isaac_newton wrote:Caliban wrote: SNIP
Wow... gotta go back to the rolodex memory files for that one...IIRC, they never said how big they were, just that they were seriously upscaled projectors which, in turn, were vastly upgraded versions of the GP's semi portables.They did have an element that would burn out and had to be replaced, but no mention of size was ever given that I know of. Eh, call it two feet long and a foot wide...
Space is vast, so I doubt there would be a problem anytime soon.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion and commentary on:
'How the Safehold series WON'T end'
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Always had the impression that they were pretty large, as always seemed to be mounted in the larger ships. Didn't the original Boskonian crews strap themselves in/on, point, fire and die?
I don't think so.. if memory serves, the basis for the Primary was 'discovered' during Kinnison's first (and only) trip out in the
Britannia, when they had blown off the front end of the Boskonian ship with the Q gun, and the remainder were firing back. They overloaded their projectors attempting to take the ship out before they could get back to Prime Base with the secret of the cosmic energy receptors that were powering all Boskonian ships at the time. The Patrol later refined that basis, and put 'em on the new 'Mauler' class.
Hmm,haven't read that series for quite a while, maybe it's time. It'll give me something to read until our Esteemed Wizard's publishers release the next book. Well, excepting snippets and the discussions here,of course...
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And Harold- very true, but those are apparently only available to tiny individuals with a penchant for wearing Greco/Roman type warrior outfits, along with tennis shoes. And a supply of dehydrated minions.
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