Re: RE:FT-HET Laers

----- Original Message -----
>  >>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).
>
> For the non-mechanically minded in the audience, what would be the PSB
for
> something that can ignore armour??

Well, the 'Pery Rhodan' Space Opera pulps have 'Transform Cannon' which
work
by 'beaming' (a la Star Trek) a warhead into the enemy ship. IIIRC, it
is
interfered with by their shields. Could be that the electromagnetic
field
that maintains the shield interferes with the teleportation field.

Greetings
Karl Heinz