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[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Templar: [QB] God don't you people ever sleep?? [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [qb]Considering the era, perhaps a good use for fighters would be as single (or at least limited) shot nuclear warhead launchers. Not to drag Enterprise into this, but...Enterprise suggests that pre-photon torpedo torpedoes were self-propelled. So you wouldn't need a fancy magnetic/gas launcher, and could just strap them to the bottom of a tiny craft. By spreading out your launchers, you presumably make it harder for the enemy to shoot down all the missles before they hit, as well as reduce the number of people at risk from any single counterattack. [/qb][/QUOTE]This would fall in line with what I said before about fighters as a long-range punch for the battleline. Strap long ranged missiles on your fighters and your attack range is increased several fold. A fighter would also be capable of packing a huge punch, especially if all it packs are short ranged attack missiles. Basically a nuclear warhead with a short burning high acceleration rocket engine, such a weapons could be only two meters long, max, and with a yield of well over 400KT (I'm going by a W-88 here). Imagine a fighter packing four of those things and just salvoing them all at once. Of course, the problem with all that is that ships in Star Trek can simple go to warp. There must be some reason for them to remain at sublight in order for tactics like this to work (ex. being inside a solar system, no warp drive, etc). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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