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It's okay.
It's okay.It's okay.it's okayDesign: EAF-X2 "Raider" Laser RifleThe Raider Laser Rifle
WHICH WE'RE SURE OUR ENGINEERS WON'T MESS UP ON is a highly refined version of the Ranger, and is largely a set of many smaller improvements for a net gain more than the sum of its parts.
The first set of improvement is the "laser bits" - a term actually coined by our leading technical engineers. By taking a good luck at our notes made through the creation of the Ranger, what we've learned about lasers in the process, taking a mild glance at the Escher Layout notes and seeing how we could apply some lessons learned
from the executed engineers to the laser, we should be able to decrease inefficiency, notably improving the power of the laser versus the power taken from the magazines. We can't break the laws of physics
(yet), but we can make the ratio of power in:out inch closer to 1. We also turn the "laser power" dial inside the gun up a fair bit and the "pulse timer" dial down a bit.
All together, this means that the Raider should fire a shorter, more powerful beam (for a bit more damage and) for a bit less power and even fit a few more shots in its "magazine". Hopefully increasing its effectiveness beyond the point of "niche gun" and well past primitive kinetics.
These improvements should also have the intentional side effect of notably decreasing bulkiness. We're okay with the Raider being considered relatively bulky, but it should be easily usable by everyone who will be holding a gun. The Raider should be our mainstay rifle. Powerful. Easy to use. Rechargeable ammo. Near-perfect stealth. Perfect accuracy. Great range. A civilized weapon.
Now, because these things should all be easy, we have the time to incorporate some other minor changes.
1.) A (hi-res) digital counter outlining the state of the NQ Cells, every part of the gun, and more importantly in big bold (stylistic) text - the amount of pulse shots left/beam time remaining.
2.) White paint. Because it really just fits, y'know? (Only if this doesn't actually hurt us - like anticamo - if we do this)
3.) Holographic Sights. Turns out that very specific uses of the Escher Layout in ways vaguely similar to various light-emitting devices creates holograms. Our engineers thought this was silly. Well, they're
executed WRONG and we have made cool simply primitive holographic "iron" sights. Basically they're little holographic circles floating above the gun that, in addition to being
WAY COOL, should be notably better than regular ironsights.
TL;DR: A competent, mainstay laser gun. More power, bit more effective "ammo", and it gets aforementioned "more power" done with a smaller pulse so it's more like a regular gun. (Beam time would go down probably, but effective damage for that total beam time and effective "ammo" should both go up hopefully). Less bulky. Cool digital status indicator + ammo counter. White paint.
HOLOGRAPHIC SIGHTS.TL;DR TL;DR: The Ranger is a niche weird sniper rifle. The Raider is just a gun that's better in every way hopefully usable by our infantry. And since it's just a collection of individually really easy changes it should
hopefully be Easy.
TL;DR TL;DR TL;DR: Ranger = niche sniper rifle. Raider = better infantry rifle (that's also better at sniping). Holographic sights.
Also, here's a possible fusion reactor design. I'd imagine other people have better ideas on how to do this than me, so please post other concepts for Fusion designs or give me a ton of feedback for this one.
Design: Nuclear Fusion "Skylight" ReactorThe Skylight reactor's purpose is quite obvious - to create a viable fusion reactor. We're only shooting for "it works here." Anything beyond that, especially ship reactors, is merely an unexpected but hopeful bonus. Ultimately, its design is most similar to the
Tokamak concept commonly chased on Earth prior to our departure.
Really, the Skylight gains from two main advantages compared to its failed predecessors:
1.) Funding & Dedication. Earth was a chaotic place with many nations and many interests all competing, and fusion research often got caught in the crossfire. By focusing the combined resources, time, and effort of our colony on fusion power generation, we should get much more done in
much less time.
2.) Escher Nanostructures. We believe that we can effectively replicate a room-temperature superconductor by strategically aligning Escher Nanostructures on a larger scale with the pure goal of conducting electricity without resistance. No wire, no resistance. Pretty simple. These do have a tendency to flow current backwards under strong magnetic fields (which will occur), but if that's a problem then fixing it
should still be much easier than the extra effort required if we had to use non-room temperature superconductors like a bunch of barbarians.
TL;DR: Make a Tokamak fusion reactor. We don't expect (but hope) it to work perfectly as a ship reactor - we just need the theory down. The "gimmick" is that we use Escher Nanostructures (power pathing) as room temperature superconductors. Like I said in t he design - "no wires, no resistance".
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