From: Atti2dboy@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 8:58 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Space Combat In a message dated 9/24/00 2:57:51 PM, Ml10@aol.com writes: >Given the techology in Blue Planet, how would you engage in space combat? The same as air combat is engaged now; missiles. Dog fights, though cool, are a thing of the past. Air combat is conducted beyond the range of human vision, with the pilot only launching the missile. After that the missile is on its own. Another way to look at it is submarine combat. Each combatant is blind and listening with radar for other vessels. The best way to stay alive is to be quite and launch your weapons first. Electronic warfare (EW) should play a large part in space combat. Electronic counter measures (ECM), such as jamming and false signals, will be a vessels best defense. Decoys and remote sensor platforms will also be highly useful. Space vessels will most likely not be armored. Two reasons are prominent. First, anything dense enought to be used as armor is going to slow down the faster forms of radiation. This would expose the crew to even higher levels of radiation than merely traveling in space. Second, armor usually means mass. If a vessel has limited thrust, mass is something to be kept to a minimum for reasons both of range and maneuverability. Oh, I hope by space combat you meant space vessels and not man-to-man. Although the same ideas do apply; self-propelling ammunition, and little in the way of armor. Rich "I am in a hostile environment. I am completely unprepared. I'm surrounded by people who probably wanna kick my ass. It's like being in high school." Johnny Cage, Mortal Combat *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Ml10@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 5:50 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Space Combat Here is a question for you all to debate: Given the techology in Blue Planet, how would you engage in space combat? Mike Z *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Ml10@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 9:37 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Space Combat I don't think that missles (in their current form) will be the weapon of choice. They are easy to spot once they are launched and have a limited sensor array. A laser anti-missle system (like the ones developed by the US army and air force) could easily take out enemy missles. Mike Z *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Troy Gustavel [troy_nevermore@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 10:24 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Space Combat Do you mean warfare, personal combat, ship vs ship, or any and all? --- Ml10@aol.com wrote: > Here is a question for you all to debate: > > Given the techology in Blue Planet, how would you engage in space > combat? > ===== Troy Gustavel 5825 Bolender Rd. Akron, OH 44319 (330)882 5468 Troy_Nevermore@Yahoo.com "Once upon a midnight dreary..." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Chris Stilson [crazycat@orcalink.com] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 10:18 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Space Combat Well, considering that there's only really one government in both the Sol and Serpentis systems with any real economic or political power (that being the GEO), the need for space combat would be minimal at worst (some weapons in the hands of the Gorchoffs, for example, and they have no reason to actually use them yet). Some Incorporate states might maintain missile bases, but even then the types of missiles would be standard concussion explosives; I don't think even the Incorporate or Gorchoff or anyone else would be stupid enough to maintain nuclear firepower, considering its ability to render what landmass there is on Poseidon uninhabitable. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Space Combat > I don't think that missles (in their current form) will be the weapon of choice. They are easy to spot once they are launched and have a limited sensor array. A laser anti-missle system (like the ones developed by the US army and air force) could easily take out enemy missles. > > Mike Z > *************************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com > with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. > *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Ml10@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:18 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Space Combat Ship Vs Ship In a message dated Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:40:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Troy Gustavel writes: << Do you mean warfare, personal combat, ship vs ship, or any and all? --- Ml10@aol.com wrote: > Here is a question for you all to debate: > > Given the techology in Blue Planet, how would you engage in space > combat? > ===== Troy Gustavel 5825 Bolender Rd. Akron, OH 44319 (330)882 5468 Troy_Nevermore@Yahoo.com "Once upon a midnight dreary..." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! 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