LAST EDITED ON Sep-04-08 AT 06:25 PM (EDT)
 
>Truth be told, I was thinking something more along the lines of a
>hold-out blaster sort of weapon, only anti-ship grade. Something to
>make an attacking ship think twice while the air wing is out doing its
>job.

That's pretty much what those turbolaser and phaser batteries are for; they discourage capital ships while the quad blasters and missile batteries (and the CAP) deal with enemy small craft. Unless they're off participating in a surface assault, there are also the Destroids to consider. The Rifleman remains an air defense platform with few peers, and only a seriously foolhardy commander would ignore the threat four Raidens and their heavy beam emitter arrays can pose to the average warship.

It is not, perhaps, the definitive argument-winner that a sawed-off 12-gauge is, but Prometheus's close-range defensive firepower is not to be sneezed at. :)

--G.
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