>>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. :)
>

And, to continue wailing on this analogy, they can, unlike the 12-gauge/WMC, keep making that argument clear, without needing to pause and reload.

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-Pasha ("Well, we know that he can multiply, and *he* can subtract, who wants to talk?")
What was that feeling again?
Oh yes.
-Rage-