Re: The Brain's EMP Missiles

From: "Thomas Barclay" <kaladorn@magma.ca>

> My only concern here is whether every force 
> would field enough canonical launcher platforms 
> to make this kind of weapon an adequate 
> defence against Dreadplanets, etc. 

If you get Dreadplanets, then non-canonical designs aren't a big deal.
Especially ones which are very minor variants of existing designs,
or variants that appear in FB1 but with no SSD.

> For the NSL, we have the DD/M. 

And 12 in a class probably isn't enough. You'd have to make a
new version with, say, 4 bolt-on MT Racks instead. Which could
be how the DD/M design started.

> For the NAC, a BC IIRC.

Also a variant of the CL and a variant of the SDN.
If anyone builds a dreadplanet, you can be sure those
Furious CLs will be converted to the missile variants,
and the SDNs (which swap out 1 or 2 hanger bays) likewise. 

> For the ESU, BDN or something big like that? 

Or a Goshkhov with 4 MTRs rather than 2 SMRs.

> For the FSE, I have no worry. 
 
> But if this was to be one of the ubership 
> deterrents, then having everyone with a DD/M 
> would make sense. It'd be a small, cheap way 
> to ensure that the Dreadplanets didn't want to 
> put in an appearance. 

You don't need everyone to have them - just enough so
that committing 30% of your fleet budget for 10 years
to one ship is a Bad Idea if you have to fight any one
of a number of likely opponents.