Re: Create Helm

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>>The elves fighters must be expensive, but the scro?  I thing they would
>make them out
>>of balsa wood for all they care about the saftey of the pilot (and/or
>gunner).  I
>
>	Well, yes.  But even then its not gonna help keep the cost down much.
>Remember, the most expensive elements of the fighter are gonna be the power
>source (a pseudo-helm that works without a wizard), and some sort of
>non-crewed weapon.  Wheather you use a magic balista that reloads itself,
>or wands of fireball, or whatever, its still gonna be expensive.
>	Sure, you can make the fighter's frame wimpy, but that increases the risk
>that the very expensive engine and weapon don't come back.

Which is probably why only large organizations/navies like the scro and IEN
or other large nations like my Runedarspace dwarves have the necessary
funds to build and equip a force of fighter craft.


Toby Mekelburg
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