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Author Topic: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.  (Read 12883 times)

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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #60 on: December 07, 2013, 04:14:27 pm »
I think I'll need to see a reference for that. Especially since you're spelling "laser" with a "z".
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #61 on: December 07, 2013, 04:27:57 pm »
And the spelling affects it how? That's like saying winning tic tac toe makes you sane.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #62 on: December 07, 2013, 04:40:23 pm »
It doesn't--it merely makes me doubt your scientific background on the subject more.

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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #63 on: December 07, 2013, 04:41:17 pm »
I even have a link... Plus I'm fairly certain lazer is the correct spelling of the pew pew things.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #64 on: December 07, 2013, 04:49:49 pm »
Quote from: HissinhWalnuts on December 07, 2013, 04:41:17 pm
I even have a link...
...So you do. For future reference, it's easier to note when you post it in a separate post, especially when your original post is at the bottom of a page.
Huh. I had no idea that could work. Not sure if it could make any real impact on the speed of a bullet. That example had an acceleration of, what, 10-15 m/s2 or so, eyeballing it? Bullets travel for a fraction of a second at close to 900 m/s. That amount of acceleration would mostly move the speed to the other side of 900 m/s half a mile away.

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Plus I'm fairly certain lazer is the correct spelling of the pew pew things.
Not typically, no.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #65 on: December 07, 2013, 05:06:23 pm »
Would heat the bullet a lot making a fairly incendiary/armor melting bullet, also it said a fairly large object could achieve a orbital velocity with this method, though it would require quite a bit of work... inter continent artillery anyone?
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #66 on: December 07, 2013, 05:08:19 pm »
To the first: Incendiary, maybe, but it also has a risk of melting the bullet.

To the second: The issue isn't the amount of acceleration, it's the amount of time. Your device would have maybe a tenth of a second to make an impact, if you were shooting at someone at the other end of a football field. That's just not enough time for much acceleration.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #67 on: December 07, 2013, 05:09:56 pm »
Well since it makes ionized explosions under the craft, perhaps we could have the explosions in the gun to make it fire the bullet out with that?
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #68 on: December 07, 2013, 05:11:28 pm »
I'm not sure that would be better than gunpowder, and suspect it might be worse. And it would certainly be more expensive.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #69 on: December 07, 2013, 05:13:31 pm »
Well its good science just to see if it opens up any new possibilities of laser/ballistic hybrids.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #70 on: December 07, 2013, 05:14:59 pm »
Problem is, weapons-grade lasers destroy the ballistic component.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #71 on: December 07, 2013, 05:16:02 pm »
Perhaps a grenade launcher that shoots a projectile that makes a disco show of deadly lasers?
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #72 on: December 07, 2013, 06:03:27 pm »
That could work. The question is, of course, if it's worth the cost and collateral damage. As in, equal chance of murderizing the team as the enemy.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #73 on: December 07, 2013, 06:22:21 pm »
Shoot it in a small UFO with no humans in it and you've got a free UFO, provided the grenade doesn't do too much damage to the UFO itself.
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Re: X-COM: Only War Science and Engineering thread.
« Reply #74 on: December 07, 2013, 07:44:03 pm »
Honestly, my opinion is that we should just work on getting man-portable railguns. >_>
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