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645 days, 14 hours, 1 minutes ago

Does anyone know what the rule is regarding ship's crew being killed by enemy fighters? It seems that in some instances fighter hits only damage the hull, but in other instances fighter hits damage the hull AND kill crew. I believe it has something to do with combat mass, but can't seem to find the info anywhere.

645 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes ago

whisperer

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@Steinbul,

A fighter beam has Kill and Blast energies of 2. The Blast energy takes down shields and damages the hull. The Kill energy kills the ship's crew. This is the lowest Kill energy of any beam weapon.

http://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/weapon-destruction-power

I've had Carriers capture MDSFs, but not much else.

644 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes ago

steinbul

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Thanks for the link. But when I run VCR sims using a carrier vs. a light torper (used an EE Diplomacy and removed all beams and torps for clarity) the results don't seem to support that data. When the Diplo gets bonus mass (540 kT), the crew doesn't get killed by fighters. When the Diplo doesn't get bonus mass (180 kT), the crew gets killed. Same results when I run a heavy carrier (Golem) vs. a light one (Patriot) - crew gets killed. But a Golem vs. a heavy carrier (Rush) doesn't result in crew being killed. So again, it seems combat mass plays a role here. Or built-in VCR has a bug.

644 days, 18 hours, 20 minutes ago

psydev

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@Steinbul,
Go here:
Weapons data / optimizer - https://goo.gl/f14HBJ

Click on the sheet that says "fighter data".

You will see that around 320 kt of mass, fighters stop doing crew kill to ships.

644 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes ago

whisperer

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@Psydev,

That makes sense. Apparently crew kill is rounded down (truncated), while damage is rounded up.

Thanks.