Re: Ortillery platforms

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Bobby Mock wrote:

> I can envision tenders moving orbital platforms into geosynchronous
> orbits above the battle fields. I would bet the ortillery would be
manned
> space stations with no propulsions units.

I would think that a self mobile ortillery platform that was dedicated
(and 
thus had multiplt systems) would be much preferrable as a platform than 
something that needed another craft's assistance. Were it a really small

craft, I could see that. Mainly I question the use of a tug to pull an 
object into position in the middle of a battle, take out/damage either 
the tug or the platform and you'd have made an effective mission kill on

the platform.

I've been thinking about the Ortillery platform/Bomb ketch idea. Why not

a DD or CG sized vessel that has mostly Ortillery, lots of armour, PDS 
low thrust and perhaps a fighter group for Air support? It would be 
fairly self escorting with a fighter group, but that would push the 
cost up and the ortillery availabilty down? Granted this doesn't deviate

from what people have proposed already, its merely a futher support of 
such concepts. 

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