Posted by: sloanjh
« on: September 16, 2011, 07:58:26 PM »Like.... Mesons ignore shields and armor?
My recollection of the technobabble is that Mesons (as opposed to other beams) have zero cross-section until they decay, depositing all their energy on the other side of the solid stuff in between (like armor or planets). It ain't the way real mesons work, but that's why it's called technobabble So my understanding of the design intent is that you should be able to target other (presumably over-the-horizon) PDC with meson-armed PDC, but not with other beams such as lasers.
John