Re: [HoE] SA-XM-60 question - Shane

[Michael_Garoni@intersolv.com]

G'Day people,

>The rail gun says that it overpenetrates often.  And then it goes on to say
>that it overpenetrates when /neither/ die of damage is a 12.
>
>I would like to confirm the word "neither" there.  That's almost an 80%
>chance of overpenetration on what ends up being the lower damage totals,
>(on the average).
>
>or should it be "either"?

Actually, full damage is usually the result of a projectile spending all of its 
energy in the target. Over penetration tends to result in lower damage to the 
original target since a lot of the energy passes straight through without 
hitting anything vital.  It seems like a contradiction, but overpenetration is 
bad for delivering damage (I think anyway).

Aussie Mike