Tanks in the Honorverse

Grashtel wrote:

FLHerne wrote:And Solarian equipment being designed without any regard to defences, decades behind the Haven sector, and generally a useless deathtrap is new... how?

Anti-tank missiles exist now - it's the Solarians not having defenses against them that's ridiculous, not the San Martinos building armoured vehicles that withstand man-portable weapons.

Hell tank mounted anti-missile systems exist now too, maybe the Sollie tanks ommited them as a cost saving measure, or maybe the weapons Firebrand was supplying were good enough to bypass them

Jonathan_S wrote:

Somtaaw wrote:But for the worst anthology, I'd have to say the one that involved the Manticoran doc, deployed on a Grayson cruiser... who started carrying around his sedation needle because he uses it on the crew that much. and the Captain who did the skiing off some part of the hull and broke his.... collar I think?

Can't recall the name, but *winces* just thinking about that one is blech.

A Ship Named Frances; from The Service of the Sword: Worlds of Honor #4

Yeah, not my favorite either.

FLHerne wrote:And Solarian equipment being designed without any regard to defences, decades behind the Haven sector, and generally a useless deathtrap is new... how?

Anti-tank missiles exist now - it's the Solarians not having defenses against them that's ridiculous, not the San Martinos building armoured vehicles that withstand man-portable weapons.

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Somtaaw wrote:But for the worst anthology, I'd have to say the one that involved the Manticoran doc, deployed on a Grayson cruiser... who started carrying around his sedation needle because he uses it on the crew that much. and the Captain who did the skiing off some part of the hull and broke his.... collar I think?

Can't recall the name, but *winces* just thinking about that one is blech.

Oh, cmon, that one's obviously a comedy! If you don't try to take it seriously (HOW?!) it's hilarious.

"Sir," the XO said, appearing again behind the captain.
"AAAH! Sweet Merciful Tester, Greene, wear a bell on your boot or something."
"Yes, sir," the XO replied, seriously. "Sir, I think that PO Kyle needs to go before the Mast."
"I don't," the captain replied. "He was clearly driven around the bend by Lieutenant Wilson's announcement that the fault in his calculations was that he forgot to account for Blackbird's mass as well as all of her moons! It turns out that if we hadn't had that forty minute delay when we were trying to get the course adjusted on the way in, we would have hit the planet."
Tyler unfolded the straitjacket and started to load the tactical PO in as he kept one ear on the conversation behind him.
"Well, at least we know where we are, Sir," Lieutenant Wilson said. "And I've got a course laid in for Grayson."
"Are you sure?" the captain asked. "And are you sure there's nothing in the way?"

Sure it makes no sense whatsoever, but that's not the point.