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wip:weapon_limitations [2018/06/18 21:10] – [How much weaponry?] frostjaegerguide:weapon_limitations [2023/12/20 18:20] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== Weapon Limitations Addendum ====== +====== Weapon Limitations ====== 
-| 🚧 **This update has //not// been approved for implementation.** 🚧 | +These rules govern the quantity and quality of firepower available to the numerous [[guide:mecha_and_power_armors#mecha|mecha]], [[guide:aerospace_craft|small craft]], [[:starships|starships]], [[guide:ground_vehicles|vehicles]], and so forth within the Star Army setting.
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-//The following is an addendum that, if approved, would be an additional requirement of the [[guide:submission_rules|Submission Rules]].// +
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-These rules govern the quantity and quality of firepower available to the numerous [[guide:mecha_and_power_armors#mecha|mecha]], [[guide:aerospace_craft|small craft]], [[guide:starship_classes|starships]], vehicles, and so forth within the [[:about|Star Army]] setting.+
  
 ===== How much weaponry? ===== ===== How much weaponry? =====
-Usually, for infantrymen and power armor, this is self-explanatory... or at least easily ruled on. No one expects an infantryman or a power armor to dual-wield bazookas while carrying four spares on their back. For mecha and starships, however, it becomes more nebulous. The rule we offer is: *a maximum of 8 on-[[guide:damage_rating_v3#tiers|tier]] weapons and a max of 10 [[guide:damage_rating_v3#tiers|tier]]-equivalent weapon (TEWgroups.+Usually, for infantrymen and [[guide:mecha_and_power_armors#power_armors|power armor]], this is self-explanatory... or at least easily ruled on. No one expects an infantryman or a power armor to dual-wield bazookas while carrying four spares on their back. For larger platforms such as [[guide:mecha_and_power_armors#mecha|mecha]] and [[:starships|starships]], however, it becomes more nebulous. The rule we offer is: __a maximum of 8 On-[[guide:damage_rating_v3#tiers|Tier]] Weapons (OTWs) and a max of 2 Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups (TEWGs).__
  
   * Getting a higher-tier weapon costs 2 weapons of the tier below.   * Getting a higher-tier weapon costs 2 weapons of the tier below.
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   * Getting a lower-tier weapon costs 1/2 of a weapon from the tier above.   * Getting a lower-tier weapon costs 1/2 of a weapon from the tier above.
  
-**[[guide:mecha_and_power_armors#mecha|Mecha]], [[guide:aerospace_craft|small craft]], [[guide:starship_classes|starships]], and vehicles with more weapons than the recommended maximum may not be approved as they may be considered as overpowered.**+  * OTWs can be converted normally into lower-tier weapons and higher-tier weapons. 
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 +  * TEWGs can only be converted into lower-tier weapons and can only contain weapons below the tier of the weapon's host platform - more on this in the section below. 
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 +==== What is a Tier-Equivalent Weapon Group? ==== 
 +A [[guide:damage_rating_v3#tiers|Tier]]-Equivalent Weapon Group (TEWG) is a group of lower-tier weapons whose combined "purpose" (read: damage output) is equal to their host platform's tier. Consider, for instance, a Tier 10 (Light Starship) vessel like the [[stararmy:starship_classes:yui_7_scout|Yui 7-class Scout]]. The following are just a handful of the combinations that would count as a single TEWG for the Yui 7: 
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 +  * 2 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) [[stararmy:weapons:type_31_secondary_anti-starship_turret|Type 31 Secondary Anti-Starship Turrets]] 
 +  * 1 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Secondary Anti-Starship Turret + 4 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) [[stararmy:weapons:anti-fighter_turret_type_31|Type 31 Anti-Fighter Turrets]] 
 +  * 8 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Anti-Fighter Turrets 
 +  * 6 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Anti-Fighter Turrets]] + 8 Tier 5 (Medium Anti-Armor) [[stararmy:weapons:type_32_medium_anti-armor_turret|Type 32 Light Anti-Armor Turrets]] 
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 +A gun capable of firing Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) [[stararmy:weapons:ke-d7-w3200_mass_driver_gun#rounds_and_their_damage|300mm solid mass driver rounds]], however, would //not// be considered a TEWG for the Yui 7-class Scout. It would instead be considered an OTW, due to the gun's ammunition being the same tier as the Yui 7. 
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 +==== Notes ==== 
 +//The following are additional notes and errata for the rules described above.// 
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 +  * **[[guide:mecha_and_power_armors#mecha|Mecha]], [[guide:aerospace_craft|small craft]], [[:starships|starships]], and [[guide:ground_vehicles|vehicles]] with more weapons than the recommended maximum of weapons may not be approved due to being too overpowered.** 
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 +  * For weapon systems that use ammunition with different [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference#tiers|tiers]]: the ammunition with the highest tier determines the overall tier of the weapon system. 
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 +  * For weapon systems located in turrets (like the [[stararmy:weapons:type_31_secondary_anti-starship_turret|Type 31 Secondary Anti-Starship Turret]] or the [[stararmy:weapons:type_32_medium_anti-armor_turret|Type 32 Light Anti-Armor Turret]]): each individual turret is counted as a single weapon system, regardless of how many barrels or weapon systems the turret itself contains. The turret's tier is determined by the highest-tiered weapon system equipped on or within the turret itself. 
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 +  * For missile launchers (like the [[stararmy:small_craft:kuma_t8_multi-role_shuttle:ke-t8-w3101|Mini-Missile Launcher Pod]]): each "launcher" is counted as a single weapon system, regardless of how many missiles it can carry or launch simultaneously.  
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 +  * Bombs and torpedoes deployed from a small craft’s hardpoints (like the [[stararmy:weapons:ammunition:ke-z1_series_anti-starship_torpedoes|Anti-Starship Torpedoes]] launched from a [[stararmy:small_craft:ke-v9_nodachi_assault_fighter|"Nodachi" Assault Fighter's]] hardpoints or the [[stararmy:weapons:ammunition:ke-z2|Strategic Aether Bombs]] dropped from a [[stararmy:small_craft:ke_v10_mamushi_multirole_fighter|"Mamushi" Multirole Starfighter's]] hardpoints) do not count towards the weapon limits described in the previous sections.
  
