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Honor Harrington: Ideas for conversion?

From: "Mark A. Siefert" <cthulhu@c...>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 23:32:31 -0400
Subject: Honor Harrington: Ideas for conversion?

Helloooooo Everybodyyyyyyy (I am in a Grover kind of mood):
	Following the positive reviews I got about this series on this
mailing
list, I have started reading the "Honor Harrington" series by David
Weber.	Right now, I am 1/4 of of the way through "On Basilisk Station"
and from what I have read so far Full Thrust conversion will be
difficult at best.  I have a rundown of the technology I have seen so
far.  Feel free to add on or to correct me if I am wrong.

Movement:
	The ships use gravitic proplusion to manuver in both "n-space"
and to
enter hyperspace or a wormhole.  It would appear that ships follows
realistic vector movment rather than the popular "airplanes-in-space"
style of travel.

Defenses:
	In the "Harrington" universe a military ship's drive field
creates a
"impeller wedge:" an impenetrable barrier above and under the ship
leaving the bow, stern, port and starboard open.  The front and rear can
not be protected, but the flanks are covered by a "sidewall" shield. 
The sidewalls are by no means as strong as the wedges and can be
breached.

Weapons:
	Missiles: These seem to the primary "long range" weapon of the
"Harrington" Universe.
	Lasers & Grasers (Gamma Ray Lasers I assume):  These weapons
seem to be
most effective at short range.	Given how energenic gamma rays are, I
would think that these would be more powerful than a run-of-the-mill
laser.
	Energy Torpedos:  Quick firing, devasting against unscreened
targets,
but are somewhat ineffective against sidewalls and they have a very
short range.
	Grav Lance:  Great for bringing down sidewalls, but in takes up
a lot
of space, has very limited range, and is slow to load.
	
Any ideas?

Later,
Mark

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