AMEN! -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10/8/14, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] Why do those big ships carry so many fighters? To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 2:30 PM On 10/8/2014 2:13 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote: > We know that, w/i the 3I, there not only are old-style BB's (no longer in production) that carry many, many fighters. > We also know that there are, currently in production, capital ships specially designed to carry many, many fighters. > We also know that this has been the case going all the way back to the Interstellar Wars. > So, IMO, the main question, as posed in the subject line, is; > "Why do those big ships carry so many fighters?" > We know the fighters are there in large numbers & have been for thousands of years. > Since they are present I prefer to speculate about what they are used for rather than argue that they shouldn't exist. > > As always & obviously, YMMV. Rule of Cool and/or "that's how 20th century SF did it". Whether it makes any damn sense or not. As usual. :/ -- --------------- Kelly St. Clair xxxxxx@efn.org ----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@travellercentral.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=EwREIRgLK8vaUEhNlnoNdSGKwnjoID8a
