Re: FT: Marine carriers?

At 2:44 AM +0200 6/8/01, Derk Groeneveld wrote:
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>I was thinking of very basic things like structural integrity during
>high-G maneuvering; never mind enemy fire ;)

Well, they've fixed the inertia thing partly remember. Add to that 
the shape is going to lend itself to a nice long rotational 
inertia...nice steady ships. Not nearly as twitchy as those FSE 
craft...
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>Except that nobody's been playing FT around here, yet ;)

Just wait. You'll hook some...

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>Okay... I was just thinking on some pulp SF I reread recently for
scenario
>ideas (Battlecruiser Shenandoah), where the capital ship is taken into
low
>atmospheric maneuvering; allowed for close fire support, but mainly
scared
>everyone's pants off (including the skipper)

Also read Honor Harrington by David Weber and John Ringo's two books 
Hymn Before Battle and Gust Front...

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