long as the final damage was still the same as the hull, we left the total cost for the spinal mounts at the base 10 percent.
One of my players likes the Earth Alliance, and Narn, ships from B5 -- so he used these to simulate the battle lasers both of those fleets tend to have. We would use the overall hull of the ship to factor the range, and since they were listed in the special equipment section of the rules, allowed them to be taken out with Q hits.

I am reading through the "How To" PDF at this time, so I'll PM you later if I have trouble with any of it...

Thanks Much for answering my questions, though, it is much appreciated.
Nahuris

Hello everyone!
Is their a consensus on how much Ablative Armor should cost?  I used it extensively when playing Starmada X over a year ago.  It would be great to install it on my SAE ships now.  My 14 & 15 hull BBs will need it. :!:
I will be in South Florida next weekend 'til New Years and I think we will be gaming at Gaming Glenn's aweesome store on Saturday 12/27.  All are welcome.  My nephew's creative & formitable designs will be there...  8)