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- Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:31 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Imagining realistic energy weapons
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25587
Re: Imagining realistic energy weapons
How much of a muzzle flash do lasers usually have? Beam weapons in general are usually depicted with a cone shaped "flash" emitting from the barrel where the emerging beam inexplicably gets thicker momentarily. A laser in a average enviroment will not have a gun like muzzle flash. If the there are ...
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:25 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 81
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39131
Re: Page 81
What is the opinion of the denizens of the board about the blue rectangle on the Black Razor. Do you guys think is a shuttle bay or a warhead launcher or something else? I think its a bay of some kind.
--Aygar
--Aygar
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:58 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 81
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39131
Re: Page 81
I get the impression, from nothing but the shape of the weapons themselves, that they will split open and launch a bunch of sub-munitions once they're closer to their target area. Further clue comes from the Trade language dictionary, which defines 'tolot' as 'an agile aerial Deinar predator that a...
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:41 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: So, hm, speech?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 25029
Re: So, hm, speech?
Speech is machine recordable where as Sanzai is not. Sanzai is also fairly range limited. IIRC an average Loroi cannot cover an entire ship with their own unamplified broadcast, messages relayed by Loroi in the vicinity. Inter-ship communications requires the use of radio which requires speech. --Ay...