• Registered: 2009-04-22
  • Posts: 34

Topic: Faceted Shield limit

I am working on my own B5 conversion, using the facet rules from the rules annex to represent the ability to intercept incoming shots (which is the primary means of defense in B5)

Just curious, but why the limit of 25 facets?  The reason why I ask is because this eliminates the possibility of a ship with a rating of 5 on each arc (which would be powerful, no doubt, but I have lasers and some other beam weapons with the Ignore Shields ability in the conversion, which mitigates the usefulness of such a ship)

Would a ship with 26-30 facets "break the game" so to speak?

  • From: Denver, CO
  • Registered: 2005-03-27
  • Posts: 3,578

Re: Faceted Shield limit

Ships with facets more than 25 would not "break" the game... but they might end up seriously overpaying for the protection the get. Consider that a ship with 29 facets would have shields 5 in all facets (shields 4 to the aft, presumably). Yet such a ship would increase its DRAT by a factor of 30, compared to a factor of 6 for a ship with a standard shield rating of 5.

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