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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]The problem with that idea is that those "railguns" are moving real sloooow. Barely faster than the Vipers, really (and those vipers are not exactly hauling ass either).[/QUOTE]Well when you have hundreds of the things fired at a swarm of enemy fighters, the effect is one of saturation biombing/wall-o-flak. These things are defensive in nature, so accuracy isn't a prime concern. If they're so slow that an enemy squadron need only break off to avoid the incoming round, then that's a good thing. Since it would mean an attack has been stalled and it gives the Vipers more of an oppertunity to take them out ship-to-ship. [QUOTE]They could have used a simular effect to the OS and made a plausable explanation that the ordinance was charged from the railgun (or some dam thing- just not stuff that looks like WWII tracers).[/QUOTE]That would be counter productive to the tone of the show. If I recall, WWII is the "feel" they're intentionally aiming for. [QUOTE]With FTL tech, they should be able to just accelerate ordinance to near-luminal speeds and destroy entire basestars (if that's what they're called these days) with cannonball-sized pellets.[/QUOTE]As Cartman pointed out, that might be impractical with their current level of technology. [QUOTE]I'd really love to see some of the concepts from sci-fi books used in a sci-fo series instead of the tired old stuff we always see nowadays.[/QUOTE]Again that's more of a fundemental issue with the show's whole direction and tone. They seam to be very deliberate in avoiding making BSG look "science fictiony". Indeed there's hardly a shortage of that knind of material and for me it's BSG's "grounded" approach that I fell makes it all the more appealing. Speaking of which it's on in about 2 hours and I've got colouring to do. Ta-ta! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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