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Old September 20th, 2005, 09:37 PM

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While trying to find a different news item i rlocated this
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews...26_095712.html
Are thei any mods that allow fighters to shot down CSM's?
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Old September 20th, 2005, 10:24 PM
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Our first mass-produced energy weapon...

...Now I want a mars colony!

And a peace treaty across the entire world. Cause I'm kinda scared right now.
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Old September 20th, 2005, 10:30 PM
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I want to meet the poor buggers in the DARPA acronym department. There's that and MAHEM. They work so hard at contrived acronyms there, the poor lambs.
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Old September 20th, 2005, 10:41 PM
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Look at the tonnage on that thing... only 0.00075kT! Someone over at Malfador needs to look into miniaturization technology!
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Old September 20th, 2005, 11:14 PM
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Are their any mods that allow fighters to shoot down CSM's?
Try Carrier Battles mod for intense missile interceptor action.

P&N mod allows the really large fighters to carry stock-like PD weapons too.

http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/other/MM/SE4/Mods/
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But how practical would this weapon be in conditions such as a cloud bank?
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A cloud bank? Probably not very much.

Pretty much any sort of particulate cloud does bad things to lasers.
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So if an enemy fighter is attacking with lasers, it would be good to fly into a cloud.
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You don't need to fly into a cloud, just puff out some smoke or chaff and make your own cloud.
That said, it seems that it is designed to be used against missiles.
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So a missile with a really smokey power source...

Bring on the steam powered missiles!
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