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"Flamethrower" weapons? - Friday - 06-19-2009
Plasma Sphere
"Flamethrower" weapons? - Walker - 06-19-2009
Go Cortana, get your Plasma Beam AKA Plasma Scapel and gut ships stern to stern.
Plus, it would have to be like a super thermite grenade - Armor today is already very powerful, and if its enough to absorb hits from super-heated plasma and lasers, I doubt fire is going to do much besides give the guy a new paint job.
"Flamethrower" weapons? - Pinko - 06-19-2009
' Wrote:Go Cortana, get your Plasma Beam AKA Plasma Scapel and gut ships stern to stern.
Plus, it would have to be like a super thermite grenade - Armor today is already very powerful, and if its enough to absorb hits from super-heated plasma and lasers, I doubt fire is going to do much besides give the guy a new paint job.
By Flamethrower, let's be logic, I didn't mean fire. More like concentrated plasma or something like that.
"Flamethrower" weapons? - Walker - 06-19-2009
Well - Imagine a Magmahammer - It deals 900 damage per shot, now imagine a stream of that... Capital Ship sized.
"Flamethrower" weapons? - Linkus - 06-19-2009
We use anti-matter weapons.
The sheer energy that the annihilation of anti-matter and matter releases is more than enough to outclass plasma most probably.
"Flamethrower" weapons? - Pinko - 06-19-2009
' Wrote:Well - Imagine a Magmahammer - It deals 900 damage per shot, now imagine a stream of that... Capital Ship sized.
Now, that's the thing. The thing would be useless unless at boarding distance from the other ship. (Which puts you at a really vulnerable situation).
Kinda like a... how do you say in English? Double-edged sword?
"Flamethrower" weapons? - atlantis2112 - 06-19-2009
Hmm.. Flamethrower in space..
Flame = fire = oxygen + fuel
Space =/= Oxygen?
"Flamethrower" weapons? - Montezuma/Kukulcan - 06-19-2009
I think what is being proposed here, is not a 'flame thrower', more of a plasma beam, which would not require oxygen, but would still be quite 'flame-like'.
"Flamethrower" weapons? - Grumblesaur - 06-19-2009
' Wrote:Now, that's the thing. The thing would be useless unless at boarding distance from the other ship. (Which puts you at a really vulnerable situation).That would be the term.
Kinda like a... how do you say in English? Double-edged sword?
As for the weapon, high-refire and plasma don't mix well. You'll melt your guns. There's a reason they're only 2.00 refire.
"Flamethrower" weapons? - SevereTrinity - 06-19-2009
Correction. There is a plasma gun with 4.0 refire (Hogosha)