Re: [FT] Matter Transmitter

Hello everybody

Back from a nice holiday :-)

Noam Izenberg schrieb:
> Nifty idea, Charles.
> 
> > 1) Support Ground operations by rapidly transporting
> > personnel and equipment to or from the surface
> > 2) Perform boarding actions against enemy spacecraft or
> installations...
> > 3) Act as a form of salvo missile launcher
> 
> Similarly, this could be an alternate PSB for an SM
> system (w/o special transmitter rules). Exactly the same mechanics,
but a
> different description - witth the potential added bonus that
> "magazine ships" could hang 36" back from the action and refill the
> frontline magazines by transmission.
> 
> > 4) Act as a form of Plasma Bolt Launcher
> > 5) Transmit/Receive fighters and other small craft
> > 6) Mine-laying.

As far as I understands Charles' proposals, they are based on a 'Star
Trek' type matter transmitter (Trasporter Room) that only needs a
transmitter at one end of the transmission (either as sender or
reciver)

Another type common in SF is the transmitter system that needs machines
at both ends (see e.g.the Stargate Film/TV series). This would not
allow their use as a weapon shooting bombs, plasma bolts or whatever.
Nor for boarding actions as we can be sure that in wartime, receivers
would be switched off or set to receive only from trusted sending
stations.

But there are still a number of possible uses. Following Charles'
List:

1) Support ground operations: Drop an advance party by conventional
means. They set up a portable receiving station and you can transmit in
the troops. Or have special forces take an enemy transmitter station
and switch it to receive the attackers' troops.
2) Boarding actions: similar to case 1, send in an advance party to set
up a receiver.
3/4/6) No direct use as weapons, but as Noam also suggested, use
'magazine ships' to refill light front line
gunships/carriers/minelayers.

> Bizarre Hempen Analog    (Noam Raphael Izenberg - pass
> that clip along, please)

Noam, Do you make your name anagrams by hand ? Or by some program ?

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