Topic: flotilla ORAT and DRAT calcs

I've having a tough time with the ORAT and DRAT calculations for flotillas on page 13 of the annex.

For the 3.4" guns I'm assuming the 120 in there comes from multiplying the SU cost of the battery (20) by the size of the flotilla (6). But why is that not done for the 20" torps and where did 8 come from (total SU Cost seems to be 7, not 8 by my calculations). Also, where did the 2.5 divisor come from? Shouldn't it be a 0.4 ORAT divisor for a ship with hull size .5?

Instead of:

8 * (3+6) / 3 / 2.5 

Shouldn't it be:

(7 * 6) * (3+6) / 3 / 0.4 = 315

Base SU cost of the battery =

(3 * 1 * 4.25 * 1.6 / 12) * 1.8 = 3.06

which rounds up to 4.

The total SU Cost =

4 * (4 + 4) = 32

The total SU Cost with ammo of four =

32 * (4 + 4) / (10 * 4) = 6.4

which rounds up to 7, not 8.

Battery ORAT =

7 * (3+6) / 3 / 0.4 = 52.5

Also, about the DRAT. The last time I checked 6 * 12 / (6 - 0) * 0.5 did not equal 52.56. tongue

Was this perhaps pasted with the 20" torps ORAT value?

Re: flotilla ORAT and DRAT calcs

Looks like you have the original version of the Annex, which had the same incorrect example as the Dreadnoughts book.
This was covered in a thread a while back.
The Annex revision 0.1 August 2009 has the corrected Flotilla example.
If it is the pdf that you have and bought it from RPGnow, check to see if they have had an updated file. RPGnow usually allows the downloading of any pdf you have bought that has since been updated.

Paul

Re: flotilla ORAT and DRAT calcs

Ah, I figured someone had caught this already. What happens if I got my PDF through mj12?

Re: flotilla ORAT and DRAT calcs

Dave wrote:

Ah, I figured someone had caught this already. What happens if I got my PDF through mj12?

Send me a PM with your email and I will send a revised version.

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

Re: flotilla ORAT and DRAT calcs

Thanks sent. It figures though, I just printed the thing tongue.