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The Top Sci-Fi Weapons In The Universe (www.shithot.co.uk)
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Have they missed any good ones?

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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I mean think about some alien reading a story about our modern military and the rebels have a patriot missile system. The alien is like I don't get why they don't strap these to a boat instead of using them on land. You see where Im going with the idea of strapping that thing that seems to be built down several stories into the ground and being like. They should just strap that to a cargo ship.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    So, here’s the thing.

    That’s not a great analogy. The MIM-104 Patriot missile system is still providing vital and necessary functionality on a daily basis.

    It’s also mobile in the exact same way I’m suggesting the V-150 could (and should,) be.

    And finally, the reason they haven’t done that is because there’s plenty of other options like the RIM-174, which we also gave them. (But I’m not so sure it’s as vital. That’s a high bar to cross.)

    As for its size, yeah. It’s huge. But you’re comparing that to earth construction. Star Wars always went big. For example the Lucrehulk freighter (which they used for a pilot training academy,)

    That thing was large enough that pretty much every they brought to Hoth could fit on it and access with all the same capability as echo base itself. With room to spare. They probably wouldn’t even need to give up the flight academy!

    The point being, it’s not unreasonable to suggest they could just literally do that- strap it to an appropriately sized freighter.

    Like i mentioned before: they had to get it there somehow, and it’s not the type of thing you’d just build in place. (They stole it and several other cannons, after all.)

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