Armor is better than warheads

[E. Albright]

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Originally posted by Psitticine:
Have you been encountering instances where both ships survived a ramming?

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As of .56, it is possible to ram ships and have both survive. This appears to be a feature. Both ships will inflict their current damage resistence in damage to the other; however, the defender (and only the defender) will have this damage applied to its shields before any components are hurt. Makes sense, really: as far as the defender's shields are concerned, the other ship's just a big ballistic projectile...

An example: Cruiser A (S 0, DR 3800) rams Battle Station B (S 3920, DR 1500). Both vessels will survive. They will be as follows:
A: S 0, DR 2300
B: S 120, DR 1500

Hence, if the rammed ship has a greater combined shield value and damage resistence than the rammer's damage resistence (but its DR is less than the rammer's DR), both ships will live.

[This message has been edited by ealbright (edited 01 October 2000).]