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Old November 17th, 2002, 06:48 AM
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Default Re: Damage Calculation

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No they aren't. Is a Force Concentrations Mission a weapon? Some of them use weapons, but they are not weapons themselves.
Hmmmm

The definition of the Force Concentrations Mission is "Stolen empire communications detail ship concentrations in various areas"

I think that comes under my definition of a weapon given previously as:

"I view a weapon as anything that limits, damages or destroys an asset of the enemy."

In this particular case, the asset is secrecy. Uncovering the "veil of secrecy" exposes the enemies secret concentrations and allows the empire to use that information to their advantage and the enemies disadvantage

If it can include something non-damaging as a weapon, then that definition of a weapon is a little flawed.

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Main Entry: 1weap·on
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English wepen, from Old English w[AE]pen; akin to Old High German wAffan weapon, Old Norse vApn
Date: before 12th century
1 : something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy

Hmmm

It is obvious you have not given all the definitions.

My Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines weapons as:

1) an instrument of offensive or defensive combat: something to fight with.
2) a means of contending with another.

Espionage qualifies under both definitions.
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