Death Star weapon ranges

[worfbacca]

Any one ever notice the Death Star weapon ranges for the various systems are comparatively low compared to weapons on an ISD for instance?
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[CRMcNeill]

[worfbacca]

I was thinking of doing the opposite and downgrading all other weapon stats to match the Death Star Weapon Emplacement stats. If one space unit can equal 10,000 km 750,000 kM for turbo lasers seem a bit high for me but 300,000 or 30 units seem more reasonable especially when a phasers max effective range is 300,000 km. FYI the moon is about 300,000 km away.
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[CRMcNeill]

You can certainly headcanon it that way, but that sounds like part of a larger house rule that affects all starship stats, not just the Death Star.
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The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[Whill]

[worfbacca]

In 2nd edition revised and expanded it states that starships sublight engines can cover thousands of km per second in space but also uses ambiguity for the space unit in the game. Star Trek is much more detailed about weapon ranges. I created a hybrid d6/weg/Icon game where multiple Sci-fi universes could interact in the hybrid game. If we assume one space unit equals ten thousand KM then I can start to work with some real numbers so the ships can interact from the various universes. I thought it interesting that the Death Star Weapon emplacement stats only had 1D fire control and were much lower ranges but it fits better with the two universes if all the turbolaser batteries and laser cannons were the smaller numbers. Trying to not open a can of worms as this thread could easily go under another topic.
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[Mamatried]

Should maybe only the super laser have a range increase.

I can not really see how the defensive weapon systems, (which they are) turbolasers and all what we see dot the surface having any longer range just becse the vessel is rarger.

I imagine a .50 cal on a small sloop, and a .50 on a battleship, both being equal in both damage and range.

now a quad mount and something automated over something crew operated could of course vary in both damage and range, quads often used for air defense, but these are still equal in range no matter the ship they are mounted on.

So to me the Death Star has turbosaers that at best has a slightly longer range than those of ISDs and other ships, with the added range comming from batteries, but not more than a small margin at that.

If the size of the vessel determines range then a wookie shooting a baster would shoot futher than a human shooting the same blaster?

[CRMcNeill]

[worfbacca]

Yes I convert everything back into space units.
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