[Torg] what's the damage value of a nuclear bomb?

[Benjamin Grant]

Interesting - playing in a Torg game (not the possibility war) where my
character may get the ability to create really nice force fields, up to 40
toughness.  With creative use of cards and such, I was looking at around
maybe 75 toughness (for one round) - was wondering if my field could contain
the blast, but looks like it would be 10 points shy.  Looks like if I want
to be able to contain it, going to have to not only take my superpower skill
to a +10, but to +13 or +14.

But for the foreseeable future, I should avoid nukes. (84!) Check. ;)

-Benn Grant
eFix Computer Consulting
benn at 4efix.com
603.283.6601


>-----Original Message-----
>From: torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com [mailto:torg-
>bounces at justintimeadventures.com] On Behalf Of Kansas Jim
>Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 1:48 PM
>To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
>Subject: Re: [Torg] what's the damage value of a nuclear bomb?
>
>Benn writes:
>
>> Seriously, curious what the DV of a nuke would be.
>
>I don't recall an official DV ever being given for one. The Fuel-
>Air Explosive (FAE) bomb is sometimes likened to causing as much
>devastation as a small tactical (battlefield) nuke and the Kanawa
>Heavy Weapons Catalog gave that a DV of 50, though I have found that
>many of Torg's explosive DVs are a bit underrated. I believe I
>bumped the FAE's DV up somewhere in the 55-60 range in my games.
>
>Most references I've seen to tactical nukes indicate a yield range
>between 0.1 and 1 kiloton (kt). With Torg's log scaling, the difference
>between 0.1 and 1 kiloton could be rated as a difference of five on
>the DV so my FAE DV range above could cover that. If we set 1 kt as a
>DV of 60 we can then easily scale up from there. One megaton (mt) is a
>thousand times greater which on Torg's scale is +15, so a 1 mt nuke
>would be DV 75.
>
>For comparison purposes, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 12-15 kt
>so that'd be a DV of 66. The Nagasaki bomb was 22-25 kt so DV 67. The
>largest nuke built by the US (that they admit to) was 25 mt so DV 82.
>The largest nuke the Soviets had was 50 mt so DV 84.
>
>To put that info to use, with a minimal TOU of 55 you would need
>at least a 100 kt nuke (DV 70) to take down a bridgehead. Or you
>can take the Eddie Paragon route and do it with a satchel charge and
>a Martyr card. :)
>
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