32. "RE: Excerpt: Get the Girl..."
In response to message #31
>>I freely concede that this information is of no use to anyone, >>but I had a bit of nerdy fun working it out. > >Well, it means that machine guns aren't effective for area denial >against super-speedsters, and you'll need to use continuous-beam >energy weapons. In the right circumstances, that's very important to >know.
... and is very relevant to UF, as there are several canon characters it applies to, some of whom are not particularly bullet-resistant.
“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.” -- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington