Re: Armor: Greasy Kra'Vak Stuff?

On Sat, 10 May 1997, Eric Fialkowski wrote:
> In my small group we use armor on human ships.  The justification is
simple
> in my mind, armor isn't a unique/exotic technology.  We humans adapt
fairly
> quickly.  If we were faced with an enemy that had kinetic weapons that
were
> penetrating shields, I believe there would be a few captains weld
plates of
> armor to their ships.

We (my game group) tend to assume that human starships are already as
armored as much as the available technology will allow -- after all, the
human engineers aren't fools, and will min/max the armor on the hull
just
the same as any other "combat vehicle." We assume that the Kra'vak armor
is superior alien technology, otherwise it doesn't make sense.

--
Rick Rutherford ----- rickr@digex.net ----- The above opinions are mine.
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