> On Mar 14, 2016, at 7:08 PM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 3) A centralized installation in a capital ship designed with an eye to engaging multiple smaller opponents armed with lighter weapons prevents "scrubbing" of the capital ship's exterior from affecting it's missile capability significantly. All damage control has to do is clear any blockage (even if this means blasting away parts of intervening decks) and the capital ship can resume dispensing its undiminished stock of missiles.
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> On the other hand, a centralized magazine can be a net disadvantage when facing something armed with weapons capable of deep penetration, since a hit could possibly trigger a chain-reaction magazine detonation. But then again, the OP is supposing a *lack* of such heavy weapons to begin with, so that point shouldn't concern us.
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Just be careful where you place your reactor core vents :-)

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