----- Original Message ----- > From: Onno Meyer <[email protected]> > > Brandon replied to me: >> Possibly, but aircraft will still have a lot of area (especially the >> wings) to armor. I used to build models and I remember how my 1/35 >> scale P-51 Mustang dwarfed my 1/35 scale Tiger tank. > > That assumes aircraft with aerodynamic lift. TL10 is the period of > transition, with vectored thrust from fusion-powered ducted fans or > reactionless thrusters.
Without wings, the aircraft will be rather sluggish. Wing are also handy to hang missiles on. (yes, that would ruin stealth, but I think any combat plane spending much time over NOE is dead, stealthy or not). >> An APEX warhead needs a really fast missile or rather large warhead. > > HEAT makes a small hole and at TL8+ it probably won't start a fire. But it can punch a hole in a fusion reactor or NPU, neither of which is good. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
