[Asmala]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
The key was that the 2000 points of 7kt chunks were more often hit instead of guns.
The 3000 hitpoints of 1kt armor chunks were let the big-hitpoint guns get hit more often, and thus caused the battle to be lost as the ship became just a punching bag.

Actually 1 kt armor chunks were hit more often but they'd absorb less damage. If the ship is hit by a weapon dealing 100 damage, it would require 100 hits to 1kt armor and only 15 hits to 7kt armor to absorb the whole damage. Even though the shot is more likely to hit 1kt armor, the total damage absorb is greater in 7kt armor chunks.

Doh, I'm not good at explaining things.