Re: [GZG] [SG] Cracking Eggs with a Sledgehammer, was Power Armour with Shotguns

[Roger Burton West <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 08:12:21AM -0700, Brian B wrote:

>One of the things we
>postulated was that in any situation where a ship is likely to enter
>combat any time soon, the first thing that will happen is that the
>crew will suit up and depressurize the ship, to eliminate the risk of
>explosive decompression from a lucky hit.

While I'm on your side of this argument, I think it does depend on vacc
suit quality - they _will_ impede manual dexterity to some extent. Think
about typing with gloves on...

(Also consider that the air has to be _stored_ somewhere. Under even
higher pressure than normal.)

R
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