Re: FT: Thought on Orbital Bombardment...
From: "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@s...>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 00:46:15 -0500
Subject: Re: FT: Thought on Orbital Bombardment...
> What about a Nova cannon?
>
> What are people's thoughts on this? Could a low power Nova round be
used
to
> destroy a city?
I never considered it because I've never played with them and there are
no
ships in the fleet FB's that carry them.
> I am in the middle of some fiction involving the use of one of these.
Would
> be interested to hear what other people have to say.
>
> But IMHO orbital bombardment would rarely be a tactical (as opposed to
> strategic) weapon. Though ortillery as mentioned in DSII could
presumably
be
> carried out by specialist space craft.
How about specialised munitions for Salvo Missiles, Submunitions, and
MKP's?
ias