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Post by Kapt~`'- on Mar 10, 2005 1:48:05 GMT -5
In the origninal series, the weapons used were a type of lazer. In the new series, it looks like bullet fire. Now since that can't possibly work in space, what are the waepons being used?
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Post by ConqueringWolf on Mar 10, 2005 11:11:24 GMT -5
Why couldn't bullets work in space? I can't think of any reason why they couldn't...all it is a simple projectile....and if it isn't bullets it is probably some kind of pulse energy....I couldn't find anything that actually told what kind of weapons the new vipers have.
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Post by xkamelx on Mar 10, 2005 14:24:45 GMT -5
I remember either reading, or seeing a special on TV praising BSG for sticking so true to astro physics in the show. They praised the Vipers for how they are handled with thier propulsion devices!! I think bullets would work in space to. I have always wondered, what happens to those bullets that miss their mark. They would travel for an eternity untill they ran into something that stopped them, like a planet, a star, or some innicent small cargo vessel 100 lightyears away.
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Post by Kapt~`'- on Mar 11, 2005 3:44:49 GMT -5
They would continue moving until something stopped them
After my initial post, and I thought about it more, bullets prolly would work in space. The combustion chamber that makes them work is sealed after all. But once the actuall bullet left the chamber, there is no oxygen to finish it's firing sequence. So while they might still work, I doubt they would be as effective. BUT, with no gravity, and no wind to alter how they fly after being fired, they would be as accurate as any lazer or something. Wouldn't they?
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Post by ConqueringWolf on Mar 11, 2005 13:34:57 GMT -5
They would continue moving until something stopped them After my initial post, and I thought about it more, bullets prolly would work in space. The combustion chamber that makes them work is sealed after all. But once the actuall bullet left the chamber, there is no oxygen to finish it's firing sequence. So while they might still work, I doubt they would be as effective. BUT, with no gravity, and no wind to alter how they fly after being fired, they would be as accurate as any lazer or something. Wouldn't they? Kapt~`'- well..planet gravity....and debris...space gases....lots of things could effect them over the long term....but you have to think too....who sayd they have the same type of propulsion as a typical modern day gun...they could be projectiles that are launched by an energy force or some kind instead of an explosion like a modern bullet....
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Post by SunRay on Mar 13, 2005 23:40:45 GMT -5
In the pilot/miniseries episode Adama tells Tigh to get him some bullets. Good chance it is a "Rail Gun" of some sort.
Normal bullets CAN work in space, but for the oxygen needed for combustion. Overcome that lil obstacle and shoot away. Yet the amount of propellant needed for a discharge like that would make the ammo to large, and would limit the amount of shells the ship can carry.
That says to me its a Rail Gun, as the Magnetic Coils propel the charged slug. So the amount of ammo is greater. And as we see with the Vipers, they shoot a helluvalot of bullets.
Also, when Helo blew a couple of holes in those Cylons. The size of the hole in relation to the gun, screams Rail gun to me. Or they have better explosives than what we use. Yet for the bullet to have exploded a hole that big says explosive head, which we did not see. Yet a charged bullet from a Rail gun would explode when it hit any target
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Post by ConqueringWolf on Mar 14, 2005 10:39:40 GMT -5
Sounds like a good theory.....that's pretty much the same kind of thing i was talking about....i just wasn't sure what kind of energy force they would use to propel the bullets.
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Post by Nightcrawler on Mar 14, 2005 21:25:37 GMT -5
If it is some kind of rail gun, then presumably it would be magnetic. No propellant needed in that case.
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Post by Kapt~`'- on Mar 15, 2005 19:03:30 GMT -5
Ummm, what exactly is a rail gun? Never heard that term before
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Post by Duckdude227 on Mar 15, 2005 21:47:24 GMT -5
Ya, I have never heard of a rail gun, but the shots fired could be a new type of energy projectile that is not as bright as the stardard one.
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Post by ConqueringWolf on Mar 16, 2005 10:29:27 GMT -5
A rail gun is basically just a gun that uses magnetism as the propellant instead of a chemical reaction like gunpowder....here is an interesting link about them. www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htm
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Post by Kapt~`'- on Mar 16, 2005 16:30:51 GMT -5
Cool! Thanks Kapt~`'-
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Post by SunRay on Mar 19, 2005 21:29:14 GMT -5
Also by manipulating the energy field to effect the projectile, or using another method to charge the projectile. You can charge it to an excited state, which would cause it to explode with greater force as the charged atoms split apart when it impacted upon said target.
Ah......but what do I know... Im just a gardener...... A plain, simple gardener.......
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Mar 31, 2005 22:18:46 GMT -5
They would continue moving until something stopped them After my initial post, and I thought about it more, bullets prolly would work in space. The combustion chamber that makes them work is sealed after all. But once the actuall bullet left the chamber, there is no oxygen to finish it's firing sequence. So while they might still work, I doubt they would be as effective. BUT, with no gravity, and no wind to alter how they fly after being fired, they would be as accurate as any lazer or something. Wouldn't they? Kapt~`'- KAPT,
Oxygen is only required to burn the powder in order to expel the bullet from the muzzle.
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Post by rougestorm on May 2, 2006 17:09:39 GMT -5
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