Weapons' breach / fire chance?

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Ranarius Webfoot
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Weapons' breach / fire chance?

Postby Ranarius Webfoot » Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:28 am

Hi,
The FTL wiki has a good page with tables on the various weapons, but I'm curious about the way the breach/fire chances are represented. They're too small to be percentages (basic 1-damage lasers are 1 for fire, heavy lasers are 3 for breach and fire). What do they mean, specifically? Does one point mean 10% chance or something?