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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 1762553" data-attributes="member: 326">Hi BK! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Quite likely - as Plane Sailing was kind enough to point out I was really just commenting on the general principle of damage. Something that could be used as a framework upon which to base weapon (and armour) scaling on both a Size and Progress Level basis. Remember that those technologies are in their infancy so its not unreasonable to suggest a performance boost of +50% on the previous Progress Level. We are not talking about experimental weapons but rather standard issue military hardware.Also remember that PL is more of a grey scale than purely black and white. eg. If we attribute 4d6 to a modern Assault Rifle and presume 6d6 for a similar sized PL 6 weapon then at some point in the interim someone will develop a 5d6 weapon. You have already noted that infant tech is 25% better so we already have that 5d6 catered for.I didn't miss it, I blatantly ignored it - as I didn't want to dilute the discussion at this juncture. Nevertheless you see the logic in it? This is wholly consistent with what we know about Star Destroyers.Assuming Full Platemail (Heavy Armour to be more specific) is 1/4 inch thick at the strongest point the +32 defensive bonus relative to 1 inch thick plating. However the Abrams probably has this at its weakest point with about 2-4 inches on the front slope making it a possible +64-128.Its notable the Abrams own main armament is pretty much ineffective against another Abrams tank.Thats definately more like it!The thing is, if you start from a logical base you can't go wrong at any point. But once you start bending the physics you get some really bizarre results (hence the 16d8 1 MT nuke damage).</blockquote>

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