re: #256 horse

The science fiction book Footfall, by Larry Niven incorporated the Project Orion model into the design of a human space ship rapidly put together to respond to an alien invasion. It was one of the better science fiction books I read during school years that really stuck with me; filled with several interesting undeveloped scientific ideas at the time put into possible applied scenarios. A very fun read.

I got a “kick” out of the redeployed 16”/50 cal. battleship gun turrets on the ship. If you can’t have heavy-cycle directed-energy weapons, and you want to do some serious damage, even in a guided-missile environment a set of big honkin’ guns are still pretty effective.

/comparatively cheap, too.

cheers

eon