Rules question - 1/4 unit cannon

Discussion in 'IRCWCC' started by acomputerdog, Dec 29, 2018.

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  1. acomputerdog

    acomputerdog Member

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    I was reading through the IRCWCC rules and found this line:

    "A ¼ unit cannon carries 12 BB’s if fired single shot, or 5 BB’s if spurted."

    The rule itself is obvious, but I can't figure out how a 1/4 unit could ever occur in a real ship. I went through the rules and found no other references to 1/4 units. MWCI had a rule that allowed some ships (only subs?) to split 1/2 units into 1/4 units, but AFAIK IRCWW has no such rule.

    Are there actually 1/4 units in IRCWCC, or is this just a dead rule?
     
  2. Kevin P.

    Kevin P. Well-Known Member

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    Dead rule, used to have 1/4 unit ships but classes were changed a long time ago and whoever made the change didn’t change the gun rule
     
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    Thanks, I suspected as much.