RE:FT-HET Laers

G'day guys,

 >>Not a specific comment about your
 >>suggestion, but ... I get the impression that
 >>a lot of the new weapons suggested or ofiicially
 >>introduced over the years ignore shields,
 >>slowly making shields useless. How about some
 >>weapons that are affected by shields, but do ignore armor or
 >>other protection ?

I guess that's because its easier to think up reasons why something
could 
breach screens rather than armour which is a physical extension of the
ship 
(or so I assume).

 >Nice idea, anybody have any ideas, however OTT, for this proposal?
 >My contribution is a partical shockwave weapon that can be deflected
by
 >sheilds (but does weaken the sheilds in doing so), but due to creating
a
 >energy wave it ignores armour and effects hull directly. Just a off
the wall
 >idea.
 >
 >Any comments or ideas out there?

For the non-mechanically minded in the audience, what would be the PSB
for 
something that can ignore armour?? I can understand things that burrow 
through armour, but not one that skips it all together. Drawing on my 
biological knowledge the only things I could think of would be things
that 
work like microwaves <popping the ship from the inside... start on the 
bottom hull box and work up maybe ;)> or sonics which disable the
internal 
delicate mechanisms but not the external - mind you with no atmosphere
in 
space sonics as such aren't going to work, but I'm guessing your
shockwave 
is the interstellar equivalent??

Cheers

Beth

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