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Old July 21st, 2002, 11:19 PM

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Default Re: Engine destroying weapons

It makes perfect sense for them to skip armor, too. Engines that work on principles we are familiar with have to be exposed somehow or other to operate. Even if we allow some 'reactionless' or 'inertia-less' drive, it's probably going to have to be large relative to the size of the ship, and dangerous for the crew to be too near to it. So it'll still be very difficult to protect within the main body of the ship.
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