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Subject: Re: Star-wars,heh,heh
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 18:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  1 18:20:00 1985
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/* Written  4:14 pm  Jul 26, 1985 by mtuxt!glenn1 in pbear:net.flame */
>2)The russians will continue to develop killer satelites that
>are easily built TODAY. These devices need no advanced intelligence.
>All you have to do is get them in the general vicinity of a
>Star Wars station and BOOOM!

I can't see how your thinking can be so short-sighted... Here you have a
kilowatt(or some other factor of 10 wattage) laser that is pretty delicate.
If you are going to pile enough intelligence into it to track enemy warheads
and fire on them, then just track the killer sattelite coming over and blast
the hell out of it. This would eliminate the probelm if its far enough away.

But if it is closer in, or if it is a fragmentation device(which is most
probable), then place a tough silicate exterior in the shape of a sphere
around it, and place shutters over the apetures. Each station is not going
to be alone in its position. It has to have others nearby in order to
increase the cyclic firing rate from that position. (These things take time
to recharge).

So senario:
	A hostile killer is tracked on a trajectory taking it close to
station group A. Group B is in line of sight to group A, and farther away
from the killer. As the killer tracks toward Group A, A withdraws its sensors
for a preset amount of time. Group B lines up on the device and fires,
effectively wiping it out. Then group B retracts behind its sheilds and waits
for the projectile wave to pass(which is easily calculated). After the wave
passes, group A comes out and scans for debris, and signals group B to come
out after all is clear.

With many groups set in the system, it is easy to defend from killers since
stations can hibernate on a round-robin style and still keep its perimeter
defended.

Peter Barada
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