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On Fri, 7/24/15, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Captain, the USS AMANA is in radar range
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Friday, July 24, 2015, 5:46 AM

 On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at
 3:45 AM,  <xxxxxx@shadowgard.com>
 wrote:

 > As such, they
 could be a *real* shock to folks trying to move in on a
 > "lower tech" world.

 Niven's Kzinti telepaths
 being certain that the pacifist humans had
 lots of ships, but no weapons.

 Except for really big fusion
 drive, which weren't "weapons" until you
 point the radioactive exhaust at
 something.....

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CT HG 1st edition had a provision for using a ship's maneuver drive as a weapon...

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