Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: New file uploaded to SkunkworksAMA

From: Miguel <my.resistance_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:21:16 -0800


LOL! forgot the link is broken(bonks self)
and umm, jimhow do you feel about comissions done but with your characters
are being used, just wanted to ask since i couldn't find anything about it
doy! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SAMA_Off-topicDiscussions/
Insanity has never brought me closer


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Miguel <my.resistance_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> fixed it up a lil, so come one, come all ^.^
> start a conversation
> and even discuss things about the group about older subjects, like the
> Trio's unverse, and what we learned over the years about our Beloved
> Skunkworks Anthromorfic Modeling Agency if you want, Make sre to give it a
> proper title, it will be moderated, so popularity polls will be put in for
> Cartwaul, BTT an SAMA,
> Insanity has never brought me closer
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:52 PM, MiguelM <my.resistance_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com <SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.com>,
>> "chrysaetos_at_..." <chrysaetos_at_...> wrote:
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>> > Nate wrote:
>> > > Mmmmmm, gauss rifles. *drool* That would be so perfect for a sniper.
>> No report, no muzzle flash to give away your position, next to no recoil.
>> Not even a heat signature from a hot barrel to give it away. I want one!
>> > >
>> >
>> > That doesn't add up, physically speaking. Assuming you're talking about
>> > a hypersonic railgun/coilgun, it would have a report in the form of the
>> > bullet's sonic boom. Granted, that makes it hard to localize for a
>> > human ear, but there is currently in service at least one sniper
>> > detection/location device that uses a set of microphones to track the
>> > path of a supersonic slug -- which is to say, hard for a human ear, easy
>>
>> > for a computer. There would certainly be recoil. If you're
>> > accelerating a physical object, there's no way to escape the equal and
>> > opposite force. The heat signature would depend entirely on the
>> > efficiency of the magnets and such used to fire. This device has to
>> > deliver an enormous amount of energy to the slug very quickly to
>> > accelerate it from zero to hypersonic in the space of a meter or so;
>> > that means its efficiency will be pretty lousy, and the magnets will
>> > heat up quite a bit with each shot. In an honest-to-god sniper rifle,
>> > it would probably need a supply of cryogenic coolant to keep the magnets
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>> > superconductive and get rid of the waste heat from each shot. With
>> > modern technology, gunpowder -- chemical energy in any form, that is --
>> > is the most efficient and compact way to store energy. Assuming
>> > "sufficiently advanced" technology like room-temp superconductors and
>> > arbitrarily compact energy storage, you can get away with more.
>> >
>> > Finally, keep in mind that a "needle gun" will tend to punch through an
>> > unarmored body without doing much damage. A heavy subsonic lead bullet
>> > is far more effective at killing an unarmored target than a small, fast
>> > round with equal kinetic energy. A small, fast penetrator is effective
>> > at passing through armor without delivering its energy, but it's equally
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>> > good at passing through the target without doing so either.
>> > Alternatives:
>> > -You could use a charged needle. If you just used the needle to deliver
>> > a powerful electrical jolt, a small explosive charge, or some other
>> > unpleasant payload, you don't care what it does after it hits. You're
>> > relying on the payload to do the damage. (Poison isn't a good choice,
>> > because it'll tend to burn off from atmospheric friction and the needle
>> > would tend to sear its own wound.)
>> > -You could use something akin to a modern API round. It's a regular
>> > bullet made of soft metal with a hard penetrator in the center. Against
>> > flesh, it works like a regular bullet. Against armor, the soft metal
>> > stops and the penetrator continues on through, after heating up to
>> > ungodly temperature from the friction of having the lead coat stripped
>> > off. It won't hurt an armored target as much as the bullet would an
>> > unarmored one, but they'll know they've been kissed, so to speak.
>> > -Taking a page from modern antiarmor weapons, you could equip the bullet
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>> > with a tandem warhead. Imagine a bullet shaped like a milk bottle. The
>> > body of the bottle is your regular bullet, which is a hollow-point or
>> > fragmenting design intended to deliver maximum energy in minimum
>> > distance. Normally that would be useless againt the simplest body
>> > armor, but the neck and tip of the bottle contain a small charge -- it
>> > could be akin to a HEAT explosive, or a tiny one-shot laser generator,
>> > or whatever. When the tip of the round strikes, it fires its payload,
>> > which clears a path for the next three inches or so. If they have body
>> > armor on, the rest of the bullet passes through this cleared channel and
>>
>> > hits the guy inside. If they don't, well, the bullet hits them a little
>> > deeper than usual.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------
>> > "Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day,
>> > but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest
>> > of his life."
>> > -- (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)
>> > -----------------------------------------
>> >
>> made this to continue the topic, for fear of moderator shutdown
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SW_AMA_Off-topicDiscussions/
>> and jim if you want me to take it down, then give me the say so
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