[Dead Corpse]

An extendable event horizon? Implies black hole type energy densities. I could believe some kind of a field technology that would create an annihilation event along the focused beam. Maybe something that would weaken, reverse, or just break the sub-atomic bond via interupting the "weak-nuclear" force.

Haven't gotten around to figuring out how to do either yet. Not sure I want to be setting up "event horizons" anywhere near our Ship. At least any damage from a beam weapon targeting molecular interactions would be localized to the max trasmission distance of the beam and would eventually be absorbed by enough mass in its way.

[fanfan]

Hi Guys.

You're talking way above me again, but I do like the pretty light that comes from the light saber.

[NicknamedBob]

"Not sure I want to be setting up "event horizons" anywhere near our Ship."

I agree. The problem with exceedingly advanced technologies is that they tend to let you down just when you need them most, or they fail in a most spectacular way.

Personally, I'm inclined to stick with old-fashioned reliability like dual-purpose fuel rods. Our internal fuel-rod handling system is designed to bring a nuclear fuel rod to any exterior location in a matter of seconds, with most of the powerful electromagnetic delivery control occurring in the last quarter to half-mile of delivery routing.

This allows for very fast nuclear fuel replenishment for our shuttles, and minimizes exposure time along the route.

Of course, in emergency conditions, the fuel rods, in their protective electronically controlled delivery tubes, could be ejected at a very high speed to almost any nearby coordinates. Due to the design of the rod configuration, if there happens to be an object at those coordinates, the thin rod would collapse down on impact to an unsustainable shape above the critical mass architecture. The yield is expected to be relatively low, but it should be sufficient to act as an emergency asteroid deflector.

Also, we have the mining and geological lasers on the shuttle-thrusters, which are ganged around the periphery of our craft. When these are operated in unison to focus on an approaching meteoroid, it makes a most aesthetically pleasing and effective display.

[Dead Corpse]

Woah... Freaky Photoshops...