Space WarfareI've been writing stories for my own amusement since I was four, but recently I've turned more to building my own internally consistent universes instead. I've been working on one of my scifi universes recently and I was just thinking - How assymetric is future warfare likely to be? I've invented a hyperdrive justification, but it would probably be horrendously expensive to build, equip and crew a warship that moved fast enough to be of any tactical use outside of system defence. Apart from a few major powers, the Earth Empire, the Kyriosan Cluster, the Grand Church for instance, which have the money to equip fleets. But what of smaller colonies? Would they rely on ground forces equipped with out-of-date weaponry? Would their battles be fought with guerrilla actions and insurgent tactics? Would they use "fireships" in dockyards, and long-range radio-controlled bombs? What does the forum think on the topic of the poor man's war in the future? __________________________
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Def not lasers
A planetary attack is going to be either out and out distruction or aimed at occupation. I cant think of a defence against out and out destruction, such as attack could be any thing from bombing usung any type of material (boi, concussive, heat.... anything). But what would be the point. Such destruction wouldn't be profitable as the huge cost would need to be re-couped somehow.If the attack were occupational then the attacker would need troup carries and all the transport paraphinalia and that means slower less manouverable ships. Bettwe still, a defencive force to attack when the ship is landing and more vulnerable would be even better.Personally, I would say the cheapo defence would be explosives used in a range of ways: Tagetting the large ships as they slowed down to enter the planets atmosphere, when they landed. Energy weapons could be deflected.Also, the cheapo defence would engage in using the cheapest stuff they could, why blow a ship up with a huge bomb in space if you can just dissable it and let it drift. To be honest though, I've never really thought of such a thing before. Interesting topic!
dna changing warfare. Slowly
dna changing warfare. Slowly change your enemies into your slobbering slaves! bwahaha! Each generation changes a bit - the parents turn to science to stop/reverse the changes. large sums of money to be made by selling "cures" from one of your "unbiased" cultures.