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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3320
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Posted - 2014.03.17 11:14:00 -
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I call foul anyway: an unaugmented human attempting to fire any variant of Flaylock would at the very least suffer a Galeazzi fracture. The kick on those things is tough for a clonemerc wearing a power-assisted dropsuit to handle, and those guys can flip over armoured LAVs with one hand and not too much difficulty.
Oh, and let's not forget the perforated eardrum, shoulder subluxation and probably an amputated trigger finger. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3323
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Posted - 2014.03.17 11:34:00 -
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Oh yeah. I clean forgot about the second-degree burns to any exposed epidermis along the hand, forearm, upper arm, chest and face, not to mention the corneal damage if the shooter isn't wearing eye protection. And exhaust particulates driven into the burned epidermis, often resulting in toxic shock.
Still, at least he didn't specify a clone-merc grade blaster weapon like the newly-prototyped Ion Pistols, which has all that good stuff plus thirty milliSieverts of cyclotron radiation with every shot. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3323
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Posted - 2014.03.17 11:49:00 -
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Well you know how infantry-grade blaster weapons have traditionally been bulky, impractical and underpowered thanks to the need to prevent the operator from fatally irradiating themselves just by firing it?
Well, the advent of shielded dropsuits, the DUST implant and of course the proprietary tech that Duvolle Labs developed for the G75-VLB has meant that there's now a market for particle-blaster light weaponry. Hence, the Ion Pistol. A dose of radiation that will negatively impact your long-term stochastic health really is of zero concern for clone mercenaries whose average on-mission life expectancy is something in the region of two minutes.
Of course, being clonemercs and therefore completely insane, the standard model they've adopted is the one without safety limiters and internal temperature controls. I'll let you take a second to appreciate just how hot that gun might get.
It's all in answer to Kaalakiota's microscale rail weaponry program and the equipment the Empire invented for Project Templar. There's an arms race going on right now in the field of weapons which assume that their operator A: is as strong as an MTAC and B: regards their own survival as a happy bonus.
Investing in weapons manufacturers is a pretty sure-fire win at the moment. Kaalakiota, Ishukone, Duvolle, Creodron, Six Kin, and Viziam are all posting big profits from their weaponry divisions compared to this time two years ago. Every one of them is on the Expert Finances "Hot Buy" list. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3325
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Posted - 2014.03.17 12:34:00 -
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I'm still amused by the forge gun, AKA the Deep Core Mining DS-1. It's not actually a weapon, it's mining equipment - it just turns out to be really good at mining tanks. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3325
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Posted - 2014.03.17 12:41:00 -
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good grief no. Frigate railguns start at 75mm. Strong as they are, a DUST merc couldn't handle that recoil - even with a heavy suit on, the forces involved would fling them twenty meters. No, the DS-1 fires a much smaller caliber solid round with no plasma inside - all of its penetrating power comes from the round being tiny and going very, very fast.
Spaceship-grade weaponry is still an order of magnitude bigger in pretty much every regard. a DS-1 would barely register to a frigate pilot. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3378
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Posted - 2014.03.24 17:11:00 -
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Ashlar Vellum wrote:Empire is not the one who has a history of breaking treaties and agreements.
If you can point me to a single official Imperial document or decree formally stating that the Empire has officially agreed and solemnly sworn before their God never to attempt to Reclaim the Caldari, then this point (even if it were true) might gain some hint of validity.
As it is, I am aware of no such agreement. They have agreed to TRADE with us, nothing more.
An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3389
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Posted - 2014.03.27 17:33:00 -
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don't forget her rubber-missile-waving and sword-polishing time. Both activities are absolutely critical to the prosperity and security of the Caldari people. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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