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Old December 16th, 2006, 08:47 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by Taranis
Could the Galactica have some Bussard's like on the Enterprise in Trek .. or limited refinery in the main engine area .. to convert materials in to fuel .. say in an asteroid field
Funny you should say that.

That is exactly what it would have to do.

http://www.b5tech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=227

The Raymond Spruance and the Nathan Hale operate exactly that way.

Pay particular attention to the way the Von Neuman machine munches on an asteroid when the lasers are changed out in the HERO class destroyer.

The polarizer on the Nathan Hale is an ingestor as well as a spinal weapon.

http://www.b5tech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=187

and the technology itself described?

http://www.b5tech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=156

You will notice how the Alligator features?

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