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[Dutrius]

Alright then, to keep the price down, I'm ditching the hardpoints and I'm just going with small rocket pods.

[NAV]

MYTHRIL PENETRATOR

An extremely thin needle of mythril, using the same vibrating mechanism as a monorazor. Used as a sword, it can easily stab through most armours, and causes great damage to soft tissue because of the vibrating.

Cost: 15 tokens for the 1 meter long sword variant
5 tokens for the 30cm knife variant.

I want to make it cheaper by replacing most of the needle with a less expensive material, keeping the tip of the needle pure mythril. This will keep the penetrating abilities nearly the same, but make it more fragile. Piecewise confirmed this in IRC.

What is the new price? I am aiming for similar an equivalent monorazor weapon to make this weapon actually usable.

[Radio Controlled]

Doesn't that just mean the part of the needle not mythril will snap when pushed against any sort of decent armor? How much 'more fragile' are we speaking here?

[NAV]

He never said how much more fragile, just that it would be more fragile. It's mostly a balance issue, since we are dealing with fictional futuristic materials.
I don't think the tip would instantly snap off, there is a quite a line between indestructium and paper mache.

A possible material we could use is a 50% mythril, 50% steel alloy, to cut the strength and price roughly in half.

[DoctorMcTaalik]

Does anyone know what happens when Piezo/Testament tanks rupture?

[Empiricist]

Does anyone know what happens when Piezo/Testament tanks rupture?

Not much. The fluid solidifies through the use of an electrification chamber in order to become as dangerous as it is when fired. So if it just spurts out before then, it shouldn't be too dangerous except perhaps as a slipping hazard.

[DoctorMcTaalik]

Does anyone know what happens when Piezo/Testament tanks rupture?

Not much. The fluid solidifies through the use of an electrification chamber in order to become as dangerous as it is when fired. So if it just spurts out before then, it shouldn't be too dangerous except perhaps as a slipping hazard.

Ah, that's too bad.

[Xantalos]

You could drink it, see what happens.

[Lenglon]

didn't the doctor inject someone with the stuff?

[syvarris]

I'm not sure about the specific incident you're talking about, but he probably stuck them with crystalline projector fluid.  That stuff will... eat your flesh and replace it, or something.  It's weird.

PS fluid is relatively safe, by comparison.  It just crystallizes when electrocuted, and the crystal explodes when damaged.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Simple.

[Empiricist]

It could be more dangerous than we think. Something's not quite right with it.

[DoctorMcTaalik]

I'm not sure about the specific incident you're talking about, but he probably stuck them with crystalline projector fluid.  That stuff will... eat your flesh and replace it, or something.  It's weird.

PS fluid is relatively safe, by comparison.  It just crystallizes when electrocuted, and the crystal explodes when damaged.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Simple.

So my idea of a suit that excreted the stuff to create continually replenishing crystal armor was really, really bad. Good to know.

[syvarris]

@Emp

The weirdest properties of PS fluid are the remarkable energy density, and the fact that it seems to expand upon becoming a solid.  And that last one is arguable- it's just an accidental result of PW not realizing the implications when he hands out numbers.  To my knowledge, nothing explicitly physics defying happens with it.

@Doctor

Thank you, that made me laugh.  No, it was not a good idea, but it was creative, and creativity is one of the most valuable ideas around here.

[Empiricist]

A throwing knife made out of it uses either UNCON or EXO. That's a rather good sign that something is odd about it. Especially considering a regular throwing knife or a throwing knife with only a blade made out of it uses STR and DEX.

[Sean Mirrsen]

That's because you have to somehow not make it shatter on you. If you hold a knife by the handle, the handle is supposedly doing that part, but if you want to just grab an active crystal and toss it, you have to have some skill with weird tech to not have it go off in your hand.