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**** That's assuming the ship IS just a mining vessel and not a case of [[Blatant Lies|"oh that? it's a... laser drill, yeah."]]
***** Isn't drilling into rock pretty much what mining is all about? I would think that a mining vessel would be more likely to have a state-of-the-art laser drill than a military vessel.
**** Well, compare [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/olifant/images/olifant_tank1.jpg military vehicles] and [http://www.openpit.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/the-two-largest-tracked-vehicles-in-the-world-2.jpg heavy mining equipment]{{Dead link}} of today. Not hard to imagine a plain old mining vessel being bigger and tougher than a military vessel.
**** Bigger, yes. Tougher? Why does a mining vehicle need armor, point defenses, maneuverability etc.? I wouldn't bet on that digging machine over the tank... but in Nero's case, he also has future-future technology and was already tooled up for revenge, so the bets are off really.
***** Armor - just in case they get hit by shrapnel, or it could be some advanced super-ultra-mega-light and strong new metal that they use in the future. Missiles/torpedoes/whatever the hell you call them- They might not be used for attack at all, they might be used for... softening up a crust of a planet so the drill can get through (like dynamite!) And the hole the drill makes is much larger than than a single torpedo, hence their multiple explosive warheads. Maneuverability? The faster you get into position, the faster you get the job done. In fact, there's a lot of tools and vehicles that where not designed as weapons, but can be used as weapons.
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