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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 2803689" data-attributes="member: 114">To return to an example I mentioned earlier on, David Drakes 'Hammers Slammers' short stories have an interesting take on energy weapons. Their 'power guns' don't rely upon generators, they rely upon ammunition which is expended to create their energy beam. They are deadly, powerful, line of sight weapons which can be spoiled by even the lightest of cover - even a small bush will take the full energy of a blast if it is in between you and your target.- and in his future vision there are, indeed, material as well as energy weapons in use (e.g. howitzers on the battlefield, plus some mercenary groups use ballistic weapons rather than powerguns).In one of his essays Drake shows that he has thought through some of the implications and necessary foundations to allow for workable energy weapons. Cheers</blockquote>