Re: Close Orbit Support (COS) a.k.a. CSS (Close Space Support)
From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@q...>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 20:15:45 -0500
Subject: Re: Close Orbit Support (COS) a.k.a. CSS (Close Space Support)
> Why are we assuming that ortillery will have to have a nuke like
radiation
> signature with it?
No reason. The Ortillery Rules (pg 40) say it's just like other
artillery except deviates more. Unless I've missed something.
> Wouldn't kinetics alone have enough energy to do MAJOR damage
Yep.
> physics of that kind and I can't remember much of it)? As for things
just
> hitting the ground at speed that shouldn't have much of a nuclear
like
> radiation signature
None, I don't think. You'd certainly get visible light and IR plus
blast effects, but you wouldn't get the "hard" radiation.