Re: Re: Greetings and Nuclear Weapons.
Pumukl (bennetts@mail.lafayette.edu)
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 19:00:23 -0500
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From: Jerry Yen
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Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 6:17 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Greetings and Nuclear Weapons.
> No one that we know of has conducted deep space nuclear testing, so, the
> effective range of EMP is questionable.
>
> Which brings us to the question of, what sort of defense do these ships
have
> against EMP/EMP weapons? What type of shielding do the ships have, and
how
> effective are they?
>
> LoGH does not address these little things. It's a space opera, not a
sci-fi
> geek show.
>
> I have this mental picture of Ikari Shinji on the deck of a FPA cruiser,
> yelling "I don't wanna do this", as Imperial ships rain impressive array
of
> weapons on the cruiser, which are all rendered ineffective by an AT field
> generated by the powers of a magical wand, silver crystal, and a floating
> mechanical cat head in the shape of a balloon.
Well... ships in LotGH seem to have limited shield capacity, at least enough
to halt energy attacks made from a long enough distance. These shields seem
to be focused forward, primarily, and I wouldn't hazard to guess as to how
effective they'd be at stopping an EMP.
Pumukl
