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On Wed, 7/1/15, Kurt Feltenberger <xxxxxx@thepaw.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] FFS Fusion Gun
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 6:09 PM

 On 7/1/2015 6:14 PM, Greg
 Chalik wrote:
 > Galactica was leading a
 refugee fleet. Metal would be very rare,
 > non-renewable and strategic commodity. Too
 strategic to use as
 > projectiles.
 Perhaps the writers and model makers didn't consider
 this.

 Or maybe they did
 given that they passed through (and were shown mining
 asteroids) numerous systems and simply took
 what they needed along the
 way?  They had,
 IIRC, at least one ship that was capable of refining
 metal (as well as two fuel refining ships).

 I strongly suggest the book,
 "The Science Of Battlestar Galactica" by
 Patrick Di Justo and Dr. Kevin Grazier (JPL,
 Cassini-Huygens, Viking, as
 well as working
 for RAND, among other things).  I'll take their word

 that they could do what they showed in the
 show, based on the science
 that Grazier
 advised them on.

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That's right, &, in addition, the Galactica was designed & built long before the Cylons attacked.
It was never intended to be the flagship of a refugee fleet.
However, if the supply of ammo got too low, rationing could occur but would also spur them into looking for some asteroids as a top priority..

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