Re: needle beam thoughts)

On Tue, 3 Dec 1996 PsyWraith@aol.com wrote:

> <I'm designing some small craft, maybe 25 tons, with 8 thrust, 2 fire
> <control, and as many needlebeams as I can fit all firing into the
same
> <arc. since you only need 1 firecon to fire x needlebeams at the same
> <systems, I figure if I can get maybe 6 beams in, I'm guaranteed a
system
> <kill each shot! face them all out one side so I can orbit a ship, or
fly
> <behind a row of ships, and go along knocking out weapons as you go!
>
> <just a thought... figured it would make them more effective...
>
> This does make you vulnerable to the other sides escorts however which
are as
> manuverable as you and carry more flexible weapons.  Remember that the
> gunships were firing on infantry (and infantry not equiped with
> shoulder-fired SAMs), not other aircraft.  Your gunship will run afoul
of
> capital ships with longer-ranged weapons and your design does not
allow for
> screens making you vulnerable to concentrated return fire.

hmm... I'd thought that maybe the ships ability to make an over 90
degree
turn (4 points) would help in getting it behind the  enemy force... now
that I think about it, that does seem a little risky...

maybe adding a shield level isn't such a bad idea after all...

just for my own edification, about how expensive is a "cheap" ship?
(just
to make sure I'm not designing expensive throw-away's...

Brian Lojeck
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