>Perhaps, but I haven't seen a starfighter yet whose shielding could
>stand up to a hit from a naval phaser, and once again the
>effectiveness of the missiles carried by the Legios line has been
>grotesquely overestimated. They're pipsqueak munitions by starship
>standards. Negligible. Like throwing a handful of gravel at a tank. I
>doubt an Alpha's missile payload could substantially damage a
>Constitution-class starship with its shields down. Tritanium is strong
>stuff.

Actually Gryph, I think it's closer to throwing dust at a tank.

Like I said earlier, Alphas were designed for fighting _other fighters and mecha._ That's what their goal in life is. They don't have the weapons to combat a starship.

If you want to argue, take a look at the universes where the Alpha originated, Mospeada and Robotech. The enemy there, be it Zentraedi or Invid, consisted of large numbers of mecha with light armour and weaponry that normally attacked in waves. The Alphas were designed to launch large missile salvos to destroy as many enemy mecha as possible before it got down to close combat.

I think we can assume that they were built for the WDF with the same purpose in mind.

Matrix Dragon, aircraft freak.