Orbital Lasers

Rupert · 01-19-2019, 10:47 PM

Using Spaceships it'll probably have two TL9+ fusion systems, each massing 150,000 tons, and costing $30 billion.

Each of those forty 100GJ lasers masses ~15,000 tons and costs $1.5 billion.

Just the weapons and power supply for them costs $120 billion. The whole ship is probably about $400 billion (so about three years procurement spending for the US military). Even for a TL9-10 multi-system empire it's not a minor asset, and I suspect that with four secondary laser batteries it's a fairly specialised ship.

01-19-2019, 10:47 PM	#9
Rupert Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wellington, NZ	Re: Orbital Lasers Using Spaceships it'll probably have two TL9+ fusion systems, each massing 150,000 tons, and costing $30 billion. Each of those forty 100GJ lasers masses ~15,000 tons and costs $1.5 billion. Just the weapons and power supply for them costs $120 billion. The whole ship is probably about $400 billion (so about three years procurement spending for the US military). Even for a TL9-10 multi-system empire it's not a minor asset, and I suspect that with four secondary laser batteries it's a fairly specialised ship. __________________ Rupert Boleyn "A pessimist is an optimist with a sense of history."