High Speed Projectiles & What to do with them ?
> Translation: It hits one atom approximately ever 10 -100Kilometers This
> object, say it's cooled to 4 degrees Kelvin (LH2 temp) will not have a
> large thermal or gravitic signature.
>
> The one cubic centimeter of lead is easy to manipulate, easy to carry
> and the ship of choice for launching is a scout or maybe a 6G light
> escort. Asteroids need big tugs.
>
> How about that?
>
> Scott Kellogg
> Physicist at large
Well, having established that such projectiles are almost impossible to
detect or stop, and can have effects ranging up to nuclear levels, how
many terrorist groups/lunatics/whatever would be able to get hold of a
launching system for them ?
>From the sounds of it, there would be a *lot* of groups with nothing to
loose by using such a device, and it would be perfect for holding entire
systems to ransom - just jump in, deliver a ransom demand, launch a few
projectiles & vanish before anyone even knows you're there. Cheap,
re-usable and a real headache for everyone who thought they could keep
order in their universe.
As if teleporting suicide bombers wasn't enough to worry about, *now *
we've got people with guns that make regular missiles look like kid's
toys :-) How is a poor GM supposed to stop his players bombarding
planets with one of these ?
Anyone care to save the Imperium from chaos & destruction, or do we just
pretend we hadn't thought of it ?
[Or, as appeared on the subject line early in the history of the TML:
CAN THIS UNIVERSE BE SAVED?
- James, admin at large]
Simon Anderson