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Pasha
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Sep-05-08, 12:28 PM (EDT) |
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27. "RE: BPGD: CVS-101"
In response to message #23
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>>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. -- -Pasha ("Well, we know that he can multiply, and *he* can subtract, who wants to talk?") What was that feeling again? Oh yes. -Rage- |
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