Timeline for Sci-Fi weapon that can kill people through armor, but doesn't damage starship hulls?
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| Jul 30, 2020 at 14:53 | history | edited | ThePainfull | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 29, 2020 at 16:04 | comment | added | ThePainfull | I assumed it was in the context of a firefight inside the ship. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 17:31 | comment | added | broofa | OPs question mentions ships, so presumably this is in space (i.e. vacuum), making sound wave transmission impractical. But an electro-magnetic weapon that causes all of the metal in a ship to resonate at infrasonic frequencies might be plausible enough for OP's purposes. (Bonus: Vibrating everything in the ship at low-but powerful frequences (< 20hz) would wreak havoc on the structural integrity of everything. Shelves falling off walls, data/plumbing/electrical connections failing, optical systems losing alignment... you name it!) | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 17:26 | comment | added | user9824134 | This weapon was used in The Dark Forest to perform exactly the function described by OP, kill the crew, save the ship. It was called an "Infrasonic H Bomb". Armor would not stop it, though it would be countered if there were a vacuum inside the ship. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 16:03 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | Bonus if the 200db sound you play is actually Killing Me Softly With His Song. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 14:16 | history | answered | ThePainfull | CC BY-SA 4.0 |