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[Peradon]

Aw man... I was thinking I could toss it into tron, see what happens...

But yeah, thats fine, I guess. Someone has to do it.

[kj1225]

Does anybody have major objections to me just destroying the flesh cube next turn? I'm thinking that it's about time we end this.

Well, it's perfectly possible it could kill you.

Also the people in the anomaly.

[Comrade P.]

I made things

[Sean Mirrsen]

Unfortunately, microwave manips expend energy on cooling things too. They're like powered entropy engines.

And the backblast from a kinamp sandwich going off is enough to fry you from even a good distance. The amount of released energy is equivalent to a small nuke. Having one on a hammer, and especially covering the outside of the hammer instead of just having one as a strike point, is a phenomenally bad idea.

I've actually no idea if the backblast destroys the kinamp sandwich itself, by the way. But Anton's little demolition device based on the kinamp sandwich assumes that it does.

[Comrade P.]

Unfortunately, microwave manips expend energy on cooling things too. They're like powered entropy engines.

And the backblast from a kinamp sandwich going off is enough to fry you from even a good distance. The amount of released energy is equivalent to a small nuke. Having one on a hammer, and especially covering the outside of the hammer instead of just having one as a strike point, is a phenomenally bad idea.

I've actually no idea if the backblast destroys the kinamp sandwich itself, by the way. But Anton's little demolition device based on the kinamp sandwich assumes that it does.

Well, my key assumption on this project was incorrect, as it turned out. What else to say. I'm going to think it over to find another power source that allows self-sufficiency and which is not that lethal to user.
And thanks for your help, of course.

EDIT: Is there generally a way to contain kinamp sandwitch explosive energy and convert it to usable energy? And if there is, how compact it can be made? Can I put a small nuclear reactor based on a tiny yet sturdy kinamp sandwitch in a hammer?

[Sean Mirrsen]

Basically, if the backblast destroys the kinamp sandwich (it's made of regular materials after all), there's likely no way to prevent it from happening. You could use an automanipulator to maintain the device at a constant temperature I suppose, but it would burn out very quickly, and there's no telling if it would even work with the kind of energy the kinamp produces. Even in that case you'll be hit by the explosively disintegrating matter from the target at impact point, but that would likely be less of an issue.

All said, you would undoubtedly find much cheaper ways to do what you actually want to do in this case, because automanips aren't cheap, to make or maintain.

If you want an idea to pursue on your own, how about an electricity-generating metamaterial? Take the PSL ammo for instance, and instead of letting it grow into a brittle crystal, find a way to make it into a resilient piezoelectric brick. Make a hammer made up of two insulated halves, and metallic prongs on each end of each half, that push into the piezoelectric crystal brick in the core when the hammer strikes something. The piezoelectric material will generate electricity, and the conducting, but separated and insulated halves will direct the electric impulse into the closest conductor - usually the target that is being struck.

[Comrade P.]

If you want an idea to pursue on your own, how about an electricity-generating metamaterial? Take the PSL ammo for instance, and instead of letting it grow into a brittle crystal, find a way to make it into a resilient piezoelectric brick. Make a hammer made up of two insulated halves, and metallic prongs on each end of each half, that push into the piezoelectric crystal brick in the core when the hammer strikes something. The piezoelectric material will generate electricity, and the conducting, but separated and insulated halves will direct the electric impulse into the closest conductor - usually the target that is being struck.

That's a good idea. That would do the thing, of course. I just loved kinamp when I saw it, I guess.
And how about this: we put a Gauss-like propelled slug inside the hammerhead, so it punches the hitting surface from inside, and on the outer side there is a kinetic amplifier, so a force from inner punch added to usual blow strength and then squared. That would greatly increase the overall physical impact on target, and maybe even cause some surplus to cause a not-so-user-killling mini-blast on each strike. In case it is possible to build up some heat resistance for kinetic amplifier.
OR, we could combine these - say, we somehow manage to produce bricks of piezoelectric material and then use those bricks as accelerated slugs in construction described above. Then we have both destructive physical damage and electrocuting charge casted upon unfortunate target. That way, it would use two ammunition types at once, though.

Maybe I should stick with standard armory items, at least at beginning. Become familiar with their properties via experience. My character haven't been awaken yet, in fact.

[Nikitian]

That sweet innocent feel of early stage of tinker addiction... Oh, the memories.
Welcome to the club, Comrade P.!  You have great potential. Worry not, it's actually very nice and comfy here, and the walls are so friendly and soft and white...

[Comrade P.]

...
Does Tinker club mainly consists of Russians or something? Or is there is just one in the head of it? What do I care, I totally want in anyway. And I know that by "club you are most likely mean the ones who express interest rather than an actual formation.

Okay now, nevermind. I have to wake Yaroslav up, find out about his gruesome fate after lending deal, rrrrraaage a little and then proceed to whatever I am up to right now.

[Unholy_Pariah]

Do highly stable artifacts such as wireframe doodads count as space magic or exotic materials?

[Radio Controlled]

Comrade p, your char page says you have the bonuses of a synthbody, but that shouldn't be so. You should have a regular robobody, with no bonuses to rolls.

[Comrade P.]

I was confused. I will remove these. You removed these, that is right. Now, am I getting it right that a robobody is just an alternative to flesh, and a synth-body provides you with unnatural abilities as listed? I confused these two terms, it appears. What are these rules for robobody that PW mentioned then?

[Radio Controlled]

I was confused. I will remove these.

Done already! Such speed, much ninja.

[Unholy_Pariah]

I was confused. I will remove these. You removed these, that is right. Now, am I getting it right that a robobody is just an alternative to flesh, and a synth-body provides you with unnatural abilities as listed? I confused these two terms, it appears. What are these rules for robobody that PW mentioned then?

You gain no stat bonuses from simply having it.
You do not reroll failed rolls.
You do not have cam eyes.
You feel no/reduced pain and do not bleed.
Your brain is in your chest so headshots dont kill you.
You can send messages with your brain.
You have a television for a head.
You can load programs onto it to do things or "enhance" your abilities.
You dont need a space suit.

[Sean Mirrsen]

If you've been reading the discussions, then your confusion may have come from me using the term "synthoid" for the robobodies. The full term for the synthbody is "synthflesh body", and synthflesh is a specific substance in the ER-verse. Synthoids are just "synthetic bodies".