01-04-2017, 04:34 AM | #1 |
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Firing a harpoon / arrow / crossbow bolt from a specialized EM gun?
Greetings, all!
Say a TL9ish civilization needs a weapon that fires relatively long projectiles. Preferably an (oversized) underbarrel one. Comparable to the blade of a Long Knife, at least 1 foot long, 1 inch wide, and one millimetre thick. A canonical long knife is 1½ lbs, which seems like a lot compared to the canonical TL5 Greener-Martini Mk.II harpoon weapon, with its ½ lb. harpoon doing 6d with a range of Range 35/120, and a 3-lb wire attached. I'm hoping that a TL9 EM gun firing such a thing should have a better range, and/or be more compact. But what sort of performance can I more plausibly hope for? Thanks in advance! |
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crossbow, gauss, harpoon, railgun |
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