Looks like I failed to hit "post" on my last and much better worded post on this topic.
Now I'm too irritated to recreate it anywhere near as well thought out.
Anyway, I'm creating a vehicle record sheet for Harp Sci-Fi and have come across a question.
Most subsystems are fairly self evident as to where they fit into the system location chart for hit locations. But I'm not so sure on the Shields subsystem.
Hull is getting the Armor, surface features, and probably cargo subsystems.
Weapon Systems gets the weapons and Point Defense subsystem.
Motive gets the vehicle motive device (engine, jet, propeller, etc.)
Control gets the Communications subsystem (with the EW subsystem), The Sensor Subsystem, and the Main Computer Subsystem.
The Power System gets the Powersource/Reactor subsystem and the Fuel Subsystem.
And finally the Crew Module gets the Bridge/Cab subsystem and Habitats subsystem. I would probably add life support to this location as well, but I may not call that out separately as it probably has redundancy all over the ship.
So where does the Shield subsystem fit in? I'm leaning towards the Motive System. One this system is under represented, and two the shields sound like they are tied to the gravitomagnetic drive.
Are there any other ideas on this?
Also once I finish this spreadsheet/record sheet I intend to post it to the vault if anyone is interested in using it.
Thanks,
-Pyrotech