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Re: Fw: Weapons for Newtonian based FTIII

From: Samuel Penn <sam@b...>
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 17:01:08 -0400
Subject: Re: Fw: Weapons for Newtonian based FTIII

In message <3.0.1.32.19970511204853.006a28ec@mailhost.mint.net> you
wrote:

> At 01:39 PM 5/11/97 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >Why bother with a cloaked ship? Put the cloaking device on a
> >big rock. Gets around the station's meteor defense systems
> >as well.
> >
> It shall be as you command Grand Admiral Thrawn! <G>

Okay, so it's not a totally original idea :)

(for those not in the know, another use is to cloak lots of
rocks, and put them in orbit around a planet. The desired
effect is to disrupt shipping to/from that planet.
Effectively a minefield which is a real pig to clear).

-- 
Be seeing you,
Sam.

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