Re: [GZG] [SG]cheese?

["Samuel Penn" <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, October 4, 2005 13:54, Roger Books said:
> The whole Power Axe thing always seemed kind of silly to me.
> Would you send a SWAT team in with an axe? I want my marines
> carrying firearms. If they shoot you at 6 feet you never get to swing
> your clumsy axe.

Unless you're a Lensman, in which case you're fighting
in an inertialess[1] field. Massless bullets do no damage against
you, but if you can get the enemy between a wall and your axe,
you can slice through them without them bouncing away.

Or at least, that's the PSB EE 'Doc' Smith used...

[1] Space combat was in massless (not weightless) conditions.
    Everything (de)accelerated instantly as soon as any force
    was applied, so the argument was you needed a melee weapon
    which you could apply continuous force to, in order to do
    any damage. Hey - it's space opera!

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