Timeline for Tactical influences of an entirely electricity-based arsenal on starships?
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Feb 24, 2015 at 15:59 | comment | added | Erik | As a potential reason for why these people don't use ballistic weapons and rockets: they would also be zapped. If you can make a zap that can scar a warship, I don't think any ballistic ammunition can get near. | |
Oct 3, 2014 at 14:06 | comment | added | mechalynx | @DannyReagan xD "The Arc Caster" +1 - this is something for the future so, by then I might have answers for all this. | |
Oct 3, 2014 at 14:05 | comment | added | Danny Reagan | @ivy_lynx Then by all means go for it, just don't forget to answer the obvious objections or you'll lose your readers as they try to come up with ways around arbitrary restrictions. Even a simple handwave can be sufficient if the thing is cool enough. i.e: "Projectile weapons were quickly rendered obsolete before the awesome power of the Arc Caster." | |
Oct 3, 2014 at 13:54 | comment | added | mechalynx | @DannyReagan that last part is what I was thinking of. The ultimate point of the whole idea is to make space combat more unusual and a lot less linear for a reader/player/whatever. If it has tiny 3rd-4th level details that don't make complete sense, it's probably ok. Unless something is actually real I don't think you can get a completely flawless imaginary setting. The biggest sin is being boring, not being non-sensical :P | |
Oct 3, 2014 at 13:50 | comment | added | Danny Reagan | @ivy_lynx It definitely could! You could use the army's idea for blazing easiest paths for offensive purposes, helping to cut down on friendly fire. Defenses still present a problem if you intend for them to zap any nearby object, but keeping ships out of each other's defensive envelopes is not too constraining. As to surface voltage regulation, while I suspect the science doesn't work like you think it does, it would allow for exciting use of intrigue and espionage. Imagine if a fleet managed to get ahold of the voltage sequence their enemy was using! | |
Oct 3, 2014 at 13:39 | comment | added | mechalynx | Great answer - no offense to the other answers, the question is kind of crappy, but this one I liked the most so far. However, I did mention that they supposedly regulate their surface voltage through a sequence, to specifically prevent friendly fire. Obviously the regulation would maintain friendly ships close to the voltage level of the weapon, but if distances are taken into account and easier paths, couldn't that work? | |
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Oct 3, 2014 at 13:10 | history | answered | Danny Reagan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |