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Originally Posted by Blackrat  Yes lieutenant, I know what the admiral says. Storm turns to the human calmly and straightens his uniform. But as much as I respect the admiral's grasp of tactics, I highly doubt that she herself has fired a single shot from these new XV12 Turbolasers. Considering they have been on use only a few years, and admirals rarely shoot for themselves. Trust me on this, they pack a lot more bunch than the older model. There is no emotion... That's what he kept saying to himself, but the other lieutenant wasn't making it easy on him. Maybe I should teach her the Code. It might do good to the other hotheads too. |
Almost, he regretted that response. He certainly knew what she was going to reply before he said it. She didn't disappoint.
"That's true enough, but isn't the point of all of our new capital ships -- and even the P-wing bombers -- to hit the enemy with proton missiles while they're still outside of turbolaser range? That's why the admiral invented them." Which was true. Well, it was taking some liberties to say the Admiral invented proton missiles; she wrote a paper that suggested the concept of a larger, longer range missile for capital ships was workable, and then a lot of engineering effort at her father's company -- and what might be considered espionage, as Anaxes had still been technically part of the Empire when the project began -- went into actually building the the things.
But the problem with ignoring energy weapons entirely was twofold. In the first place, missiles ran out. And in the second place, while the Imperial Fleet was by and large older and less advanced than the Republic Fleet, it was still a lot bigger; if they were willing to sacrifice ships to close to turbolaser range, they could usually do it.
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