[TrashMan]

Coligun, railgun...really, it uses the same basic principle to propel the projectile...the only difference that one creates a EM field along two rails/rods, the other switches trough several coils/ring.

Meh..I made Maxim a ballistic weapon for me. A Mass Driver NEEEDS ammo!

[akenbosch]

knowing you, you probably made the projectile bigger, and pumped up the damage/range so it has the other properties of a mass driver.

[TrashMan]

Nah....that's the Reaper

I left the maxim as is...except the ballistic properties...and a somewhat shorter range..

[jr2]

Mass Driver in space = no air resistance = range almost infinite. 

[Polpolion]

A Deimos with all Trebuchets instead of beams/weapons can take down any enemy ship. it can even take down a Sathanas if its not in front of the Sathanas.
An Aeolus or Leviathan with all Maxims can defend against virtually any fighter/bomber attack. It can shoot down all bombs easily.
Plus, All Trebuchets or Maxims is probably a LOT more cost-effective than "awesome beam technology".
I'm sure the GTVA/GTA could fire a harbinger/Helios at more than 50m/s... Hell, even great war era ships loaded with Phoenix Vs could have taken down the "fearsome" Shivan ships easily...
The recharge rate on beams is huge!!!
A Deimos can hold a few hundred or probably a few thousand Trebuchet Missiles... Probably a few hundred Helios Bombs... Of course, the destruction of the Deimos would mean a HUGE bang.
A combo of Maxim Deimos and Trebuchet+Helios Deimos could pwn any ship. Except, perhaps the Lucifer. Just catch the Sathanas from the sides/behind.

Wait, a deimos with all trebs? Why not make a deimos with all BFGreens? That could kill a sathy even faster than trebs.

EDIT: [/sarcasm]

[akenbosch]

why not have fighters with beams? or bombers with beam turrets? or command with an IQ over 70?

[Snail]

why not have fighters with beams? or bombers with beam turrets? or command with an IQ over 70?

Ever notice that command has an IQ over 200? Problem is, he's just very sadistic and likes torturing Alpha 1.

[TrashMan]

Command has an IQ of 279...unfortunately it can only be stored in a variable  that goes from 0-256.. which means command has an IQ of...23

[colecampbell666]

 

[Agent_Koopa]

Coligun, railgun...really, it uses the same basic principle to propel the projectile...the only difference that one creates a EM field along two rails/rods, the other switches trough several coils/ring.

Meh..I made Maxim a ballistic weapon for me. A Mass Driver NEEEDS ammo!

A railgun and a coilgun operate on completely different principles! Note this image. (click.)

A railgun operates on magnetic pressure, represented by the green line. However, a coilgun operates simply by magnetic attraction!

[colecampbell666]

I just shoot it to kill Shivans. 

[TrashMan]

A railgun and a coilgun operate on completely different principles! Note this image.

A railgun operates on magnetic pressure, represented by the green line. However, a coilgun operates simply by magnetic attraction!

the both use a EM field to propel mass....that's what I was implying.

[Woolie Wool]

Command has an IQ of 279...unfortunately it can only be stored in a variable  that goes from 0-256.. which means command has an IQ of...23

The available values of an 8-bit variable can either be 0-255 or 1-256.

[TrashMan]

typo..I wouldn't be graduating as a computer engeneer (one more exam )  if I didn't know THAT!