The situation is different with planet cargo under bombardment than it is with ship system damage. Ship system damage is allocated in a far more varied fashion, which is why the armor components in Proportions work so well.
The smallest ship component is only rarely damaged first. A ship with a large proportion of structure in high-strength Proportions armor components (that
lack the "always first hit 'Armor'" ability) will tend to get hit in the armor, and frequently absorb the blow until accumulated damage is enough to destroy the entire armor component hit. Sometimes a small ship component will be hit first, though, but it's rare, apparently in proportion to its structure compared to the rest of the components left on the ship.
For planetary cargo, however, the weakest total-damage-capacity cargo items get bLasted first, which is why troops without boosted strength get shot off first. It also means that if you build a "shield base" weapon platform, it won't protect your weaker-damage-capacity, armed weapon platforms! (Small shield platforms combined with larger armed platforms may work out, though - compare their total strengths.) This is on the suggestion list to change, though. At which point, I would take another look at Proportion troop strengths.
PvK
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Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
Yes, but Damage Resistance is the important point regarding this issue:
Name := Basic Life Support
Description := Mechanical means to generate a livable atmosphere on a starship. This system is not built for compactness, or to withstand battle damage, but is less difficult to manufacture.
Pic Num := 5
Tonnage Space Taken := 15
Tonnage Structure := 1
This component is extremely hard to hit. And if I carry over this idea to the proportions troops, with an extremely higher damage resistance, they would be easier to hit than they have been before.