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Re: Battlecruisers

From: Brendan <denian@s...>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 21:33:46 -0700
Subject: Re: Battlecruisers

Michael Blair wrote:
> ("The agility of a cruiser and the firepower of a
> battleship but don't kick it, your foot might go through the hull").
> In SF I always assumed they were almost exactly the same as a
battleship
> only without the several metres of foamed steel/ceramic armour, the
> reduced mass giving better acceleration at the expense of durability.

Thrust 8 battlecruisers on toast: just the thing for those cold days in
space. :)

'Neath Southern Skies

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