FT-WotW - back to needles

In message <6B3C0EEAB4FED3119F5F009027DC5E9EA9AE59@spacemsg3.jhuapl.edu>
> "Izenberg, Noam" <Noam.Izenberg@jhuapl.edu> wrote:

> From: "Bif Smith" <bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk>

On consideration, that's probably a good idea.
> > Subjects

I agree.
> > AF-SML`s (and SMR version),

I think we can probably leave things like that for later, fun they may
be :-)
> There are several other systems I'm dying to discuss, but I want to do

Long Range Needle Beam

Well, if we assume that the FB values for a needle beam are balanced, then a
double range needle beam (exactly like the standard one, but range is 24 mu)
would, if we use Oerjan's estimate that the effectiveness of a weapon
increases with the 1.75th power of the range,
all other factors being equal, have a MASS of 7 (actually about 6 3/4),
and a COST of 20 (21 if you want to make it MASS x3)

Hmm... thats even more than Noam's 3x 1-arc Pulsar-M cost!

I think I'll think about this one some more!