Re: FT-Kinetic strikes

along this same line
"Dykstra's War" by Jeffery D. Kooistra.
hyper-velocity package penetrates energy-shield, strikes and
destroys "ET" ship.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bif Smith" <bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk>
> Reading about the Albedo, the kinetic strikes bit made me think
about
> planets/colonies, and orbital forts. The first is that I could
see virtually
> every planet having a minimum defence force of at least some
non-ftl ships
> to prevent someone like a pirate coming in and holding a planet
to ransom
> against the threat of C fractional strikes. The other thing is
relating to
> forts, and I could see these designed with some drive (say 0.2
thrust) so
> they can change their orbits, and prevent a pridictable orbit
where a enemy
> can throw a C fractional strike against the target where it
cannot dodge.

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