Re: Weapons Modules, who would use them?

In our last episode, Michael Sandy said:
>Someone asked, "Who of the Space faring nations would use there
>modifications?"

[Snip justification]

	Why would people rush to get these things?  Just because somebody
developes a new technique for mounting more weapons onto a ship, doesn't
mean that everybody would rush out and install them or ships.

	IMHO, if people wanted more weapons on their ships, they'd just
put more weapons on their ships... (:  No need for escalation, a happy
medium has already been reached.  I see these weapon mounts as being used
by a small, specialized group, similar to Dougal Beilby's "Stinger"
fighter.

>I never understood how you could have a random encounter
>in Wildspace millions of miles from a planet.  You could have a hundred
>ships flying as close to the same course as they possibly could and
>the odds of a random encounter between them, that would put them
>closer than 12,500 yards, (less than 10 miles) is really low.

	I have wondered the same thing for quite a while.  *Random*
encounters are rare, as are deep space battles, but *forced* encounters
are possible, at least in my universe.  IMC, spelljamming speed isn't
constant.  Short bursts of speed are possible, but they tire out the
mage very quickly (or burn a victims life faster).  All ships leave
a magical "exhaust" which can bee seen with a detect magic spell (see
the Dweomerborn entry in MC9), which allows them to followed.  It also
helps large fleets stay in formation.  A ship travelling at "cruising
speed" can be caught by a "boosted" ship, and can be prevented from
leaving if it's SR is too low.

-Static

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