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Vonshroom

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Interdictor Question
« on: 14 September 2012, 08:17:41 »
Well really I have two questions, 1 can an interdictor enter the atmosphere and land and if not can it be modified to do so?
2 could you put a ftl drive out of a bug eye and rig up its jump sail to the interdictor?
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Re: Interdictor Question
« Reply #1 on: 14 September 2012, 08:22:58 »
1. Yes. Unlike the Achilles it is based on, nothing says the Interdictor cannot enter atmosphere.

2. Not under the rules as they stand. If the Interdictor was used as the basis for a new Sub-Compact Core WarShip, it could... but then it would no longer be a DropShip. In that case it would become unable to enter an atmosphere, and you would have to sacrifice a lot.
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Re: Interdictor Question
« Reply #2 on: 14 September 2012, 08:59:31 »
Quote from: Vonshroom on 14 September 2012, 08:17:41
2 could you put a ftl drive out of a bug eye and rig up its jump sail to the interdictor?

Under current construction rules, KF drives can only be installed in JumpShips and WarShips. Subcompact drives are limited to WarShips. WarShips and JumpShips are not capable of landing.
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Re: Interdictor Question
« Reply #3 on: 14 September 2012, 09:16:52 »
more than once  >:D >:D :D
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Re: Interdictor Question
« Reply #4 on: 14 September 2012, 14:57:25 »
Quote from: serack on 14 September 2012, 09:16:52
more than once  >:D >:D :D

Yes, KF drive vessels, assuming they survive the atmosphere (they take 100 points of damage per hex per turn of velocity in the atmosphere), do tend to use an aggressive lithobraking method for landing.
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Re: Interdictor Question
« Reply #5 on: 14 September 2012, 15:44:25 »
FM: 3085 in the Capellan section actually mentions an Interdictor "taking off" and a successful attempt by Capellan troops to drop on it (as in aerial dropship) and board and seize the vessel while taking off.
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Re: Interdictor Question
« Reply #6 on: 15 September 2012, 06:25:43 »
Quote from: Alan Grant on 14 September 2012, 15:44:25
FM: 3085 in the Capellan section actually mentions an Interdictor "taking off" and a successful attempt by Capellan troops to drop on it (as in aerial dropship) and board and seize the vessel while taking off.
With 'Mechs, and it also killed half the company trying the stunt.  But that's Phyr's Hussars for you.
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