Re: Planetary defenses

I have one problem with the "stand off and bomb the planet into
oblivion"
approach.  Why are you attacking the planet anyway?  Chances are you
want
something from it.  Doesn't make sense to obliterate it.  Of course, a
battle can only go on so long before a commander decides to say f**k it
and
eliminate all resistance.

As for effective defences, for worlds with water, submarines with
(sub)surface to orbit missiles have some chance of being effective.  I'd
guess that they'd hug the ocean floor playing "I'm a coral reef" until
they
fired then they'd have to scoot away to avoid being blasted to bits. 
I'd
see large grav vehicles with big weapons speeding around stopping to
shoot
every once in a while.	If they had energy weapons they're going to have
really powerful generators anyway, so they may be able to "make tracks"
so
to speak after they shoot.  Flying missile launchers could be deployed
as
the enemy fleet was coming at the planet.  They could be robotic, so
they
could almost be rocket powered up to altitude.	

Of coursem for Robotech fans, dig really big holes in the ground at
various
points around the world.  Use those as incredibly large weapon barrels.
It's just a matter of keeping the weapon hidden until it firing it.
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