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Airships are fairly robust. It took the British a couple years in WWI before they managed to get enough firepower on a Zeppelin to kill it. Which is to say: the
by jccooper 12y ago
Airships are fairly robust. It took the British a couple years in WWI before they managed to get enough firepower on a Zeppelin to kill it. Which is to say: they handily survive light machine gun fire. Which would give me a little bit of comfort were I strolling about inside one on Venus.
- fsloth 12y ago" they handily survive light machine gun fire" While I consider war abhorrent, after this comment I cannot help myself but think about WW1 style aerial combat in Venus amidst spherical balloon habitats.
- jccooper 12y agoI like it. That'd be a great visual for some pulp-retro-scifi story.