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Its a big Imperium and there are all sorts of tech levels and ship designs and doctrines on how to go about space travel and warfare. I was thinking about the alternate forms of armor a warship might have. The first two that comes to mind are on opposite ends of the tech spectrum but no less effective...and in fact moreso than standard armors.
The low tech is a method Larry Niven would have in some of his known space books. The warship has on it's front a vast block of ice...farmed from comets or asteroids or some such....acting as a huge plate of ablat.
The high-tech is something we did to combat armor/battledress in an old campaign but I see no reason why it couldn't be done to ship hulls: Polish or add a layer to the ship armor to bring it up to Reflec standards. Would give a major boost to laser defenses.
Any thoughts or examples of other nonstandard armors that you've heard of or used?
The low tech is a method Larry Niven would have in some of his known space books. The warship has on it's front a vast block of ice...farmed from comets or asteroids or some such....acting as a huge plate of ablat.
The high-tech is something we did to combat armor/battledress in an old campaign but I see no reason why it couldn't be done to ship hulls: Polish or add a layer to the ship armor to bring it up to Reflec standards. Would give a major boost to laser defenses.
Any thoughts or examples of other nonstandard armors that you've heard of or used?