Kagetenshi
Dec 4 2004, 07:22 AM
You just track a not-all-that-small block of metal from orbit. I can't imagine you could launch one without every major organization on the planet tracing it.
Countering is difficult, at least after launch.
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~J
Gyro the Greek Sandwich Pirate
Dec 4 2004, 07:22 AM
As far as I recall, it doesn't say anywhere in Shadowrun specifically how big a Thor shot was, but I thought it was implied that they were rather large.
You could probably trace the vector they came in on though, and find the sattelite. It would take a while, and most likely you would lack the facilities to do anything about it by the time you figured it out...
Gyro the Greek Sandwich Pirate
Dec 4 2004, 07:24 AM
Right then! So Kagetenshi settled that.
Any more stories about runs in space? Especially with an emphasis on how deadly an environment it is...and possible goofy mishaps that happen therein.
Synner
Dec 4 2004, 10:04 AM
Typical SR Thor shots are the flying crowbar type. Several were used on a single Proteus arc recently (what, you missed it?).
Thistledown
Dec 4 2004, 10:39 AM
We use railgun propulsion for ours. Tungsten bars the size of cadilacs fired from orbit at railgun speeds. Made a mess of a 20 mile radius in desert wars.
Cray74
Dec 4 2004, 10:46 PM
| QUOTE (Gyro the Greek Sandwich Pirate) |
| Hmm, I didn't know they were focused. I kind of assumed they functioned like your typical large asteroid smashing the Earth, designed to be just large enough to be city-sized. The main great thing about Thor shots, I thought, was the total lack of radiation. |
Thor shots used against a US carrier battlegroup during the Hawaiian Secession were able to make nearby strikes without flattening the whole group, or swamping individual ships.
Classical, non-SR Thor shots are "steel (or tungsten) telephone poles from orbit," not asteroids. See Niven & Pournelle's "Footfall."
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