Onno Meyer wrote:
There are two separate attacks, doing 6d*133(0.5) crushing
damage, average 2,793(0.5), followed by 6d*5,743 explosive
damage, average 120,603, and 12d cutting damage, repeated
12 times for a SM+12 target (VE190), average 504d.
* I don't know the DR of a modern carrier, but looking at
WWII for a gut feeling, it will be less than DR 1,400,
so the kinetic part of the attack goes through to turn
the remainder into an internal explosion.
It'll be nowhere near DR1400, given that that's the equivalent of 20" of
RHA. That's the sort of protection you only found on battleships, and
even then only over a few vital spots.
* Proper fire suppression is critical. This is a case of
one bug in the system countering another -- fire is too
lethal and firefighting too easy.
I'd say more that fires are too lethal for their size, and that serious
attacks don't start enough fires. Also, the fire fighting systems
(especially suppression systems) don't suffer from trying to put out
fires in a damaged area. One of the reasons warships have damage control
teams is because often to get to the serious damage that needs repairing
(or the fires before they get too big) you have to work your way through
hatches that have wedged shut because of warping, compartments that are
filled with clutter, and past bulkheads and decks that have simply been
wreaked and twisted so that they have to be bent out of the way, cut
out, or another route found. Even 5% of the HP of a ship the size of a
supercarrier is a *lot* of damage and destruction.
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