The inverse Q ship

John has done even more K gun analysis than I did, and came up with the wonderful idea of using 11 K-1s in place of 2 K-5s. The average damage from the smaller guns is 30% less, but K-1 shoot all round to exactly the same range, so the opportunities actually to do that damage are much better.

I suggested that the logical corollary was to leave the housings for the K-5s in place so that the opponent would assume he was facing a much more powerful and focussed ship, and then blow him apart with your 30% reduced firepower just when he thought he was invulnerable.