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by Aygar
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 ...
by Aygar
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
by 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...
by Aygar
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...