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Re: [FT] Miles Vorkosigan

From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@q...>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 00:06:24 -0800
Subject: Re: [FT] Miles Vorkosigan

> Can't remember the details, but "The Vor Game" mentions that the new
naval
> weapon of choice in that period was the "Gravatic Imploder Lance?".
The
> tech details are different to the HH Gravlance, in that it is a
glorified
> tractor beam,

more or less a gravity-laser, I gather

>using gravity to damage enemy ships.  This is due to defensive
> technology having caught up with kinetic, nuclear, laser and plasma
weapons,
> rendering them almost useless in a standard engagement.  Short
ranged
> compared to the plasma weapons available, but more destructive.
>
> I haven't even looked at conversions, as space combat isn't a major
> component of the series (from those I've read).

It isn't, which is why I asked first.  Better for SG2 or FMAS.	 But
she does give specific times, ranges and speed of light delays, so you
could calculate conversion stats if you wished


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