Re: Bombers

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> Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 11:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Bombers
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> Harry Bandoian wrote:
> >
> > ***doning my fire-proof vest***
> > Ok, since no one likes fighters on this (stay with me on this).
> > I was thinking of modifying a wreck boat, to carry small 5-10
> lb explosive
> > or biological warhead. The pontoons would be enlarged so it
> could carry the
> > bombs. These ships would carry only 2 or 3 crew members and the
> necessary
> > equipment. Im still toying with this idea. Im thinking of
> creating a whole
> > line of bomber craft!!!
>
> 	Bee-seeventeeen Boomber (sorry, every time someone mentions
> bombers I
> have intelivision flashbacks:)
>
> 	Well, first off, the only problems I have with your plan so
> far is that
> 5-10 lb of explosives, in middle ages, isn't really going to do much.
> If you're using black powder, it might be as big as a standard fireball
> (I'm unsure on this one).  If you're going to just dump barrels of greek
> oil or smoke powder with flaming wicks on some hapless city, you can do
> this pretty easily by just pushing off the side of a hammership or
> something.  In fact, I really don't see the advantage of a special
> bomber sj over a regular one, but feel free to try to expand this out.
> I'd like to see where you want to go with this.
>
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Thats not the idea: by using a ship of 50+ tones or more the ship would be
spotted immediatly and dispached. The idea of using small ships is TO STAY
undectected. I mean thats how stealth bombers work, if they weren't
undectectable to radar theyed get targetted with AA-weapons and alas
DESTROYED. Yuo cant juz use a hammership or some other HUGE ship. OK, your
idea would be fine if u bombed a groundling city with no defences, as a
matter a fact it probably be better (more pay load)! So in some ways we are
both right!