[TML] Guns in Space!

[Richard Aiken]

On 8/31/07, garry.e.ward at worldnet.att.net <garry.e.ward at att.net> wrote:
>
> Hmm, that makes an interesting arguement in favor of energy weapons over
> kinetic kill weapons; the energy naturally disperses, but the KK rounds just
> keep wandering about until they smack into something.


There was a short story I read once about a base on the Moon.  There'd been
a battle between US and USSR using slug guns, months in the past (at the
time of the story).  The characters are standing in a domed office, when an
alarm beeps and the base commander says, 'All right.  Everybody down."
Everybody lies flat (I think the office edges have a couple of layers of
sandbags?).  The visiting protagonist is startled, but follows everyone to
the floor.  Seconds later . . . WHACK!  WHACK! WHAWHAWHAWHACK!!" and
everyone gets up and starts putting stick patches on the new holes.

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident."  Robert A. Heinlein