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Incendiary weapons?
« on: April 09, 2012, 01:58:16 AM »

Good idea? Bad idea? Something that would deal damage over time vs. instantly...
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, 02:21:29 AM »

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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2012, 03:56:53 AM »

To sumarise the other topic: Armor Plates. Big thick steel Armor Plates. They do as they please.
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, 05:43:30 AM »

Now acid on the other hand... :P
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2012, 09:50:28 AM »

Acid on the other hand what? I don't want to wait freaking years for acid to start scratching paint.
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 09:56:35 AM »

Could be very potent acid, or instead of acid it could be a swarm of nano-bots... but they would have to be very bad nano-bots because otherwise they would overrun whatever they hit.
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 10:00:18 AM »

Nanobots could work, but that seems way, way, too advanced for the state humanity is in. But acid? We've already discovered the most potent acid around. You can't go any lower on the pH scale. And you're not gonna be able to deliver and distribute enough of it to damage warship armor.
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, 10:38:06 AM »

Oh come on didn't you see the tongue on the smiley face? I was totally kidding. Its super space acid of doomy doom! Infused with unobtanium juice :D
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2012, 10:40:14 AM »

Sounds like a very pricey meal to me :/
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2012, 11:20:45 AM »

Oh come on didn't you see the tongue on the smiley face? I was totally kidding. Its super space acid of doomy doom! Infused with unobtanium juice :D

Oh. Sorry. I'm a very humorless person.
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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2012, 11:27:28 AM »

Ahhh! Iscariot has 666 posts, everyone run for your lives!
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2012, 11:28:54 AM »

Hehehee! Just as you posted I made it my profile pic to commemorate the METOL. Now I need to put on some awesome doom metal.
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2012, 11:44:16 AM »

I was actually thinking of making a trailing cloud type weapon. Not sure how to justify its existence (other than it fit in with the race I am going to build someday and they're aliens so who needs to understand!), but figured you could release a bunch of small HE particles and get this effect. Would need each particle to do relatively small damage. Also don't know if the engine would like this, haha.
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2012, 12:03:29 PM »

I was actually thinking of making a trailing cloud type weapon. Not sure how to justify its existence (other than it fit in with the race I am going to build someday and they're aliens so who needs to understand!), but figured you could release a bunch of small HE particles and get this effect. Would need each particle to do relatively small damage. Also don't know if the engine would like this, haha.

Modified bomb launchers?
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Re: Incendiary weapons?
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2012, 02:52:19 PM »

It does this with one of the mods, I think it's like Hellfire missile Launchers or something for the Scrappers. Launches 3 missiles and bursts into about 100 small, and very bright, HE projectiles. Similar to a MIRV.
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