We know a bit about this wondrous and often totally useless weapon but there are something we just don't know.
For instance we know a Grav Lance can drop a wedge.
We know it has an impossibly short range and is often paired with Energy torpedo's and is very hard to use, more than once.
That once time it does work fantastic.
so Questions:
Can a grav lance be used in Hyper Space? What would happen?
Is the grav lance the modern Anti LAC weapon when combined with Energy Torpedo" The Modern Shrike will close to its short Graser range and attack from behind its very strong wedge and side walls & bucklers. Seems a grav lance would remove the wedge and sidewalls / bucklers and the energy torpedo's at that range would wreak havoc upon the LACs.
One would think that Modern Manty EW would allow a ship large enough to use a Grav Lance to get close enough to use it. Seem's the enemy can't stop a single missile. Perhaps the dragon teeth could make multiple ship targets rather than just false missile signatures. A Roland is more than large enough to carry a Grav lance. Could even maintain some of or all off its missile load.
Grav Lance on peace time Patrol vessels. A Kammerling could destroy any freighter but with a grav lance it could also disable any freighter and take the ship with its on board troops. Without damaging the ship or its cargo.
I always wondered why the Slaver Freighters surrender, I mean they are full of Slaves that the attacker/rescuer don't want to get hurt, they just keep running you fire on them you risk killing the slaves they carry. It always seems like the surrendering slave ship is the stupid slave ship. All they have to do is keep running. Impose their wedge on any shuttle and either make you blow them up or let them go. The grav lance solves all of this.
As for why the slavers don't wait till they are boarded then blow the ship up, it isn't like they are going to live through the "rescue" always seems like an odd thing.
