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NegativeSoul said:

If it could do that much damage to the ship then why would it need to tear it open in the first place?

I know this is years old, but I figure others happening upon this may be interested to see the explenation that the author provided on Reddit.

Addendum 1: Why peel off armor if laser strong?

  • The ship's propellant tank and fuel bunker contribute most of the explosion.
  • The yield flash is preceded by a feeler flash to analyze how the target respons to different frequencies so the shot can be tailored to pass through most of it and reach deeper.
  • While Aster could, potentially, do this much damage without any help from inside, it would cause even more strain, force it into repairs for at least another month and cost the taxpayer about as much as this whole ship.
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    retired_user_781002 said:
    Could you please source that?

    I′ve put everything I could find into the commentary, excluding replies to comments by others and parts repeated across posts. It could probably be trimmed down more, but I′ll leave that to the discretion of someone more knowledgable in contributing.

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    And if you're wondering "why doesn't the host parents recognize the cuckoo isn't one of their own? They can just kick them out, right?" Well, sometimes the host parent DOES recognize the cuckoo isn't theirs. However, this is a VERY bad idea for the host.

    In some cases if the cuckoo mother finds out the host rejected her child/egg, SHE'LL STRAIGHT UP MURDER THE HOST FAMILY AND THEIR NEST. In that case, raising the cuckoo chick is far less of a cost than the alternative. Cuckoos don't mess around.

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    Tobi-Sempai said:

    And if you're wondering "why doesn't the host parents recognize the cuckoo isn't one of their own? They can just kick them out, right?" Well, sometimes the host parent DOES recognize the cuckoo isn't theirs. However, this is a VERY bad idea for the host.

    In some cases if the cuckoo mother finds out the host rejected her child/egg, SHE'LL STRAIGHT UP MURDER THE HOST FAMILY AND THEIR NEST. In that case, raising the cuckoo chick is far less of a cost than the alternative. Cuckoos don't mess around.

    And here I thought crows were supposed to be the evil ɓird

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