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Hawk-eye Occultus
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Posted - 2014.05.09 19:44:00 -
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It is a coilgun, using magnets to accelerate projectiles to high speeds.
Carl Friedrich Gauss came up with the whole idea, and his name was lent to the Gauss (magnetic flux)
Thus, it is a gauss rifle.
Plus, Wikipedia lists coilguns as gauss guns.
I-Shayz-I wrote:Just call it the Railgun. The turrets could be renamed to rail cannons.
Railguns are completely different.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coilgun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
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Hawk-eye Occultus
ARKOMBlNE
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Posted - 2014.05.09 19:52:00 -
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Soldner VonKuechle wrote:Bolt rifle. There
Done.
Make checks payable to Otto VonKuechle, SAM-MIK.
But it shoots Flechettes, not bullets/bolts.
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Hawk-eye Occultus
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Posted - 2014.05.09 21:09:00 -
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Ulysses Knapse wrote:Cat Merc wrote:Since you're changing the names of weapons (For example Assault Rifle --> Plasma Rifle), how about you change the Caldari Sniper Rifle to the Gauss Rifle? This wouldn't really work. 1. It's technically not a gauss gun, but a railgun. 2. Gauss guns are usually relatively less powerful but fire more rapidly. 3. We already have a weapon named the Rail Rifle, and it's weaker than the Sniper Rifle. 4. Naming it the Gauss Rifle would downplay the sniping bit.
O.K.
Turns out It's not actually a gauss gun as I had previously thought, but is really a railgun.
Fetched the decription.
"Using microscale railgun technology, the sniper rifle effectively weaponizes velocity, putting an inert round downrange in excess of 2,500m/s. The standard round is a 2-inch GÇÿbeehive' flechette, loaded automatically from a center-mount pack. The pack design eliminates user intervention and minimizes reload time while simultaneously allowing for future upgradeability; different ammunition configurations require nothing more than switching out the rifle's pack"
The rail rifle is much less specific.
"Part of Kaalakiota's Stahl line of weaponry, the rail rifle is a fast-firing precision weapon designed for field operations where penetrative power and range are paramount. Developed using the corporation's proprietary microscale technology, the rail rifle solves oversaturation issues endemic to sustained fire electromagnetic weaponry. However, it's greater range and power are offset by a smaller magazine capacity and lower rate of fire than similarly classified weapons.
The foregrip design aids stabilization and remains cool to the touch even during prolonged discharge where the barrel can exceed mean operating temperatures. Featuring a reinforced subassembly and compact, heavy-barrel design, the rail rifle is the premier fully automatic microscale weapon available today."
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Hawk-eye Occultus
ARKOMBlNE
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Posted - 2014.05.10 01:21:00 -
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Cat Merc wrote:Then rename the Rail Rifle into Gauss Rifle and the Sniper rifle into Rail Rifle?
Thing is, I think that the Rail Rifle is also a Railgun. But since it doesn't explicitly state this in it's manufacturing info, i'm sure we could have some continuity change.
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