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A 500 meter long solid titanium cyllinder attached to an array of thrusters, and some form of FTL to make it go really fast for really short periods of time.
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Post by Exonerate »

Sounds like something one time use only... Depends what it's used against. If you've got really maneuverable enemy ships, then you're in trouble.

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Post by neoolong »

I forgot, isn't titanium supposed to be brittle? One shot deal most likely. Missles would probably be better.
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Post by Pu-239 »

What's daft.

Anyways, titanium is a bad idea. Too costly. Maybe just plain solid steel, with a core of depleted uranium. Still a dumb idea.

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Post by Sea Skimmer »

Titanium sucks for such a task.
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Post by Pu-239 »

Nuke would be better. What's daft mean? Anyways it would be cheaper just to add the thrusters to an existing asteroid- I'm assuming you are using this for bombardment- though nukes would be better.

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Post by Brother-Captain Gaius »

Pu-239 wrote:What's daft.
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Post by Balrog »

Be cheaper to strap engines to an asteroid the size of the Armageddon one (and hope a misfit crew of oil platform workers don't show up with a nuke :) )
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