But, all that aside. When I see your sig I become worried.

Uhm. I'm not sure when this happened, but the early technology for plasma rail cannons is a thing now.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_railgun

I find it neat.


I read things about a homemade railgun by some dudes using aluminum as ammo, which isn't magnetic.. "Aluminum is usefull because aluminum has a high boiling point.' Not sure why, but that's what someone who built a backyard railgun said. I saw white sparks and blue aluminum smoke come out the end. It definitely vaporized the small block. In fact they didn't even video it hitting anything. A video of a smaller version put some damage into something like a shotgun, but it wasn't nearly as effective as an actual shotgun.


So if high boiling points are usefull, Does hybrid ammunition in EVE have high boiling points. Would it relate? They are all at plasma based on the descriptions, and some of them are things like "Iron" and "Tungstun". I always read that and it makes me worrisome that hybrid ammo might be dangerous if the magnetic on the ammo fails.


Now that things in sci-fi are becoming reality we can test it against the guess of EVE. See if the devs were smarter than they thought when writing how the technology in EVE worked.

I assume high boiling points in ammo is desired because the process of firing it produces a lot of heat, therefore having ammo that will stay solid and not just splatter against the target is a good thing.

I'm just guessing though, I know little about these things.

Good, good; another railgun post.

So if high boiling points are usefull, Does hybrid ammunition in EVE have high boiling points. Would it relate? They are all at plasma based on the descriptions, and some of them are things like "Iron" and "Tungstun".....

I'll take Roddenberry over Clarke any day.

I came to this about EVE when trying to figure out how they fire aluminum. Because it ain't magnetic.

I'm guessing melting point doesn't matter because molten or not, the metal will still hit with the same mass and velocity.

As described in that wiki you linked, the rail gun accelerates the ammo by passing current through it. You form a motor of sorts, when your electricity goes through one of the rods (rails), sideways through the ammo, and then back through the other rod (rail). The flowing current forms a magnetic field that pushes the ammo down the rails.

The ammo doesn't have to be magnetic, just electrically-conductive. Metals conduct electricity, so they work. Plasma also conducts electricity, so it also works. Of course, passing electricity through metals creates heat, which is where resistivity and boiling point come into effect. I'm guessing melting point doesn't matter because molten or not, the metal will still hit with the same mass and velocity.

Uhm. I'm not sure when this happened, but the early technology for plasma rail cannons is a thing now.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_railgun

I find it neat.


I read things about a homemade railgun by some dudes using aluminum as ammo, which isn't magnetic.. "Aluminum is usefull because aluminum has a high boiling point.' Not sure why, but that's what someone who built a backyard railgun said. I saw white sparks and blue aluminum smoke come out the end. It definitely vaporized the small block. In fact they didn't even video it hitting anything. A video of a smaller version put some damage into something like a shotgun, but it wasn't nearly as effective as an actual shotgun.


So if high boiling points are usefull, Does hybrid ammunition in EVE have high boiling points. Would it relate? They are all at plasma based on the descriptions, and some of them are things like "Iron" and "Tungstun". I always read that and it makes me worrisome that hybrid ammo might be dangerous if the magnetic on the ammo fails.


Now that things in sci-fi are becoming reality we can test it against the guess of EVE. See if the devs were smarter than they thought when writing how the technology in EVE worked.

I kno right? But its projectiling them as a plasma. Blasters magnetic field (ball) it and fire it, which is to explain why it dissipates so fast "meaning short range". While railguns hurl it really fast and precise. The T2 ammunitions have explanations for how they work, but "rocket assisted" only works for projectiles. I don't see how a "rocket sabot" assists plasma fired in T2 spike ammo.

I find it neat.

I find it spiteful.

Where are technologies enabling comfortable and fast space travel and colonization, where are technologies enabling humanity to thrive, rather than to destroy itself?

The US Navy has an operational railgun that they're going to put on destroyers.

Hope the destoryer isnt called "catalyst." Otherwise I think the US Navy is going to gank some **** in the future

I find it spiteful.

Where are technologies enabling comfortable and fast space travel and colonization, where are technologies enabling humanity to thrive, rather than to destroy itself?

That's mostly an issue with politics, not the science, when you really think about it. Most of the scientist, chemists, and theoretical physicist who worked on the science behind mankind's first nukes weren't likely hoping to build one of the most powerful and devastating weapons in human history. In fact it's probably not uncommon for scientists to be opposed to their **** being used in strictly military applications. So, to answer those questions directly in one word: government.

Most, if not all, of the really dangerous weapons -- you know, the stuff that would make you cringe and really question the morality and ethics behind it -- could easily be used in far better, humane, and more agreeable applications. Problem is, we humans are too busy trying to figure out bigger, better, and more interesting ways to kill each other, along with anything else human or otherwise that gets caught in the crossfire. When we're not doing that, we're still too busy trying to justify the killing in the first place.

Just be glad nature made sex as pleasurable as it is. It's the perfect incentive to procreate, or our species wouldn't still be here. Even then, it's still a wonder.

I came to this about EVE when trying to figure out how they fire aluminum. Because it ain't magnetic.

I imagined this is really just that "electrical Jacobs ladder" (science toy) turned into a weapon.

Space travel has very little to do with politics and more to do with trying to replicate a biosphere that wont suffer cascade failure for decades or centuries. This is why we are massively interested in FTL solutions.

In short.. if the speed of light is as fast as we are ever going to travel all space flight systems must exist for the long haul. This isnt easy. Cryo isnt remotely a thing or even possibly a thing. This means generation ships. Fixed "earths" with a minute fraction of the biosphere packed into a synthetic hull... without a handy star nearby to power them. This is such a massive and scary task it will literally crush your intellect when you start diving into it. And no.. regardless of what you hear on the news we do not understand the biosphere or weather systems well enough to predict them efficiently. The whole AGW debate is a prime example of this.. its an arena of 15% real scientists, 75% scientists who have lost their objectivity, and 10% nutballs or politically purchased opinions. (and no im not saying AWG doesn't exist. It does. Dont be stupid. Just that there is a massive sh*tton of bad science being thrown around right now on both sides)

Additionally nuclear tech has been so hobbled that our one true ticket to the stars isnt socially acceptable yet. People today hear the world "nuclear" and think the old 1970s terribly designed barely controlled bombs that we used to call reactors. Modern material science has made things so utterly safe that you can hit one with a 350 car freight train and have it survive intact and safely functional. Even the radiation concerns are laughable.. you dump more radiation into the atmosphere burning coal than you do using a modern reactor.

It also doesn't help that wind and solar are jack and useless outside of a solar system ;). So kids... want eve to be real? Scream yell and support your local nuclear(unless its a local US plant... jesus christ get rid of thoses things already and build some CANDUs.

Thankfully, you can either carry or wrap anything in a magnetic metal and boom, there she blows.

It's also much easier to design something that will project an object in a designated direction (any weapon with a projectile) than it is to design a system to project another object in a desired direction with the intent of that object being able to come to a stop without destroying anything. It is literally easier to design a free fall rocket than it is to design a rocket system with a living quarter in it that can come back to earth without following the law of gravity in it's purest form of "you will accelerate toward the core of the earth until you encounter an object solid enough to break your path"... It's not just a question of wanting to design just weapon. There are much more constraint to designing those good stuff. Whose fault it is that destroying things is so damn much easier than building/preserving them...