Grav Lance Questions

John Prigent wrote:I sometimes wonder if certain people make this kind of post simply to bump up their posting totals and gain promotions (no, not you Duckk!). I'll stick to only posting when I have something useful to say, even if I never get to Captain of the List.
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I was still thinking that this new modern tech if applied to the GL might decrease it's size Beta Squared nodes increase it's power and the old four x four barrel carb idea to mini fusion power a grav Lance torpedo might work.

Duckk wrote:
Sigh.

What part of "No, end of story" was David unclear on?

It is better to be quiet and have some people think you a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt.

jgnfld wrote:I know! I know! WHAT ABOUT GRAV LANCE STEALTHED MINES!!!!!

They would work. All you'd have to do is lay them in the path of the enemy and wait for them to pass by. The enemy'd NEVER SEE IT COMING and THEY WOULD WORK ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME!!!

fallsfromtrees wrote:

Lord Skimper wrote:We know a bit about this wondrous and often totally useless weapon but there are something we just don't know.

For instance we know a Grav Lance can drop a wedge.

We know it has an impossibly short range and is often paired with Energy torpedo's and is very hard to use, more than once.

That once time it does work fantastic.

so Questions:

Can a grav lance be used in Hyper Space? What would happen?

Is the grav lance the modern Anti LAC weapon when combined with Energy Torpedo" The Modern Shrike will close to its short Graser range and attack from behind its very strong wedge and side walls & bucklers. Seems a grav lance would remove the wedge and sidewalls / bucklers and the energy torpedo's at that range would wreak havoc upon the LACs.


One would think that Modern Manty EW would allow a ship large enough to use a Grav Lance to get close enough to use it. Seem's the enemy can't stop a single missile. Perhaps the dragon teeth could make multiple ship targets rather than just false missile signatures. A Roland is more than large enough to carry a Grav lance. Could even maintain some of or all off its missile load.

Grav Lance on peace time Patrol vessels. A Kammerling could destroy any freighter but with a grav lance it could also disable any freighter and take the ship with its on board troops. Without damaging the ship or its cargo.

I always wondered why the Slaver Freighters surrender, I mean they are full of Slaves that the attacker/rescuer don't want to get hurt, they just keep running you fire on them you risk killing the slaves they carry. It always seems like the surrendering slave ship is the stupid slave ship. All they have to do is keep running. Impose their wedge on any shuttle and either make you blow them up or let them go. The grav lance solves all of this.

As for why the slavers don't wait till they are boarded then blow the ship up, it isn't like they are going to live through the "rescue" always seems like an odd thing.

For one thing the range on the LACs grasers is about 250,000km, and the grav lance has a maximum range of 100,000 km, so unless the LAC is crewed by a complete set of idiots, you will never get your grav lance into range before the graser guts you like a gaffed shark. Again, a misconception that can be cured by re-reading the books with one's eyes open.

jgnfld wrote:I know! I know! WHAT ABOUT GRAV LANCE STEALTHED MINES!!!!!

They would work now that we have all that power in the minifusion plants!!! All you'd have to do is lay them in the path of the enemy and wait for them to pass by. The enemy'd NEVER SEE THEM COMING and THEY WOULD WORK ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME!!!

jgnfld wrote:I know! I know! WHAT ABOUT GRAV LANCE STEALTHED MINES!!!!!

They would work now that we have all that power in the minifusion plants!!! All you'd have to do is lay them in the path of the enemy and wait for them to pass by. The enemy'd NEVER SEE THEM COMING and THEY WOULD WORK ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME!!!

SharkHunter wrote:CaN I PlaY?

I have an idea that is guaranteed to work, plus these things can jump across the hyper wall before executing their final attack manuevers. Manned Stealthed Grav Lance Mines. You can use a smaller crew than a DD, and call it a.... hmmmm.

How about a frigate? yeah, that'll work. Get'em up to 1/4 graser range undetected and I can guarantee... something.*

Oh, never mind.

*My inner smart-arse just got loose for a moment (ducking a further bazooka shot...)

SharkHunter wrote:CaN I PlaY?

I have an idea that is guaranteed to work, plus these things can jump across the hyper wall before executing their final attack manuevers. Manned Stealthed Grav Lance Mines. You can use a smaller crew than a DD, and call it a.... hmmmm.

How about a frigate? yeah, that'll work. Get'em up to 1/4 graser range undetected and I can guarantee... something.*

Oh, never mind.

*My inner smart-arse just got loose for a moment (ducking a further bazooka shot...)