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In the nuclear damper table on HGv2
p25, if you want a TL15 damper, you can't get one for less than 10 tons, even
though there is a TL14 model for only 8 tons. That doesn't seem right to me, so
I have made an extended table to deal with additional options at TL13-15.
The EP used had a nice straight progression, so I decided to leave that alone - the EP required is 10 x USP. The cost was less straightforward, so I took my cue from the drop from MCr38 for a USP 6 to MCr35 for a USP 5 in the original table - TL14 goes down MCr3 per USP under 4, TL15 goes down MCr4 per USP under 7, and TL13 goes down MCr2 per USP under 2. Tonnages were also less than straightforward, and I again took my cue from TL14 that goes down 2 tons per USP - so TL15 goes down 3 tons per USP and TL13 goes down 1 ton per USP (with a minimum of 1 ton). Alternately, you could disallow any USPs lower than 4 for TL15 dampers.
I don't see any obvious breaking of published designs, though it may make some of them sub-optimal. This does make it much easier to put low USP dampers on TL14-15 ships, which may be a bad thing depending on YTU.
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 10 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 14 | 38 | 10 |
| 2 | 15 | 40 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | 45 | 30 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | 8 | 30 | 40 |
| 5 | 10 | 35 | 50 |
| 6 | 12 | 38 | 60 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | 1 | 18 | 40 |
| 5 | 4 | 22 | 50 |
| 6 | 7 | 26 | 60 |
| 7 | 10 | 30 | 70 |
| 8 | 15 | 40 | 80 |
| 9 | 20 | 50 | 90 |
An alternative, which WOULD mess up
lots of published designs, but might seem more logical to some people would be:
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 10 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 35 | 35 | 10 |
| 2 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| 3 | 45 | 45 | 30 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | 25 | 25 | 30 |
| 4 | 30 | 30 | 40 |
| 5 | 35 | 35 | 50 |
| 6 | 40 | 40 | 60 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | 50 |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
| 7 | 25 | 25 | 70 |
| 8 | 30 | 30 | 80 |
| 9 | 35 | 35 | 90 |
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In the Meson Screens table on HGv2
p25, if you want a TL15 Meson Screen, you can't get one for less than 20 tons,
even though there is a TL14 model for only 16 tons. That doesn't seem right to
me, so I have made an extended table to deal with additional options at TL13-15.
The EP used had a nice straight progression, so I decided to leave that alone - the EP required is 0.2 x USP. The cost was less straightforward, so I took my cue from the drop of MCr5 per USP at TL13-14, and a drop of MCr10 per USP at TL15. Tonnage was messier, so I started with TL14 and continued dropping 4 tons per USP. I dropped only 2 tons per USP for TL13 (though that seems harder to justify), and I tried to get a nice progression for TL15 tonnage dropping (with a minimum of 1 ton). Alternately, you could disallow any USPs lower than 3 for TL15 Meson Screens.
I don't see any obvious breaking of published designs, though it may make some of them sub-optimal. This does make it much easier to put low USP Meson Screenson TL14-15 ships, which may be a bad thing depending on YTU. This does mean that almost all ships at TL15 would end up with at least some level of Meson Screen, making that terror weapon much less troubling. This seems like it would make ships feel more like the one in "Gateway to the Stars" by Pierce Askegren (which is supposed to be an MMT book).
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 90 | 80 | 0.2 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 28 | 45 | 0.2 |
| 2 | 30 | 50 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 45 | 55 | 0.6 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 4 | 25 | 0.2 |
| 2 | 8 | 30 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 12 | 35 | 0.6 |
| 4 | 16 | 40 | 0.8 |
| 5 | 20 | 45 | 1.0 |
| 6 | 24 | 50 | 1.2 |
| USP | Tons | MCr | EP |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | 0.8 |
| 5 | 5 | 20 | 1.0 |
| 6 | 10 | 30 | 1.2 |
| 7 | 20 | 40 | 1.4 |
| 8 | 30 | 50 | 1.6 |
| 9 | 40 | 60 | 1.8 |
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