RE: FT-HET Laers

This was the result in Timothy Zahn's "Conquerer" trilogy.  The human
missiles and weapons had minimal visible effect on the Zirhnn's ceramic
hulls, but the internals were a slaughterhouse; not that the humans
found
this out until later.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Goodall [SMTP:awg@sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:17 PM
> 
> Another option is perhaps a space equivalent of a squash head round.
> Something
> that slams into the armour, does not penetrate, but causes a shockwave
> that
> knocks around stuff inside or sends shrapnel flying on the inside hull
> (there's a term for this, spalling or something like that, that Oerjan
> will no
> doubt mention). This might actually work well in space, where the
missile
> doesn't have to be aerodynamic. At any rate, you could use PSB to
suggest
> that
> the projectile is slowed down away from the vessel by shields but
doesn't
> harm
> armour (technically I know that more armour WILL hurt such a weapon,