

Title | Posted |
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Order of Battle: Second Clash - The Main Body | Nov 2004 |
Order of Battle: Third Clash - The Great Visit Reserve | Apr 2009 |
Firing hyper missiles within the hyper threshold | Sep 2004 |
Upgrading <em>Dahak </em>to a hyperdrive | Oct 2002 |
Coursers and the Fall of Kontovar | Oct 2006 |
The nature of the hradani and the Rage | Oct 2006 |
Relationships between universes | Sep 2006 |
PICAs and military manpower needs | Feb 2008 |
Safeholdian ship design | Mar 2007 |
Map of the planet Safehold (as of <em>By Schism Rent Asunder</em>) | May 2008 |
A collection of posts by David Weber containing background information for his stories, collected and generously made available Joe Buckley.
Why Are Starships Symmetrical? The question of why ships aren't designed with separate broadsides optimized for different types of combat -- that is, missile-range combat as opposed to energy-range combat -- has emerged once again. Do you want to comment on this one at all?
Symmetrical Broadsides. No, I don't want to comment on this. I've done it before, and the statements I made then still apply. Indeed, they've become even more relevant in an era in which broadside missile tubes are becoming less and less significant for major combatants and the need for missile defenses has never been greater. Asymmetrical broadsides would be a bad idea.