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Post by Fraze on Oct 15, 2007 17:09:16 GMT -5
Thought for a weapon:
Some sort of gun-type weapon, holding what look like regular bullets. Inside each bullet is a miniature black hole, held in stasis. When the bullet is shot, it travels a certain distance, then breaks open, releasing the black hole from its stasis. The black hole does its thing, consuming everything within a certain radius. However, such a small black hole would be very unstable, so after a fraction of a second it explodes. (The boom itself would probably be pretty big, I'd guess.) Anything absorbed by the black hole would be nothing but a slew of elementary particles.
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Post by Kengplant on Oct 15, 2007 17:54:56 GMT -5
Fraze, if you ever do get such a gun, may I kindly request you fire it nowhere within a 1000mile radius of where I stand? Prefferably I'd be near a ship for quick escape. I don't trust black holes. Would it be possible to embed this shield spell into an item of clothing; say, a large batch of sweatshirts or uniforms? And for a forcefield, I think I saw something in one of these books about using bursts of nanites to shoot down missiles. But just doing that looks really complicated; adjusting it to block bullets and sword blows as well would be a nightmare. And we'd have to make a power source that can actually be carried by one person. I've seen other races develop energy shielding that can absorb any physical or energy-based attack. After a certain amount of damage was absorbed, the shields would crackle and disappear. It's definitely possible to construct sophisticated shielding, but the problem with it is the resources needed to build them, especially if we plan on protecting the entire Spacefleet army. However, if our weaponry is exceptionally strong, we won't need to rely as much on force shields since the enemy will have a hard time reaching us, so we should get by with only developing force shields for the soldiers who need it the most. In Dune they had a shield that did not allow the penetration of any object moving above a certain speed, or with a certain amount of force. The down side of this is if they discover the speed necessary to cross it and master how to perform such a blow we would be vulnerable. The larger set back it that it it were hit by a laser the resulting explosion would be greater than that of your average nuclear bomb. |
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Post by Fraze on Oct 15, 2007 17:58:14 GMT -5
Well...if you say so. Though I suppose I should admit now that I'm completely fascinated with black holes.
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Post by Omni on Oct 15, 2007 18:40:08 GMT -5
In Dune they had a shield that did not allow the penetration of any object moving above a certain speed, or with a certain amount of force. The down side of this is if they discover the speed necessary to cross it and master how to perform such a blow we would be vulnerable. (Reminds me of Stargate, where the Goa'ould had shields that only allowed slower moving objects to pass through. It was mainly meant so that it could block bullets, but allow someone to toss them a staff weapon. So SG1 began to just throw knives at them when they had such a shield.) Maybe they're sitting on your head, Amnei? (And a little note on Ethan's network port: Think, physically shaped, less like an Ethernet/USB/Firewire port, and a lot more like a microphone/headphone port. You wouldn't be able to stick in a set of headphones and hear his thoughts. If anything, it would sound like dial-up internet going at a million MPH.  ) |
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Post by Amneiger on Oct 15, 2007 22:09:18 GMT -5
If these other races have it, do you think they'd be willing to sell?
And these goggles on my head are just protective ones. Ah, here they are. *pulls out set of yellow goggles* Let's take another look here...
So this wire goes here and this one goes there and that one leads to an implant...
Okay, I think I know what most of those wires do, so I can put together an adaptor.
Oh, Zari, would it be possible to enchant these lab coats? I'd rather not get blown up by an overloading piece of lab equipment.
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Post by Kengplant on Oct 16, 2007 1:18:40 GMT -5
In Dune they had a shield that did not allow the penetration of any object moving above a certain speed, or with a certain amount of force. The down side of this is if they discover the speed necessary to cross it and master how to perform such a blow we would be vulnerable. (Reminds me of Stargate, where the Goa'ould had shields that only allowed slower moving objects to pass through. It was mainly meant so that it could block bullets, but allow someone to toss them a staff weapon. So SG1 began to just throw knives at them when they had such a shield.) Maybe they're sitting on your head, Amnei? (And a little note on Ethan's network port: Think, physically shaped, less like an Ethernet/USB/Firewire port, and a lot more like a microphone/headphone port. You wouldn't be able to stick in a set of headphones and hear his thoughts. If anything, it would sound like dial-up internet going at a million MPH. ) Frank Herbert had the idea first by a long shot. On the other hand Appothas' doesn't go nuclear when hit by a laser. It's also less sensitive to speed. An arrow can pass through his. In dune you couldn't kill somemone wearing a shield by throwing a knife. You'd have to strike fast, then slow down a lot before you hit the shield so the blade could pass through. |
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Post by zarikrahia on Oct 16, 2007 1:30:57 GMT -5
Yes, it would. More than one sheild spell layered on top of one another should do.
I should have though of Sheil-spell labcoats. Otherwise I wouldn't have this lovely permanant set of extra ears *prods cat ears absently and gets out sheild magic theory book*
ALSO- It is possible for me to use a Sheild that regurgitates opponents Magic and shoots it back at them, following their signature.
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Post by Amneiger on Oct 16, 2007 22:20:12 GMT -5
Right, Ethan, here's your adapter. This side with the prong goes in your head, this side is where you can plug in a standard cable.
Oh, and about your knife sheath. The good news is that I've gotten the nanites to start sharpening the knife. The bad news is that they don't know when to stop and I had to throw the prototype into the incinerator to keep the whole lab from being "sharpened." Maybe if I adjusted the density meters...
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Post by Kengplant on Oct 16, 2007 23:15:23 GMT -5
*comes in to pick up her blades* *'discovers' that the nanites had already done their work on the edge of the table*
o.0 ... Ummm... can I get some bandages please? My werewolf properties should heal me up pretty quickly but uhh... well, bandages would be nice to stop the bleeding... and some towels maybe...
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Post by Amneiger on Oct 17, 2007 0:03:05 GMT -5
 Didn't notice that. Here, have this towel. We might have a few spare tables in storage *goes to check* |
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Post by Omni on Oct 17, 2007 11:40:24 GMT -5
(('This side goes in your head.' I find that humorous for some reason.  )) *takes adapter* Yeah, that does present a problem. Maybe there's a way to keep them from getting out of the sheath? And the nanites wouldn't have a problem if there was a foreign substance on the blade, right? |
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Post by Amneiger on Oct 17, 2007 13:45:46 GMT -5
A...foreign substance. Hadn't thought of that. I'll check it with the next prototype. |
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Post by Fraze on Oct 17, 2007 17:56:22 GMT -5
A...foreign substance. Hadn't thought of that. I'll check it with the next prototype. A foreign substance, like...blood? If it were me, I might try to find a way to program the nanites to clean off any such foreign substances. |
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Post by Amneiger on Oct 17, 2007 21:27:42 GMT -5
Blood...hmm. I'll need somebody willing to donate blood samples...or I could just take it from the blood bank in the medical area. >>
Anyhow:
Tested the new prototype with an ordinary blade. After thirty seconds, the only thing left was the hilt.
Tested again with a knife with a concrete core. After thirty seconds, all the steel had been stripped off the concrete.
Tested yet again with a sliver of brick. The brick was untouched.
Tested a fourth time with a sliver of iron. The iron was eaten.
Maybe I entered the molecular description for metal incorrectly.
Oh, by the way: Fraze, do you want this sharp table?
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Post by Kengplant on Oct 18, 2007 0:11:27 GMT -5
*finnishes cleaning up the blood from her cuts*
It may not nescassarily be blood on the blades, could something to add to the deadlyness of the blade like a poison or something.
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Didn't notice that. Here, have this towel. We might have a few spare tables in storage *goes to check*