full coverage armor

[Pax]

Originally posted by Puke:
the porportions mod (and some others) uses a concept where regular armor does not get damaged first, but mearly soaks up damage as if it were a regular component. it also has a kind of armor that IS damaged first, but provides less protection (presumeably since it is more spread out)

CAR WARS is a steve jackson game, loosely themed around Mad Max. it has a concept where armor is heavier on larger vehicles, because you need more to cover a larger car or van.

some genius recently (okay, a month or so ago) came up with the idea to use engine mounts to allow for a better QNP movement system, by scaling engine size to match ship size.

That'd be me. *blush*

What are peoples thoughts about using an Armor Mount to scale ship-covering armor to mass more on larger ships? I think that I brought this up in the thread about the engines, but as im putting together my GritTech mod, and am thinking of including this, I thought it deserved its own discussion.

That would be a BRILLIANT idea, IMO ... but it might also be more appropriate for *shield* generators (putting 100 points of shield energy around a 100kT ship, should require l.ess power, and less machinery (etc), thanputting the same 100 points of energy around a 1500kT ship ...).