Re: Needle Beams

Hello Mike,
  I thought the word "ram" was never to be spoken of except in dire
emergencies.  Having your Firecontrol sections rendered useless would
not
make for "dire circumstances" unless the battle were for a major
objective
- such as keeping the homeworld safe...
  I could just picture the first officer of the ship saying "sir, I
refuse
to pass on an illegal order..."

Hal

On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Mike Miserendino wrote:

> Hal wrote:
> >  Suppose you have a ship with nothing but needle beams.  Further
suppose
> >that you concentrate it's fire on a battle ship with 3 fire controls.
 Now,
> >further suppose that you get lucky, and you knock out all three
firecontrol
> >systems.  Does that mean that the ship's effectiveness just went out
the
> >door (the capital ship I mean)?  So, a fleet armed with multiple
needle
> >beams can be a major hassle???
> 
> Anyone say "Ram!!"? ;)
> 
> 
> Mike Miserendino
> 
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