Why axes? Why not Lewistons, or rifles, or pistols? Because… - E.E. "Doc" Smith

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Why axes? Why not Lewistons, or rifles, or pistols? Because the space armor of that day could withstand almost indefinitely the output of two or three hand-held projectors; because the resistance of its defensive fields varied directly as the cube of the velocity of any material projectile encountering them. Thus, and strangely enough, the advance of science had forced the re-adoption of that long-extinct weapon.

E.E. "Doc" Smith

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