On 7/11/2015 6:31 AM, Richard Aiken wrote:

> Kurt was originally seeking a way to model the main guns of the
> reimagined Battlestar Galactica in Traveller terms, yet still remain
> true to both the rules published by Margaret Weiss Productions (and
> presumably based upon the technological specifications of the show's
> science consultants) and as shown in images of the guns as these appear
> in the actual episodes. My insertion of tapered bores into the
> discussion was made in an effort to do so.

I submit that you and he are both thinking about this far more than the
consultants, let alone the producers, did.

I further submit that the primary consideration for modeling the guns
the way they did was whether or not they Looked Cool that way.

Remember the hallowed words of the MST3K Mantra...

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