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[Caellath]

Are AKs still commonly used in this post-apocalyptic world or are they supposed to be relics? I need to know so I can temper Gilles' actions accordingly. Egan would probably also benefit from that information.

[Egan_BW]

Given that we're not even on Earth, I'd think that the ak isn't even a recognisable design. Something from a long lost past behind all the other long lost pasts.

[_DivideByZero_]

Good question, since the colonists came straight from Earth it might be in there, but given that this is at least two thousand years into the future that mostly eliminates the possibility of recognizing it.

Most people who have been around guns would recognize it as an assault rifle, but it would be very hard to tell that it's actually from the long-ancient past and not milled in some mid-tier smith's shop.

[Caellath]

We're in a mess of a fight while Raioyris hoards spiritmons and threatens children with a gun.

[Caellath]

Doublepost: while I did explain what Gilles did in more detail in the flavor, I do suspect that the result was because of a failure of both the attack test and the followup test after a heavy attack, so that's ok.

[_DivideByZero_]

Doublepost: while I did explain what Gilles did in more detail in the flavor, I do suspect that the result was because of a failure of both the attack test and the followup test after a heavy attack, so that's ok.

Oh! I misinterpreted your action. Sorry about that!

I suppose you could produce another lasso. The question is whether you'd cut the rope or whether you have a set "magazine" of lassos rather than just a spool.

[Caellath]

Cut the lasso. While I suppose the winch system itself would have a cutting system for emergencies (such as in the rare case a critter proves too tough even for his emergency stabilization system), something involving a magazine of lassos would be too complex.

Edited the post to make my mental image clearer.

[Caellath]

Why is Raioyris resorting to violence before even watching to see whether they're aggressive? I'm not saying you're wrong (as you're right in case they are hostile), but it seems a bit too hasty.

[WunderKatze]

Because in his mind freezing them isn't violence.

[Egan_BW]

And here we see the typical magician's disregard for physics and physiology.

[Caellath]

Does that mean we now have to fear Raioyris may end up freezing and killing one of us someday because he doesn't consider it violence?

[WunderKatze]

If you guys insist I'll change my actions on the basis of misinformation; I imagined them to be robotic spiders like the first ones we ran into, I though Raioyris would just be immobilizing them, hence my response to you.

Before you get started, it is seemingly reasonable in this setting for robotic spiders to be formed small and grow by accumulating matter considering all the majorly wacky things we've seen so far.

[Caellath]

Robotic or not, you're probably asking for the Banshee to appear again in case those spiders count as innocent in her eyes.

[AzyWng]

Just a question about the laser weapons: How would a certain laser deal extra damage without having penetrative power?

I'm assuming damage is a measure of the ability of a laser to melt a hole in something. Which would easily create a penetrative effect. I think.

[_DivideByZero_]

Good question! Two reasons. The first is that most targets are moving, and for that matter the wielder tends to shake the weapon while firing it. A laser needs time to dig into something, and while a laser pulse can be many millionth's of a second long, it takes a lot of these pulses for it to dig a hole.

The second reason is more in-depth and I'm not a physicist, but my interpretation is that it would contribute to the problem.

Spoiler: Focal Length (click to show/hide)

Do you know how a laser cutter works? It usually has a set of mirrors which reflect the laser over the target, and then a lens which focuses the laser to a specific point. The key word is the lens, which has a particular focal distance.

Laser weapons in this setting have a lens assembly on the front called the Focuser, which features an inbuilt rangefinder (older laser weapons don't have an automatic rangefinder, so you have to configure it manually) and adjusts the focal length of a multi-lens assembly to match the target's distance. The problem is that while this works for long distances, it's not really possible for the Focuser to detect how deep the laser went into your target, since it's not directly centered in front of the laser. So the Focuser continues to pick up the general distance to surface of the target, regardless of the hole you've punched.

For REALLY BIG lasers the need for a lens disappears, and it can indeed penetrate deeply into most targets. But for lasers on a budget, i.e. most handheld weapons with a battery, you need that focusing array, and hence, get non-optimal performance.

There's also performance-based reasons, like having to get the matter out of the hole, and that being more difficult the deeper the hole is, but I'm not qualified to even take a guess at that.