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Hi Fitz,
You do bring up some good points. However, why compromise on design? For a cruiser of that size, that would be able to support the 12" guns along with 8" and 155's. As goes with Maximus's BB design. There is clearly room for them. So why compromise on just 155's when you can have more? Yes, both platforms would be more versatile. Also, think of the 12" for the cruiser. 8" sabot rounds and even 155 sabot rounds would go even further out of the 12" and 16" guns as well. I would rather have a ship that is capable of more, than just 155's. It would be the same as saying to SWAT team members that "we will now only be carrying the 9MM because it is the most used weapon and we do not need anything else".
If I can bring more options to the fight, IE 16",12", 8" and 155's, the platform would be far more versatile than just 155's and I would be able to take on a broader variety of targets opposed to if I was just carrying 155's around.
How many bouncing betty's can my 16" projectile hold, opposed to my 155MM projectile? A lot more. We need to minimize collateral damage around X target, the 155 will do the job. We need to maximize collateral damage around X target, the 16" will do the job and so on and so forth.
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