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2. the short awnser is thats the way the math worked out. the long awnser is that origonaly they were much closer. we changed the method of calculations, from linear to exponentail. The difference in mass is based on some back of the envelope calculations I did, using the length of a shipping container as a point of reference. I can revise this if needed but realy if you need to take down an airship something has probably gone horribly wrong anyway.

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3. I *may* have an idea that will work no matter what the cannon says. will discuss it with GSi tomorow if I can.