>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.
>--G.

No starfighter can stand up to a naval phaser. I'm not sure how well phasers can track little buggers, though. If they track well, this explains why we don't see fightercraft in Star Trek.

As far as the Alpha goes, you're right; those munitions are pipsqueak by aircraft standards. If the Alpha could carry fewer, bigger munitions, however, it could do damage. After all, we build aircraft munitions today that make US naval jets more than capable of sinking ships.

The description for the mini-gat (.22 caliber gatling gun) from either Shadowrun or CP2020 (I forget which) says it correctly: "Great. Now I can flatten light ammo against body armor faster than ever before."

--rR