On 2/22/2018 7:01 PM, Richard Aiken wrote:
> Have you read any of David Weber's Honorverse books, particularly the
> middle ones? Missile pods were a literal game changer for the fleets
> in that universe. In Traveller, they might be even more of one,
> because it would only be starships that would need all the extra bits.
> For system defense use, you just need the pods themselves and a
> framework to hold them, as they're towed into action behind SDBs. Slew
> the framework's broadside toward the enemy, then let loose! :)

It's an interesting idea, but one that would need development to be
integrated into the various designs.  Nothing happens within a vacuum,
and while the offensive capability is substantial, I can't see it being
utilized without a similarly effective defense being developed to
counter it.

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