Question on Federation weapons doctrine

archon96 · Post by **archon96** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:07 pm

too bad they cant handle a Gorn Medium cruiser. HEHEHE

Sneaky Scot · Post by **Sneaky Scot** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:19 pm

Phew - thought I'd gone mad for a minute there!

Post by **Steve Cole** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:51 pm

I cannot say I recognize the quote, but I've previously sworn to have never said something and been show that I said it 23 years ago.

semperatis · Post by **semperatis** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:01 am

Thanks Darkwing,I was sure that I'd read it somewhere,it's good to know that senility hasn't set in quite yet.

Bolo_MK_XL · Post by **Bolo_MK_XL** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:22 am

Not to say there wasn't something along that line that you just recall differently.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:27 am

Page 44 of my Tactics manual (1987 edition), under "The Ships of the Federation Star Fleet," the paragraph describing the Heavy Cruiser says (not quoting here) the ship is designed to absorb the enemy's damage then fire a devastating blow with its photons and phasers. It goes on to say that the photon can miss at even modest ranges, but the ship was built to handle anything a D7 can give and still return fire.

But this does NOT say that photons alone would be the only weapon to return devastating fire after the Fed ship was whalloped first.