diff --git a/docs/WEAPONS_FIELD_GUIDE.txt b/docs/WEAPONS_FIELD_GUIDE.txt index a57310e..828563c 100644 --- a/docs/WEAPONS_FIELD_GUIDE.txt +++ b/docs/WEAPONS_FIELD_GUIDE.txt @@ -15,16 +15,12 @@ if a section simply matches what you remember, a one-word "matches" is genuinely useful data. - HOW TO REPLY -- two ways, both welcome: - (a) Discord weapons thread, one reply per section, starting with the - section name in caps (e.g. "GAUSS:"). Then MATCHES / CONTRADICTS / - CAN'T RECALL, then whatever detail you have. - (b) OR mark up THIS FILE the way the issues list gets marked up: add - your notes directly under any section (prefix lines with your - callsign) and post the edited file back to the thread. Spreadsheet - exports welcome too -- whatever is easiest keeps the data coming. - Which floor, which revision, which mech you flew -- machine-room - details turn weak memories into strong evidence. + HOW TO REPLY: EDIT THIS FILE. Every section that needs your input + ends with a YOUR NOTES block -- write directly in it (callsign first, + then MATCHES / CONTRADICTS / CAN'T RECALL, then your detail) and post + the edited file back when you're done. Which floor, which revision, + which mech you flew -- machine-room details turn weak memories into + strong evidence. ONE RETRACTION UP FRONT: the last issues handout (#27) told you ballistic rounds could now "genuinely MISS a moving target". The @@ -77,6 +73,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY charge (with an electrical alarm)? A yes pins down a control path we have not been able to identify from the code alone. + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. THE CHARGE GEAR (ALL ENERGY WEAPONS) -- AND THE BRICK THE ARCADE SHIPPED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -103,6 +105,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY weapon DARK -- charged but refusing to fire until re-arm? If pods genuinely ate weapons this way, some of you will remember it. + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. PPC AND ER PPC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -138,6 +146,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY (this one really matters) - Separately: after taking PPC hits, do you remember the generator browning out or your weapons losing charge (the short rider)? + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. AUTOCANNONS -- AFC25 / AFC50 / AFC100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -190,6 +204,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY - Round pace: roughly how fast did cannon rounds visibly fly? About a second to cross full range, or very different? + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. GAUSS ** THE HEADLINE QUESTION ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -223,6 +243,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY (the headline) floor revision shipped content for the dead mechanism, content we do not have. + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. MISSILES -- HOW EVERY RACK REALLY FIRES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -304,6 +330,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY into a wall or an adjacent mech? Our port says no; the original's code will not tell us. Your memory is the tiebreaker. + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. HOMING AGILITY, THE LRM ARC, AND THE NARC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -354,6 +386,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY (Range on a missile is display-only either way -- the rounds fly on physics -- but your answer dates our content revision.) + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AMMO, EJECT, AND JAMS (CANNONS AND RACKS) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -391,6 +429,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY our own nights: an SRM6 latched out with 19 rounds left. Whether that could happen at authentic intensity is an open question.) + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. INCOMING-MISSILE WARNING ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -409,6 +453,12 @@ WE NEED YOUR MEMORY change, a lamp -- anything. If it did not, #83 closes for free. If it did, describe it and we build exactly that. + + YOUR NOTES (callsign first, one entry per line): + > + > + > + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPENDIX A -- THE AUTHORED NUMBERS (straight from the shipped content) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -466,8 +516,7 @@ FLIGHT PROFILES (authored on the round, not the rack) up to 10 seconds before fizzling. ============================================================================= - HOW TO REPLY (again, because it matters): Discord weapons thread, one - reply per section, section name first, then MATCHES / CONTRADICTS / - CAN'T RECALL and your detail. "Matches" alone is real data. The GAUSS - and PPC-HIT questions are the two we cannot answer without you. + WHEN YOU'RE DONE: post your edited copy of this file back to the + weapons thread. "MATCHES" alone in a notes block is real data. The + GAUSS and PPC-HIT questions are the two we cannot answer without you. =============================================================================