Re: [FT] Should all Beams fire at fighters/ordinance?

At 5:48 AM -0700 6/13/01, David Griffin wrote:
>Doesn't that depend on what kind of mount you're
>talking about? If you're dealing with something
>that looks like it belongs on the Yamato, then
>yes. But lasers and electronics aren't necessarily
>heavy, so the weight might be negligible, or at
>least pretty light. Also, some designs (like the
>collimeter phaser on the dish of the 1701D)
>don't require any motion of any kind and thus
>could easily target anything in it's arc instantly.

David, how many mass is adding an arc to a class 3? 1 additional 
mass. Sounds like the gear for shifting point of aim is quite heavy.

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