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		orenmazor on Dec 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What future space combat would really look like I think Hamilton nailed it when he talked about kinetic weapons and 'wasps' (aka small bots that can move in ways a human occupied ship can't)

jermy on Dec 28, 2011 [–]

Indeed - in this particular series (The Night's Dawn Trilogy) space warfare was conducted at very long range by kinetic drones, fired from spherical ships.

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