Armor Degradation
& Stopping Power

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Here's a rule that I use in my Mekton campaigns. It's a two-pronged rule:

1. No mecha's armor may have a greater Damage Coefficient than the armor's actual Stopping Power (i.e. any armor can be Standard, LW or greater can be Alpha, MS or greater can be Beta, and MH or greater can be Gamma).
2. This is the more important part, and takes a bit of explaining: When armor has taken sufficient damage to bring it below its current Damage Coefficient, its type drops to the next lower level until it's been repaired. This means that after Medium Heavy or tougher Gamma-type armor reaches a Stopping Power of 7, it effectively becomes Beta armor until repaired. All armor degradation effects are cumulative.

Why?
Because as armor loses pieces, it also loses its material integrity, meaning it tends to lose pieces easier.

Here are tables representing these rules:

Max. Starting Class	Max. Starting Type	Scales
		1/1; 10/1 Unscaled		1/10		1/5		10/1 Scaled; 100/1 Unscaled		100/1 Scaled		Excessive
SL	STD	1	1	3	3	5	5	10	10	100	100	100/1 Scaled x 10^Nth Power
LW	ALPHA	2	2	5	5	10	10	20	20	200	200
ST	ALPHA	3	2	8	5	15	10	30	20	300	200
MS	BETA	4	4	10	10	20	20	40	40	400	400
HS	BETA	5	4	13	10	25	20	50	40	500	400
MW	BETA	6	4	15	10	30	20	60	40	600	400
LH	BETA	7	4	18	10	35	20	70	40	700	400
MH	GAMMA	8	8	20	20	40	40	80	80	800	800
SH	GAMMA	9	8	23	20	45	90	80	80	900	800
AH	GAMMA	10	8	25	20	50	90	100	80	1000	800
MgH	GAMMA	11	8	28	20	55	90	110	80	1100	800

 By Mark Berger

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