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Cernig · 07-14-2008, 05:31 PM

*blink* 225 missiles on a 30 ton boat?

A 25 KT "physics package" weighs in at around 80 lbs and cannot be made lighter without superscience or contravening the laws of physics. That's 18,000 lbs (9 tons) right there.Then there's the propellent, guidance package, missile body etc. What range do these things have? How much is one supposed to weigh?

If this is RAW then I'm glad I've not bought the book. I'd just have to rewrite it anyway.

Edit: I just read Ultra-Tech on the subject of mininukes (TL9) and Antimatter warheads (Tl10). That's superscience, right there, even if you assume the technology is applied to higher yields. I personally don't believe a word of it will ever actually come to pass and wouldn't use it for a hard-science setting.

07-14-2008, 05:31 PM	#16
Cernig Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas	Re: [Spaceships] TL9 Military Spaceships blink 225 missiles on a 30 ton boat? A 25 KT "physics package" weighs in at around 80 lbs and cannot be made lighter without superscience or contravening the laws of physics. That's 18,000 lbs (9 tons) right there.Then there's the propellent, guidance package, missile body etc. What range do these things have? How much is one supposed to weigh? If this is RAW then I'm glad I've not bought the book. I'd just have to rewrite it anyway. Edit: I just read Ultra-Tech on the subject of mininukes (TL9) and Antimatter warheads (Tl10). That's superscience, right there, even if you assume the technology is applied to higher yields. I personally don't believe a word of it will ever actually come to pass and wouldn't use it for a hard-science setting. Last edited by Cernig; 07-14-2008 at 05:44 PM.