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Title: (Answered) Primitive Chemical Lasers
Post by: Col Toda on 06 December 2021, 18:29:40
I know a large primitive Chemical laser does 5 points of damage to standard armor ie 8 -3 . Does it do the full 8 damage to exsposed Internal Structure?  I estimated the BV to be 62 for the weapon and 4 per ton of ammo ( using the light AC /5 as a model ) . Is that correct ? 

Used the price as the 3059 Clan tech Chemical lasers for the rest .  Designed a 3025 Condor fuel cell  hover tank with a Primitive Large Chemical Laser : 2 SRM 4s : a machine gun and recon Camera in the turret as experimental application of existing tech in late Succession Wars .  I would like an answer before play testing .
Title: Re: Primitive Chemical Lasers
Post by: cray on 12 December 2021, 13:17:41
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Title: Re: Primitive Chemical Lasers
Post by: cray on 02 January 2022, 11:51:16
I know a large primitive Chemical laser does 5 points of damage to standard armor ie 8 -3 . Does it do the full 8 damage to exsposed Internal Structure?

Partial answer:

If a primitive chemical laser hits standard armor then the damage stays reduced against the internal structure.

If a primitive chemical laser hits lower-BAR armor then the damage stays unchanged against the internal structure.

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I estimated the BV to be 62 for the weapon and 4 per ton of ammo ( using the light AC /5 as a model ) . Is that correct ? 

Still working on BV.
Title: Re: Primitive Chemical Lasers
Post by: cray on 05 January 2022, 18:19:43
Battle value: the formal answer is that there isn't an official battle value for a "primitive chemical laser." The primitive weapon rules in Interstellar Operations only cover specific Age of War weapons, while BattleTech's chemical lasers are Clan weapons introduced in 3145.

Unofficially and informally, a BV of 62 sounds ballpark.