Re: FT-HET Laers

Meson beam.  First introduced into Traveller via the High Guard rules,
IIRC.

God--that was ages ago!  And I still have my copy!

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg" <gregwong@best.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: FT-HET Laers

> > From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@marine.csiro.au>
> ...
>
> > For the non-mechanically minded in the audience, what would be the
PSB
for
> > something that can ignore armour??
>
> I'm at work right now, so I don't have the reference in front of me.
> My poor memory seems to recall a weapon in GDW's "Brilliant Lances"
that
might
> fit the bill.  Some sort of exotic particle with a short half-life.
> For a brief time, the particle could go through matter without
> interacting with it.	Then, it "degrades" into another substance
> that is very destructive.  Hopefully, it would in the interior of
> the enemy ship when this occurred.  You could manipulate the half-life
> by shooting the particle at speeds close to the speed of light and
> take advantage of the relativistic effects.  At longer ranges, you
need
> a longer half-life, so you shoot it closer to the speed of light than
you
> would need at shorter ranges.
>
> Sorry, but my memory is failing me, so I may have the details wrong.
> Perhaps someone can recall what this weapon was.
>
> --Greg
>