Idea on Capships, Bombers, and VHFs

[cmfalconer]

nice picture.

What part of "this is not world war 2" don't people get? this is roughly 1000 years later. even considering the "second dark age" of repopulating Sirius before technological advancement took off again, don't you think that with nano-technology and the like, the biggest thing in the craft would be the environmental controls and the pilot? Maybe not, with the fact most technology hasn't gotten considerably smaller, and what has just makes room for more stuff.

But if you MUST use the analogy of WW2, then fine. WW2 bombers had to be that big to carry the physical ordinance called Bombs, hence the name. Sirius, thanks to the Order and those profit-seeking Zoners, has the SuperNova AntiMatter Cannon. No physical ordinance necessary, just lob tachyon-encased globules of destruction at your nearest enemy.

Now one would argue, "But Chris, with such destructive potential, and such huge energy drains, the ship would need to be big enough to house a thermonuclear reactor". Perhaps, but again, we're One Thousand (1000) years after Sol. We've already sent small nuclear reactors called RadioIsotope Thermoelectric Generators into space since the 1960s on spacecraft. It's reasonable to assume that this technology would have been enhanced and built upon to be able to put a small fusion (thank you HFuel) reactor into all ships, and a bigger version fits into the already-correctly-sized bombers of Sirius.

This larger size and higher armor leads to a decrease in maneuverability, which (hold your gasps please) already has most bombers at a lower maneuverability than the VHF counterparts. Yes, i do say most because there are some VHF's that are horridly undermanueverable, but for the most part it's OK by my account.

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