 ===== Loadout Example: Giant Robot Dinosaur ===== ===== Loadout Example: Giant Robot Dinosaur =====
-Let's say that I'm an evil [[faction:mishhuvurthyar:advanced|Mishhuvurthyar]] villain recently freed from imprisonment on [[planet:yamatai#orbital|Luna Bianca]] who has decided to create an 80-meter-tall Giant Robot Dinosaur so that I can wreak chaos, havoc, destruction, and despair upon the unsuspecting residents of [[location:kyoto|Kyoto City]].+Let's say that I'm an evil [[species:mishhuvurthyar:advanced-type|Mishhuvurthyar]] villain recently freed from imprisonment on [[planet:yamatai#orbital|Luna Bianca]] who has decided to create an 80-meter-tall Giant Robot Dinosaur so that I can wreak chaos, havoc, destruction, and despair upon the unsuspecting residents of [[places:kyoto|Kyoto City]].
  
-Given that 80-meter-tall units fit under the "Light Starship" (Tier 10) category according to [[guide:damage_rating_v3#what_size_do_i_fit_in|this chart]], I can have:+Given that 80-meter-tall units fit under the "Light Starship" ([[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference#tiers|Tier]] 10) category according to [[guide:damage_rating_v3#what_size_do_i_fit_in|this chart]], I can have:
  
   * 8 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) Weapons   * 8 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) Weapons
  
-  * 2 Tier 10-Equivalent Weapon Groups+  * 2 Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups
  
 Since I want to have two Laser Eyes of Destruction™, I take those 8 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) weapons and convert them into... Since I want to have two Laser Eyes of Destruction™, I take those 8 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) weapons and convert them into...
  
-  * 4 [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference#tiers|Tier]] 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) weapons+  * 4 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) weapons
  
 ...and then convert those four weapons into: ...and then convert those four weapons into:
  
-  * 2 [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference#tiers|Tier]] 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) weapons+  * 2 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) weapons
  
 So, in the case of my giant robot dinosaur with laser eyes, it //can// kill with a glare. So, in the case of my giant robot dinosaur with laser eyes, it //can// kill with a glare.
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   * 2 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) Eyes of Destruction™   * 2 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) Eyes of Destruction™
  
-FIXME v+Then I remember that I’ve forgotten about the 2 Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups. Back to the drawing board one more time: I take those 2 Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups and - since they're each "worth" a Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) weapon - split them into:
  
-Then I remember that I’ve forgotten about the 2 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starshipweapons I set aside at the beginning of this example. Back to the drawing board one more time: I take those 2 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) weapons and combine them into a Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) weapon. This will be my giant robot dinosaur’s secret weapon: a laser eye concealed on the //back// of its head. So, now my loadout looks like this...+  * 4 Tier (Heavy Anti-MechaSpike Launchers of Devastation™
  
-  * 1 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) Plasma Flamethrower of Doom™ +These launchers, located on the flanks of my Giant Robot Dinosaur, will be my point-defense against any pesky fighter jets the inhabitants of Kyoto City send to fight me. So, now my loadout looks like this... 
-  Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) Eyes of Destruction™+ 
 +  * On-Tier Weapons: 
 +    * 1 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) Plasma Flamethrower of Doom™ 
 +    Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) Eyes of Destruction™ 
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 +  * Tier-Equivalent Weapon Groups 
 +    * 4 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) Spike Launchers of Devastation™ 
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 +...and there we go. My Godzilla impersonator is armed and ready to smash, stomp, burn, rip, and tear Kyoto City into rubble! MUAHAHAHAHA!
  
-...and there we go. My Godzilla impersonator is armed and ready to smash, stomp, burn, rip, and tear [[location:kyoto|Kyoto City]] into rubble!+===== Resources ===== 
 +[[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gi9XbUuWBXso6kHrNoR9G9gr2EsYAdxz8gdDebFYF4Y/edit|Here]] is a link to an unofficial Weapon Limitations calculator made by [[members:frostjaeger]].

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