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It's fun to think about what a combat spaceship would actually look/function like. For armor, all you'd need is a large shield in front (similar to the movie S
by koboll 8y ago
It's fun to think about what a combat spaceship would actually look/function like.
For armor, all you'd need is a large shield in front (similar to the movie Sunshine). You can turn to face inbound enemies quickly enough so that you'd only need to defend one angle. Enemies will try to maneuver missiles around it, which could be shot down with lasers behind the shield, making that an ineffective tactic. Then you'd have your own missile banks with which to attack the enemy's shield.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoMost combat would be relatively long-range, and for that you'd like to have: - Guided, smart missiles for punching your opponent. - Lasers/point-defense guns for shooting enemy smart missiles. - Lasers for putting pressure on enemy radiators. - Some way of protecting your own radiators; be it clever ship design, large frontal shield, or mist generators. If, somehow, you'd end up in a short-range battle (short-range meaning your enemy can't move to evade much further than 1-10x ship size without pulping the crew in time it takes your round to fly to them), you might want to add a machine gun, or possibly a howitzer shooting nuclear-tipped shells on time fuse. A battle would be expected to last until one party manages to get a missile through (likely nuclear-tipped), or one party surrenders/disengages due to their radiators no longer being able to cope with the heat load.
- pixl97 8y agoThere's a series of science fiction books with space battles based on these ideas by John Ringo. While you hit the main idea, he fleshes it out in more detail, such has how to defeat the anti missile systems, and such.