On 2016-03-13 7:37, Kelly St. Clair wrote:
>
> I'm skeptical that weapons-grade lasers, particle beams, etc etc can
> be as easily "piped" as their much-lower-power lab-grade equivalents.
> Every angle or bounce will inevitably deposit SOME amount of heat on
> the internal mechanisms, and when a deflector degrades under continued
> fire (as it eventually will), it is likely to do so explosively.  This
> is not something you can do with magic hand mirrors.
>

I'm also skeptical.  But, it'd be great installed on that secret
[failed] prototype ship the characters won at that card game.

"Why does the stern wall of my cabin look like it's been patched a few
times?"

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Edward Swatschek - xxxxxx@bitslayer.net