Re: Planetary defenses

Eric Fialkowski wrote:

> I'd see large grav vehicles with big weapons speeding around stopping
to shoot every once in a while.  If they had energy weapons they're
going to have really powerful generators anyway, so they may be able to
"make tracks" so to speak after they shoot. 

On heavily-settled planets, the mobile weapons platforms might not need
such large power generators.  They could hook up to pre-positioned
'power links' to the planetary grid, fire, then be off again. 
Admittedly, your grid would eventually begin to fray under an orbital
bombardment, but you could get a much bigger beam weapon on your mobile
unit.

(In a Gernsbeck universe, your defending units could even depend on
broadcast power.) ;)