>>>Landing (Manticore) Treecats
>>
>>Ah. So certain elements of David Weber's _Honor Harrington_ series
>>have been... assimilated? Aside from the fact that his ship combat
>>techbase totally lacks fighters? (In the first two novels, anyway; as
>>far as I've gotten.)

>Yup, although its only a passing refference. It's part of the
>Freespacer stories, the one where Redneck returns to take control of
>the fleet again. He echo's Honor from Hecho of Honor when he calls a
>certain Rear Admiral Styles "A walking fustercluck of an officer".
>
>And yes, Webber does come up with the equivalent of fighters later on
>in the series. You'll see them make an apperance starting with "Honor
>Amoung Enemies".

Of course, in that universe, "fighter" status means that it only outweighs the average seagoing battleship... Yes, I'm exaggerrating, but when a ship to ship missile is quoted at 50 tons, and all comers are fielding ~2.5 mile slabs of self propelled armor, well...

Y'know, it occurs to me that the Shrikes actually kinda match the WDF design philosophy. Fast, tough, and built around a single big@$$ gun.

...

I'll shut up now.

Blessed be.
Nathan Baxter