[Spaceships] DS-1 Orbital Battle Station

Lamech · 07-27-2012, 12:00 AM

Oh, and the GURPS spaceships weapon engeries must be an abstraction. A 1MJ laser hitting a person by GURPS rules would vaporize the guy. In reality a 1MJ hit would increase someone's average body temp by less than 7 degree's kelvin. Certainly spectacularly lethal, especially since it will mostly be on the skin, but not even close to enough to cause bodily destruction.

Math: A person has 40 liters of water. Each liter of water takes a kilocal to raise a degree or roughly 4kj. For all 40 that's 160 kj. 160kj*7>1MJ.

07-27-2012, 12:00 AM	#16
Lamech Join Date: Mar 2011	Re: [Spaceships] DS-1 Orbital Battle Station Oh, and the GURPS spaceships weapon engeries must be an abstraction. A 1MJ laser hitting a person by GURPS rules would vaporize the guy. In reality a 1MJ hit would increase someone's average body temp by less than 7 degree's kelvin. Certainly spectacularly lethal, especially since it will mostly be on the skin, but not even close to enough to cause bodily destruction. Math: A person has 40 liters of water. Each liter of water takes a kilocal to raise a degree or roughly 4kj. For all 40 that's 160 kj. 160kj*7>1MJ. __________________ John Cee Martel Hiriko Andrew