Re: Needle Beams

Scott Field wrote:
>You can rationalize your way around the armor by saying needle beams
fire at
>exposed targets (stuff outside the armor). But you'd think that
needlers
>would be affected by shields, since they are essentially a specialized
beam
>weapon.

Maybe it's because the needle weapon can deliver the precise hit between
shield flickers.  If the enemy can fire out from a shielded ship, the
ship's
shields would be required to flicker like the interrupt on propeller
driven
aircraft.

Mike Miserendino