Emmisive Armor for Dummies, please...

geoschmo · #1 September 3rd, 2002, 02:58 PM

Can someone please explain to me what Emmisive armor does? Bear in mind I am an idiot, so go slow and use small words.

Emmisive armor I says it has 30 KT of structure and negates any hit of 10 or less.

What happens if it gets hit with 5?

What happens if it gets hit with 15?

What happens if it gets this with 35?

Answer the questions I don't know enough to ask too.

Geoschmo

Captain Kwok · #2 September 3rd, 2002, 03:01 PM

If damage is 5:
Armor negates the damage.

If the damage is 15:
Armor negates 10, 5 hits the armor (25 hp left)

If the damage is 35:
Armor negates 10, 25 hits the armor (5 hp left)

If the damage is 50:
Armor negates 10, 40 hits the armor and destroys it with 10 going on to damage another armor/component.

dogscoff · #3 September 3rd, 2002, 03:10 PM

so, just to confirm this... if the armour gets hit with 5 damage, and then another 5 damage, and then another 5 and another... it won't actually have been damaged in anyway at all...

geoschmo · #4 September 3rd, 2002, 03:35 PM

Dogscoff, is that a question or a statement? Cause I want to know that too.

And what if you get hit with damage exactly equal to the emmmisve value? 10 in this case.

Also, what if you have two Emmisive Armor 1's and you get hit with 45? Does it destroy the first comp and do no damage to the second beacsue the overlap is less than it's emmisive value?

Geoschmo

geoschmo · #5 September 3rd, 2002, 04:02 PM

Oh, and is the emmisve value per hit? What if Emmisive Armor I with a Em value of ten and a structure of 30 is being hit with damage 15 shots. Does the first shot take out the em value and the second shot of 15 go all to the structure of the armor? If so the armor would fail on the third shot. Or does the armor absorb the first ten point of each shot until destroyed, in which case the armor could withstand 6 shots from a damage 15 gun before failing.

Geoschmo

Captain Kwok · #6 September 3rd, 2002, 04:02 PM

Emissive armor does not stack. Two components will not give you twice as much emissive power. I'm not sure, but if one gets destroyed...I think the other one will retain the negate ability for the next turn.

If it is equal - then no damage is done and the armor remains intact.

I'm not sure if multiple hits during a turn count as single shots for the armor or if the total of all the shots for the turn are counted against the armor.