If you have to bounce into a system to wage a planetary (or multi-planetary)
attack, then after you have a supplyship come in (possibly even of a size
small enought to service one ship, like a cruiser), then how about
DISMANTLING the supplyship and using it for spare parts, like the armor, the
electronics, etc. The suppplyship would be built kind of modularly.
Other larger supply ships can warp in, then warp out when they are empty.
I dunno, I kinda of got the idea from reading "Common Denominator" by
David Lewis, in the October 1972 Analog. I've read more sci-fi
in these mag/books than I ever read in paperback/hardcover/anthology form.
The amount of science facts (in the science columns) exceeds the amount of
knowledge I learned sitting through my physics and mechanics classes too!
Only problem is I guess I should be studying right now instead of reading
the fun stuff!
- Alv
Alvin M. Chan -- SUNY at Buffalo - Philosophy ==> Real Life
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