Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Craiglxviii) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:06:54 GMT

Joshua- you should know better. If the Flying Wing's "bucket of sunshine" couldn't harm fighting machines, what chance does Trident have?

Ctom- I guess this does belong amongst Fighting Ships of the World...

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Ctom3) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:40:09 GMT

Come on folks, enough of this nonsense. This forum resides within a board that lives within a website firmly rooted in historical and current technology that really exists. There are plenty of fantasy forums throughout the internet where it would be more appropriate. There have been plenty of flights of fancy on this forum, but the great majority of them have at least started upon real technology, not fantasy nonsense. There have also been many threads that have also been humor based, but...

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Joshua Kintner) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:00:35 GMT

Realistic answer: Ohio class SSBN. A single MIRV warhead with five 20-kiloton warheads should provide sufficent heat to destroy all of the Martian flying machines.

Un-Realistic, but cool answer: Super Star Destroyer Executor. The TIE Bomber squadrons would be equipped with Ion Torpedoes, and being escorted by the TIE Fighters and TIE Interceptors, would attack the martian ships on Earth, while the SSD itself would execute base delta zero upon Mar's surface.

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Starviking) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:37:28 GMT

Submarines could be good - water would probably protect well against 'heat rays'.

The subs would probably have to try and ram the tripods, or surface and use guns. Of course, given the technology of the time the tripods could probably outmanouver them.

Another alternative could be a low-draft gunboat with armour over the areas not protected by water. They'd be short range - just sallying forth when walkers are spotted, so bunkerage could be cut.

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Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (seasick) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:39:17 GMT

A Star Destroyer. I do not believe that the tripods could hold up well against their ion cannons.

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (New Hampshire Battleship Lover) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:24:10 GMT

If over the horizon isn't available (Heat rays are direct line of sight) then something with homing torpedoes acurate enough to hit the legs.

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Jeff Thomas) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:52:01 GMT

I want the Death Star, I'll just go after all of Mars.

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Desert Sailor) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:17:31 GMT

How about an Atlanta or Omaha?

Or, stretching things a bit, Space Battleship Yamato?

Charley
aka Desert Sailor

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Getz) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:26:35 GMT

It would need high angle guns to hit those tripods...

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (chrisRoach) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:04:53 GMT

Faced with 5-6 Martian fighting machines, what type/ class of warship would you choose to engage them?

Would CVN be a fair answer? Failing that I don't think I could go past the 1940s HMS Lion.

Re: Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (dmilford) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:17:34 GMT

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Heat rays, Torpedo Rams et al

feeds@yuku.com (Craiglxviii) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:33:50 GMT

Being a "long time listener, first time caller" on this board, and after having just finished watching Jeff Wayne's excellent stage show, I would like to throw this one open to the board. Faced with 5-6 Martian fighting machines, what type/ class of warship would you choose to engage them? Bearing in mind the suceess that Thunderchild/ Polyphemus had, would a lightly armed high speed vessel be of preference, or something with multiple heavy artillery?