Re: [?] Tournament Fleet Composition(Semi OT)

Samuel Penn wrote:
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> masses of neutronium into the primary star though to set off
> a supernova... (one situation where neutrinos become a practicle
> weapon of war!)

That's actually true.  About one and a half hours before there is any
noticeable change in the star that's going supernova, there is a
neutrino burst that's lethal out to something like the orbit of Pluto.

So all those episodes of Star Trek where Captain Whoever escapes from
being obliterated by a supernova by getting the warp engines online at
the last minute--wrong--they were dead over an hour ago and the
neutrinos will just slip right through the shields.  So much for
dramatic license--just enjoy the show.

Still that would be an interesting weapon.  Might make a good FT
raid/defend scenario.

Kristian Miller