Talk:Sobek/@comment-71.178.3.243-20130728173140/@comment-84.181.246.18-20130728224602

I get your point but just because it looks flimsy doesn't mean that stock couldn't cope with bracing a couple thousand kg (and no that's not a typo).

After all in real life we developed this stuff:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube#Strength

I doubt future sci-fi space ninjas went back to cheap plastic. ;)