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The grenade went off with a phrase of melody and the Japanese lyric "," and suddenly there was a cloud of large metallic-gold fluff balls between the two groups.
05/11/08 01:32 PM
05/11/08 04:30 PM
Also, I don't recognise the line. Stick the explaination in the concordance for the chapter and we'll be fine.
(How close are you to finishing that chaper BTW?)
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05/11/08 10:44 PM
As it stands, most missiles are vacuum adapted versions of those found in the 'Danelaw. Only Stellvia has access to pure space designs, and these use specialist warheads (specifically Kaboomite, but rumours of other high level warheads exist).
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05/12/08 07:49 AM
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05/12/08 08:21 AM
maybe we need an incident or two of espionage or attempted espionage in the history?
05/12/08 08:38 AM
Don't forget kinetic missiles/drones. I'm not sure if it's become wide-spread knowledge that the Jason uses such, but I imagine at least a few people would know of it. Once Great Justice was started, he'd have passed the idea on to Noah, Buckaroo, and possible a few others, just in case they hadn't considered it. I know it seems pretty basic, but it's amazing what people will overlook sometimes.
Mm. What are the Danelaw nations' reactions to the radical improvements in Fen weapons tech since OGJ? I can't imagine that the Paranoid States Of America are particularly happy about railguns and other goodies belonging only to the Fen... maybe we need an incident or two of espionage or attempted espionage in the history?
Come to think of it, more than a couple nations might think backing the Boskonians might be a good way to counter the Fen...
05/12/08 05:50 PM
Feinan wrote: As it stands, most missiles are vacuum adapted versions of those found in the 'Danelaw. Only Stellvia has access to pure space designs, and these use specialist warheads (specifically Kaboomite, but rumours of other high level warheads exist). Don't forget kinetic missiles/drones. I'm not sure if it's become wide-spread knowledge that the Jason uses such, but I imagine at least a few people would know of it. Once Great Justice was started, he'd have passed the idea on to Noah, Buckaroo, and possible a few others, just in case they hadn't considered it. I know it seems pretty basic, but it's amazing what people will overlook sometimes.
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05/13/08 01:20 AM
05/13/08 03:19 AM
Hmm. I think I see a common misconception appearing. Cartridge-firing arms do *not* need "modification" to fire without an atmosphere. Cartridges are sealed units,and both black powder and nitrocellulose provide their own "oxidizer", just like rocket fuel. (In the case of black powder, it's sulfur dioxide, AKA "saltpetre"; I don't remember which chemical provides the same functionality for nitrocellulose offhand.) The only thing modern firearms need to fire in space is a suffciently low-temp lubricant; Break Free CLP will work in most temperaure ranges.
Handling recoil, on the other tentacle, is a non-trivial problem. Best bet is to have your gun mounted or anchored to something *much* larger than the bullet.
The scene in Firefly where Jayne pus his beloved machinegun/grenade launcher in a spacesuit so it will have atmo to fire? Completely bogus.
Of course, that doesn't mean unscrupulous gun shops don't have some purely cosmetic mods to sell to 'Dane tourists, mind you...*evil grin*
05/13/08 08:05 AM
this is FENSPACE
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