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| outpost_2:outpost_2_manual:weapons [2015/11/28 22:14] – dave_erald | outpost_2:outpost_2_manual:weapons [2015/11/28 22:14] – [Starflare] dave_erald |
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| ====Starflare==== | ====Starflare==== |
| | The energy storage systems used in all colony vehicles lends itself readily to an effective self-destruct mechanism. Volt-sinks, used to store and moderate the output of cool-fusion reactors, react explosively if short-circuited at low resistance. Simply dropping a conductive buss-bar across the terminals will create an explosion large enough to destroy the unit and do considerable damage in the immediate area. |
| | While the initial intent of the self-destruct mechanism was to keep damaged units from being captured, it quickly became apparent that such suicide tactics had strategic applications. Unfortunately, the small explosion generated did not generally justify the intentional sacrifice of an expensive combat vehicle. This led to the development of specialized self-destruct turrets capable of doing enough damage to be worth the sacrifice of a combat chassis. |
| | The first of these self-destruct turrets is the Starflare. The Starflare uses a shaped charge to direct most of its blast energy outward around the vehicle. It can destroy nearby vehicles and do considerable damage to nearby structures. The charge is configured so as to confine most of the damage very close to the turret, allowing it to be used relatively close to friendly units. |
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| ====StickyFoam==== | ====StickyFoam==== |
| Plymouth's StickyFoam weapon is a low-velocity projectile weapon firing a non-metallic warhead. The warhead is a two-compartment bi-chemical system that discharges on impact. The shells are stored in the magazine empty, and are filled from separate tanks only when they are in the firing chamber. The mixing of the two highly reactive liquids produces a rapidly expanding glob of aerogel. Aerogels are extremely light, open-cell foam materials with cell sizes in the nanometer range. They contain materials that are solid, but seem little more substantial than smoke. While most aerogels have little mechanical strength, StickyFoam is laced with ultra-strong carbon Buckytubes, 600 times stronger than steel. The foam disintegrates after a short period, but while it remains intact, a vehicle covered with it will be completely immobilized.\\ | Plymouth's StickyFoam weapon is a low-velocity projectile weapon firing a non-metallic warhead. The warhead is a two-compartment bi-chemical system that discharges on impact. The shells are stored in the magazine empty, and are filled from separate tanks only when they are in the firing chamber. The mixing of the two highly reactive liquids produces a rapidly expanding glob of aerogel. Aerogels are extremely light, open-cell foam materials with cell sizes in the nanometer range. They contain materials that are solid, but seem little more substantial than smoke. While most aerogels have little mechanical strength, StickyFoam is laced with ultra-strong carbon Buckytubes, 600 times stronger than steel. The foam disintegrates after a short period, but while it remains intact, a vehicle covered with it will be completely immobilized.\\ |