Re: Arabic Empire in space was: Re: NSL, Not Nazis.

In a message dated 99-02-04 08:14:25 EST, you write:

<< given the latter effect, erm, take *really* good body armour? if you
could
 deploy the lasers as drones (like the suspensorlift assassination knife
 that the harkonnens send against paul when he arrives at the palace)
then
 you would be able to minimise the blowback; even if the laser went
 nuclear, it would be on the other side of the battlefield and you
 wouldn't mind so much. >>
The drones move slow enuff that you don't need a laser, if I recall
corectaly
they buro into your flesh and rip it apart.
-Stephen