Re: FB2, ubership with needle beams

>Perhaps not.  But with 15 needle beams, that's two and a half hits per
turn.
>Point that at a conventional capital ship and their fire controls
probably
>will not survive more than two or three turns of sustained fire.
 
On a main drive 1 ship?  You actually expect to have anyone get within
range of your 15 needle beams, especially in their limited arc of fire? 

You are assuming way too much.

Glen