Wave trait - 5 points or 6?

Burning Empires Tech Burner
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Page 383:

Wave Tt 5 pts
This weapon disperses a wave of energy across the battle space. No
matter what its rating, cover counts as level 1 against a wave weapon.
Technological Traits: Exotic Weapon: Effector, Categorical Limitation

Pg. 522:

Wave Tt 6 pts
This weapon disperses a wave of energy through the battle space. No matter
what its rating—1, 2, 3, or 4—cover counts as level 1 against a wave weapon.
Technological Traits: Effector

So is it a six-point trait?

Or is it just five points – in which case, what’s this Categorical Limitation that knocks it down by one? (From reading the description of “Effector” on pg. 383, I suspect it’s that Cover is reduced to one instead of reduced to zero and “negate[d] or neutralize[d]” altogether).

I ask with particular interest because I want some swarming missiles that guide themselves into bunker firing slits before exploding, you see. 'Cause Superstructural Scale Megablast just isn’t powerful enough.

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Technically, they are both correct. In one, I applied the Cat Lim, in the other, no Cat Lim.

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Okay, so what’s the Categorical Limitation, exactly? The two descriptions of how “Wave” works are identical – except that the more expensive version specifies cover “1, 2, 3, or 4,” but that’s implicit in “no matter what its rating,” which is in both.

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Heheh. Take the 5 point one. :slight_smile: