: Are we talking about one of those washing machines with the dryer on top? And
: remember, this probably wasn't a complete slipspace drive. There was just
: enough there to rip a hole in space-time, with none of the machinery
: necessary to make the process survivable.

They said they were donating their drive not a PART of their drive.

But if you want to weaponize ss drives then the ripper part just might be significantly less expensive than a full frigate. If you can make one that can be fired from a MAC...

: Because you're not launching one missile at the assault carrier. You're
: launching hundreds in order to saturate the assault carrier's point
: defense systems.

Apparently 50% get through point defenses. Which is odd - does it not matter how many Archers are fired at once? Is it always 50% get through? :-)

I assume that if you fire about thirty then ~1/2 get through. Add an SS missile to that lot and you have a 50% chance of destroying the target. This still seems promising...