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Leslie_R (trojan@atoka.net)
Fri, 03 Nov 2000 14:40:12 -0600
Lim Jyue wrote:
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if beam-weapons is beam weapons then why aren't you
> >convinced that an I-field defense bubble can absolutley protect against
> >mega-particle weapons when Douzel Zabi can charge into the teeth of the
> >federation armada without even scratching the paint?
>
> My point being? Well, it's that any MS with a beam weapon is
> carrying a capital-ship class weapon -- or at least a Musai class weapon.
>
which the I-field counters
> As for whether an I-field defense bubble can absolutely protect
> against all mega-particle weapons...
>
> As one of my engineering friends put it: There is no such thing as
> unmovable object. You can always apply more force to break through a barrier.
it can't brak the barrier because it dosn't work that way.. beam weapons
don't strike the I-field bubble and disipate thier energy into the field
like Beam barriers/shields do, they follow the path of least resistance
and flow around the target protected by the field..
>
> An I-field makes an MS very close to invincible, I agree, especially
> in the OYW period when beam weaponry is not well-developed yet.
actually I-field protected vehicles are more vulnerable in OYW becasue
fewer mobile weapons rely on beam weapons as thier main armament
Later, we
> see the introduction of a new beam weapon, the VSBR, which was design
> specifically to penetrate the I-field/plasma defense of a beam barrier --
> and it worked.
>
> An defensive I-field, by nature, has a limit, because when you
> crunch the particles within the I-field too close, they will fuse and become
> mega-particles (as I understand from Mark's site). So there's a finite limit
> on how "powerful" a I-field is.
I-fields can only be crunched into mega-particles under certain
conditons usualy only prelavent inside specialized components inside a
wrship, that's how they generate Mega-particles for their weapons, not
if they are simply layer upon layer of i-field lattic hanging out in
space, at least i don't think so
>
> *Therotically*, and I stress that word, since we don't have any
> evidence that it is possible, a beam weapon should be able to punch through
> the I-field if it has enough power and a thin enough focus -- the bywords of
> the VSBR, incidentally. But practically, the power consumption such a weapon
> may need should be so high that it's impossible to hit an MS with an I-field.
>
> >what era are we discussing? in the part of the timeline where we have
> >Crossbone Gundam X-3 with it's arm-mounted I-filds then maybe, depends
> >on how well the diffent barriers get along,
>
> Well, I was thinking just post 0123, where the technology is about
> matured. I think it may be feasible as early as 0085-0090, because the
> technology would have been around for 10+ years.
>
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> Lim Jyue
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