>Nah. I just figured that, like any maturing armed force, the Golden Age WDF
>went through its "BIGGER! We must have BIGGER!!" phase. :)

Man, I can just see the meeting where that was suggested.

"You know, the Monster is a great piece of machinery, but I was thinking. One 400mm cannon is great and all, but wouldn't ten 400mm cannons be ten times as great?"

"You're a genius! Call Bill in design and get him on this!"

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Jon Helscher

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