((Milno's got himself a tech scanner.))
Open a new grenade casing for the XGL, put a shaped Aster-EX charge in that back, such that the force of the explosion is directed forwards. Then, fill the rest with razorwire, and program to detonate just after it leaves the barrel.
Test on MkIII suit, Battlesuit, and Full-Body Prosthesis.
You try your new razor bomb out on a few targets. The spray of razors is very effective against the MK III, Not effective at all against the Battlesuit and somewhat effective against the Prosthesis, though the razors don't penetrate very deep. However, there are a few problems, the first being that the back of the shell has a nasty habit of flying backward as the explosive goes off and hurls the rest of the shell forward. This results in exactly the sort of damage one would except when a disk of shrapnel serrated metal is hurled back into the center of mass of the shooter at ballistic speeds. Second, the fact that the explosion is happening so near the barrel, even if directed, results in hearing damage at best and lung hemorrhaging at worst thanks to the shockwave.
Um..well the problem with that shockwave this is that you end up with the same problem. The piston will just give you more power behind the blow. Which is great for a stronger punch but in terms of the shockwave thing it doesn't fix any of the problems of the original, you'll still end up destroying your shaping surfaces unless they're stupidly massive and resistant. I'll say it blunt: A nuke's shockwave won't even completely break a battlesuit's armor even at very close range, so you're not gonna be drilling through their armor with a hand held shock wave device.
((Ah. It seems I've been underestimating the battlesuit.))
Compare the force of the piston-aided amp, a regular amp, and a shockwave amp.
Examine how a battlesuit is controlled.
>Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
((I was waiting for Steve to say that. 
))
Well, that would depend on how much force you put behind the piston. You put 100 newtons and you'll get around 10,000 newtons, etc. Same as with punching, but since it's mechanical it can be more powerful and can have the force adjusted. As per the force of the shockwave amp, it's gonna be roughly 10% of the force of the hit, since a lot of the force is lost moving through the air and "splashing" on the target.
"So far so good I guess. No reports of wyrms coming crashing through fridges yet."
Gorat then ignores the drama and goes to the computers.
Look if general information on FTL drives and FTL communications is available.
You search through the internet, trying to find good information amongst the uninformed stupidity.
[int:5]
It seems that FTL Communication is possible via the use of "quantum entanglement and controlled waveform collapse resulting the the transmission of binary information." Huh...yeah..makes total sense. Ahem.
The FTL travel is a lot less explained however, relying on a rather odd universal principle which has no current explanation. Simply put, it was discovered that if an object is traveling at a specific, near relativistic speed, and travels through a particular point in space- the article talks a good deal about the competing theories as to why these particular spaces exist where they do, including proximity to gravity wells and some seemingly invented laws of physics- it will cease to be in that point and appear in another point some time later. And despite a good deal of arguing, there is still no explanation as to how this works or why.
((Milno's got himself a tech scanner.))
(( Yeah. Cool! ))
As he finished working, Maurice looked at the picture again and stood frozen in silence for a whole minute.
I ... see. ... Well, I should have expected that. We failed our purpose that day. That disaster shall not be repeated again.
'Be competent', eh? No. Know thy Duty.
Or was it just cosmic-level irony?
Film the paintings with my suit's camera, then put them by the wall so that they can be easily observed by anyone who cares to. Return the painting supplies to the armory.
On the way there, ask:
Steve, ... does this ship, by any chance, have a chaplain?
You have nothing to hang the paintings with, so you simply set them against the wall and return the paints.
>I believe the closest thing you'll find is Brother Lars. Floki swaggered along down the hall, hands in the pockets of his standard-issue pants as he eyed anyone passing him.
>Find some central public area, take a look around.
You wander into the rec room and are rather surprised to find a bunch of people wandering around, many in space suits.
"I suppose it would make sense for the door to be airtight. Maybe I can hear something?"
Press ear to door, and see if I can hear anything.
You hear a vague mechanical sound, a "Wuh wuh wuh wuh".
Huh.
Get high as shit. Be a gentleman to May, let her try first, if she so desires
"Hi May."
Smoke/inhale/ingest. Everything.
You take a handful of pills and tablets and jam them into your face.
"Yeah. Yeah that's a good idea." The armory master says, shaking her head before returning to her book. "Have fun with that."
You start to feel like you might have made a mistake but then Thomas turns into a walking phallus and everything seems fine in this universe of happy purple shrimp chimps with the pink liquid cotton candy shoes and screaming parrots made of weight based shame.
((GM: Let me guess, [Will:1] means mindrape or mutation?))
Milno stared at both his gauntlet and prosthetic. It was a very strange situation, since apparently the gauntlet had granted him technical knowledge about the mechanic limb.
Try wishing the gauntlet to briefly assume some of the prosthetic's external features before turning back into its original shape.
It doesn't seem to have any effect.
It was all coming clear now. Maybe it was the stasis. Maybe it was the time dilation. Maybe it was the traipsing throughout the galaxy. Maybe it was the blow to the head during the capture.
But it was all clear now. Why he was here. His purpose. His test.
Lars knew now. He was being tested by the Gazer, and put down in a pocket reality or alternate dimension or some divine anomaly. Here, the Gazer spoke to him through this Steve entity. It was all clear- he must spread the word of Steve!
There was much to do.
"Yes, Lord Steve! I will spread your message. I am but your humble prophet."
Bow in Steve's general direction and head to the Armory. Acquire a metal etching kit.
You do a series of bows in the general direction of everything and then head to the armory and ask for a metal etching kit, ignoring the woman in the clear chested dress who is batting at air.
"Chemical etching or physical tools?" the armory master asks.
Duck and parry Doc's blows. When an opening appears, Counter.
[dex:2]
[doc dex:5]
The Doctor easily slips through your guard and proceeds to wack you in the throat with the flat of his knife before stepping back.
"Hmm, defense needs work."
(Counter: Roll intuition rather then dex while trying to defend from an attack. If your intuition roll is higher then their dex, you gain an automatic, very powerful blow. However, if their dexterity is higher then your intuition they gain an automatic hit.)
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