From: linmo@ecf.toronto.edu (LIN MONTEIL)
Subject: Re: MS Gundam Film #1
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:55:15 GMT

In article <1a8i9oINNg5t@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> as413@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric William Paslick) writes:
>
>I do understand that an I-Field would not work against projectile
>weapons. (realy, I do :-)) I also understand that I-Field generators
>arn't very reliable.  But I just watched episode 11 again, and I swear
>that the Neu Ziel was as big (if not bigger) than the cruiser (I think
>it was a Magellan class, but it might have been a Salamas) it came up
>beside and destroied.  And even if the current ships are unsuitable, the
>technology can be designed into later classes.  SOME defensive
>capability is better than none at all.

That is observant of you. It's unlikely that the ship that was destroyed by
the Neu Ziel was a Salamis or even Magellan class cruiser. A typical salamis
class cruiser the Nashville is approximately 198 meters in length and as big
as the M.A was it can't be anywhere NEAR this size so either it's a small
destroyer or the proportions was ALL wrong.
>
>By the time of Zeta, if I'm reading my various background books
>correctly, most MSs were using beam rifles as their main weapon.  Also,
>beam barrier technology does seem to improve over the coarse of time.
>The one (and only one) thing I liked about F-91 were the beam shields.
>They were logical extentions of previous technology.  Some form of beam
>barrier technology for the ships would also be an eventuality, in my
>opinion.

Again correct, even in 0083 most mass production M.S uses low powered beam
rifles. The GMII in Zeta Gundam has a beam rifle approximately 1.9 MW in power
which is lower than even the original Gundam's beam rifle output. 
>
>>One very interesting thing is that NONE of the mechas with
>>extremely large output lasted more than 1-2 days of use, nor
>>any of these mechas ever mass produced. :-) Also, beam barrier
>>type I-Field vanishes after Neue Ziel, which suggests that this
>>type of I-Field Generators are NOT efficient (in addition to being
>>unreliable). Note that both Big Zam and Neue Ziel were used for
>>suicidal missions and the reliability wasn't a concern for them.
>>
>
>Were they lost because they wore out or because they scared the s**t out
>of the other side and were thus singled out for destruction. :-)  Also,
>given the shortness of the wars (the One Year War would not have left a
>lot of time for mass production, in spite of what Tomino believes),
>there was probably not enough to build more (much to the relief of the
>Feddies).
>
Extremely large outputs? Sorry to disagree with your buddy there. ZZ: 50 MW Hi
mega cannon lasted through the whole series; Geymalk: more beam weapons than
I can count, lasted through near the whole series; Doven Wolf: hyper mega
beam launcher, lasted through near the whole series; Quin Mantha: about 8 MB
weapons, lasted for more than 2 days; FAZZ almost 100 MW hyper mega beam
launcher; lasted quite a while. I field generator possibly not efficient as
suggested, cost limits are unlikely so it much not be technically feasible.
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