Re: One question that's plagued me about Full Thrust

>> If we have the tech to put rail guns on aerospace and ground
>> vehicles, why are the Kra'vak the only ones to use them on
>> starships.  It would seem a natural evolution as would the armoring
>> of a ship.
>
>Hmm, interesting one. It must be a targetting issue. As railguns are
>slower than light the time to target will be much longer than for
>lasers. Thus they require better targetting solutions. So maybe, the
>Kra'vak developed better sensors and computers than we did. Maybe
>moving over to railguns would be the next logical step for us, but we
>ran into the Kra'vak before that occurred.
>
>If the Kra'vak do have better tragetting systems this could be
>represented in DSII by giving superior firecons to a greater
>percentage of their forces.

Alternatively, they just havn't developed good particle beam tech, thier
sensors may therefore not be that great.

Stuart Murray

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