Hakagas, Neutron Guns, and AMG's Oh My!

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Concordia

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Okay, that was about the lamest line in history, but...

Okay, the Hakagas from WC:FA had the following armaments...

32 Quad-Barreled Mass Drivers
16 Neutron
16 Lasers...

Good gun arrangement might I add.

I'm wondering though if William Forstchen knows the difference between an AMG and a Neutron Gun...

He refers to a scene in WC:ER where the Intrepid engages the Kilrathi Destroyer, and mentions it's neutron guns being fired... (around page 270 something)...

Uh, neither WC2 Destroyer, or WC2 Cruiser, Kilrathi or Confederation, and the Exeter by the way, have Neutron Guns...

The Gilgamesh, and the Fralthra however, do possess Anti-Matter guns...

The anti-matter gun bolts look like neutron-blasts at least in WC2...

I wonder if William Forstchen confused the difference...

Not to mention it would make some sense with the Neutron-Guns on the Hakaga...

They could be AMG's!

16 AMG's is a bit much, but the Hakaga is nearly twice the size of the Concordia, and the Concordia has 8 AMG's, and 16 is just twice that. The Hakaga is also much wider than the Concordia. Much more room to work with.

The Hakaga also has over twice the Confederation Class's (TCS-Concordia WC2) fighter compliment.

32 Quad-Mass Drivers
16 AMG's
and 16 Lasers

sure makes a hell of a lot more sense than neutron guns considering it's a large capital ship.

Capships don't usually carry neutron guns... I've never seen a capital ship carry a neutron gun either. The WC2 ones at least. Even the WC3 and WC4 ones either.

-Concordia
 
Antimatter guns, as explained in the Kilrathi Saga and WC3 Victory Streak, are upscaled versions of particle cannons (see page 39 of Victory Streak). They don't fire antimatter, but merely shoot out particles which cause 'small nuclear explosions' when they collide with matter or energy fields. And also, if you look at the manuals, they only list the laser cannons or AMGs in WC3 - anti-fighter weapons, for the most part.

So yeah, you might be able to call these 'neutron guns', though we're pretty unclear on what their anticapship weapons tend to be outside of Capship missiles, for the most part.
 
I would imagine just the opposite -- I don't believe Mr. Forstchen ever played Wing 2... his choices for guns are probably based entirely on the manuals descriptions. It says Neutrons, they're neutrons.
 
Hmm, I wonder if he would ever be interested in playing them now. Seems kinda odd to write stuff for something you haven't even experienced.
 
If he didnt played them ,how did he had the idea of writing something about the Wc universe......... ?
 
It works the other way around.. Other people generally approach authors to write a WC novel, make a game, screenplay a movie and so on.
 
Going back a bit, I think the "canon" explantion for the Hakagas' gun loadout was that they were designed purely to work as part of a fleet rather than leading small battlegroups. They would have tons of cruisers and DDs around them to take care of capships, so they're primarily decked out with anti-fighter and point defence guns.

Best, Raptor
 
Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
I would imagine just the opposite -- I don't believe Mr. Forstchen ever played Wing 2... his choices for guns are probably based entirely on the manuals descriptions. It says Neutrons, they're neutrons.
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I wonder if someone made an error though in one way or another. Neutron gun bolts and AMG bolts look almost identical.

I could be wrong, I might very well be,

-Concordia
 
Originally posted by Concordia
I wonder if someone made an error though in one way or another. Neutron gun bolts and AMG bolts look almost identical.
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I doubt it.
 
Yeah, I think you have to lose the fanfic mentality -- Hakagas have neutron turrets to defend themselves from fighters. They're great ships, but they're not superallinoneultrabattleships. If ships could have everything in one small, inexpensive, invulnerable package, they would.
 
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