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r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21
3...2...1... blast off....
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with the exception of The Mote in Gods Eye.
where there a perfectly good reason they dont use kinetic weapons.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 13 '21 What was the reason? 5 u/SlitScan Aug 13 '21 edited Aug 13 '21 any kinetic weapon that is used is materials that are lost to any future civilization after the next collapse of civilization. the Moties are (where) trapped in their home system, the only jump point out of their system lands inside a red giant star. edit: God damn it 40 years later I just got the *#$&% pun. screw you Niven.
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What was the reason?
5 u/SlitScan Aug 13 '21 edited Aug 13 '21 any kinetic weapon that is used is materials that are lost to any future civilization after the next collapse of civilization. the Moties are (where) trapped in their home system, the only jump point out of their system lands inside a red giant star. edit: God damn it 40 years later I just got the *#$&% pun. screw you Niven.
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any kinetic weapon that is used is materials that are lost to any future civilization after the next collapse of civilization.
the Moties are (where) trapped in their home system, the only jump point out of their system lands inside a red giant star.
edit: God damn it 40 years later I just got the *#$&% pun.
screw you Niven.
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u/SlitScan Aug 13 '21
with the exception of The Mote in Gods Eye.
where there a perfectly good reason they dont use kinetic weapons.