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True Adamance
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2015.02.27 02:39:00 -
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demonkiller 12 wrote:Pseudogenesis wrote:Why are shotguns so short range and high alpha? That's like asking why assault rifles shoot bullets. Assault rifles dont shoot bullets, they fire plasma
Nope I take that back. Apparently they function in a similar manner to shotgun by feeding the suspended plasma particles into a "cyclotron" that I suppose forms a magnetic containment field around it before firing it as a bolt of suspended plasma.
I'm now wondering if that's what the charge part of Hybrid Charges refers to.
"This is the Usumgal boy, the exalted dragon, wreathed in the fires of heaven. He is a true symbol of God's majesty."
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True Adamance
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Posted - 2015.02.27 03:09:00 -
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MINA Longstrike wrote:
The hybrid charge is the thing that they're converting into plasma (in the case of gallente blaster weapons), caldari use the same things except just hyper-accelerate them as solid-state slugs.
I'd assume as small bolt shaped kinetic energy penetrators in the case of Caldari.
"This is the Usumgal boy, the exalted dragon, wreathed in the fires of heaven. He is a true symbol of God's majesty."
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True Adamance
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Posted - 2015.02.27 03:45:00 -
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Sgt Kirk wrote:True Adamance wrote:MINA Longstrike wrote:
The hybrid charge is the thing that they're converting into plasma (in the case of gallente blaster weapons), caldari use the same things except just hyper-accelerate them as solid-state slugs.
I'd assume as small bolt shaped kinetic energy penetrators in the case of Caldari. Wait, so like a bullet with powder in it to explain it better. The Gallente use the bullet to sustain the powder until the powder can be properly processed, charged and emitted from the weapon? The Caldari use the powder in the bullet to ignite it and propel the bullet with the ignition from the powder?
To some degree yes. But in the case of the Assault Rifle that bullet is formed around the powder in the gun and then fired.
The Caldari just use Railguns.....with what I imagine for small calibre weapons are solid state KE Penetrators. For larger ordinance if you read the Advanced Railgun rounds they use Super Dense Plutonium Sabots or APFSDS rounds (aka KE penetrators) and Iridium Flechette rounds triggered by Gravitron Pulse detonators (so to some degree they are smart rounds).
"This is the Usumgal boy, the exalted dragon, wreathed in the fires of heaven. He is a true symbol of God's majesty."
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