Baroun Tardis
SOC-12
Ya know how on the T5 Gunmaker, there's that option for "Oversized" ?
How that seemed kinda ... "Who would do this?"
Now me know
How that seemed kinda ... "Who would do this?"
Now me know
Now I've seen a T5 weapon option in real life
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mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Have you seen the M1911A1 variant that has two of them welded together effectively?
There are also pump action double barrel shotguns.
The .22 multi barrel minigun looks good too
There are also pump action double barrel shotguns.
The .22 multi barrel minigun looks good too
Baroun Tardis
SOC-12
Yeah, but all those use "normal sized" shells.
A 4 Gauge pump shotgun?
4 ?
Four?
Not so normal.
A 4 Gauge pump shotgun?
4 ?
Four?
Not so normal.
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
As I recall, twelve gauge is about optimum, anything larger is for increasingly bigger game.
At those calibres, you start thinking about grenades.
At those calibres, you start thinking about grenades.
Baroun Tardis
SOC-12
It's 23mm. Apparently the gun company had a bad run for anti-aircraft cannon barrels, and realized they'd explode if used with high pressure cartridges....
And decided to make shotguns rather than trash the barrels.
The apparently make slug, buckshot, plus flashbangs, tear gas, and a ton of other special purpose stuff
Which, I guess, is the long way around to saying: "Yes, you're abosolutely right about it being more of a grenade launcher"
kilemall
SOC-14 5K
4 gauge was apparently used for airplane engine starts-
en.m.wikipedia.org
Examples, a restoration wildcat start, and a dramatic use of such starters for a movie.
Coffman engine starter - Wikipedia
Examples, a restoration wildcat start, and a dramatic use of such starters for a movie.
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
Neat way to jump start our jump drives.
Baroun Tardis
SOC-12
That and something else hit in my mind just now...
Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing | Quanta Magazine
The quantum energy teleportation protocol was proposed in 2008 and largely ignored. Now two independent experiments have shown that it works.
www.quantamagazine.org
Imagine if you will...
There's this alien race that built a huge solar array in tight orbit around thier sun. Soaking up huge amounts of juice... and they link the power to a quantum energy device, so you can call on that power to charge your jump drive rather than using a reactor and fuel in the ship.
But using the device dis-entangles the thing... so there's the cartridges with a crystal in them that holds a communication qubit, and you just pull out the dead cartridge and put in a new one.
So they really would use a "starter cartridge" like that to crank up their jump drives.....
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
Might need to be a rather dense energy storage.
A pellet with the equivalent of the energy requirement, released all at once.
A pellet with the equivalent of the energy requirement, released all at once.
I watched 90% of the video, and all I can think of is having a few of these in my Traveller Universe. I'm going to try and work up stats for it while at the same time considering game balance.
BackworldTraveller
SOC-13
That reminds me of a story I heard from a Royal Armouries worker who was asked, for forms sake, to register his weapon with the local police. As a smooth-bore weapon it was decided the most appropriate entry was as a 1/9-bore shotgun!
(He was trailing a 17th century 9pdr Saker about the country.)
His accompanying black-powder license was also interesting reading.
(He was trailing a 17th century 9pdr Saker about the country.)
His accompanying black-powder license was also interesting reading.
Hum, look up Punt Guns... They were used for commercial bird/duck hunting.
BackworldTraveller
SOC-13
Very good for moving the punt backwards...best you be lying down when pulling the trigger or you end up in the water.
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
Zero Gravity auxiliary propulsion.
