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| DeSchaine | Jun 20 2011, 01:59 AM Post #41 |
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Taeunas has two stations up, plans for long term lunar bases, etc. And Arc... we outlawed space based weapons platforms. |
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| Emerald | Jun 20 2011, 07:49 PM Post #42 |
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I have no space weaponry because a gun cannot shoot in outer space. It needs air and space is a vaccum. |
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| Greater Laddneia | Jun 20 2011, 07:53 PM Post #43 |
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That's assuming it's a gunpowder based weapon, which it doesn't have to be... |
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| Zelensgart | Jun 20 2011, 07:55 PM Post #44 |
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A gun designed to work in space would work in space fine - it just would need a propellant charge that doesn't need air to combust, or you could use compressed gas to force the bullet out of the barrel, for example. |
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| Emerald | Jun 20 2011, 07:58 PM Post #45 |
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That would work but a regular M1911 wouldn't shoot. |
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| Zelensgart | Jun 20 2011, 08:14 PM Post #46 |
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True, but if you were intending to fight in space you would presumably develop weapons designed for use in space. An M1911 wouldn't shoot underwater either but that doesn't stop us having submarines. |
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| Emerald | Jun 20 2011, 08:17 PM Post #47 |
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So is it the classic space laser or something else? |
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| Zelensgart | Jun 20 2011, 08:24 PM Post #48 |
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You could probably have a variety of feasible space weapons, I think. Missiles would work, and you could probably make something equivalent to a firearm if you used pressurised gas to propel the shot, or used a charge that had all the necessary reactants mixed in already or something like that. Lasers would work pretty well in space too, I think, as would something like a railgun. (Recoil is a bit of a problem for projectile weapons though, given the lack of friction.) |
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| Emerald | Jun 20 2011, 09:42 PM Post #49 |
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Did we decide if one of the moons is volcanic? |
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| Xosaia | Jun 20 2011, 09:54 PM Post #50 |
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Emerald, I'm pretty sure that that will be decided when the cartography committee gets to a space map, which will come after a biome map, which is under construction now. |
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