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Offline Carl

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no beam weapons for the military
on: July 10, 2005, 12:25:53 am
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Offline Kosh

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no beam weapons for the military
Reply #1 on: July 10, 2005, 12:30:37 am
I can see it now........


Captain: Gunnery control, power up photon beam cannons. Commence plasma core insertion.

XO: Uh sir, because of a beuroucratic snafu we can't use our beam cannons.

Captain: Then what the hell are we supposed to use, harsh language?
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Offline FireCrack

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no beam weapons for the military
Reply #2 on: July 10, 2005, 12:43:18 am
"Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems Ltd."


lol
actualy, mabye not.
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Offline Knight Templar

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no beam weapons for the military
Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 12:49:23 am
BEAM FREE ALL!
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Offline WMCoolmon

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Reply #4 on: July 10, 2005, 01:35:42 am
So, lasers harm the environment, but firing off guns that expel the remains of gunpowder into the air isn't? :p
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Offline BlueFlames

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no beam weapons for the military
Reply #5 on: July 10, 2005, 01:51:10 am
So, this is why the NTF rejected the Beta Aquilae convention...

No?
 

Offline FireCrack

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Reply #6 on: July 10, 2005, 01:51:11 am
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
So, lasers harm the environment, but firing off guns that expel the remains of gunpowder into the air isn't? :p


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=synonym
actualy, mabye not.
"When ink and pen in hands of men Inscribe your form, bipedal P They draw an altar on which God has slaughtered all stability, no eyes could ever soak in all the places you anoint, and yet to see you all at once we only need the point. Flirting with infinity, your geometric progeny that fit inside you oh so tight with triangles that feel so right."
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944 59230781640628620899862803482534211706...
"Your ever-constant homily says flaw is discipline, the patron saint of imperfection frees us from our sin. And if our transcendental lift shall find a final floor, then Man will know the death of God where wonder was before."
 

Offline WMCoolmon

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Reply #7 on: July 10, 2005, 02:44:20 am
M16 != laser
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Offline Mefustae

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no beam weapons for the military
Reply #8 on: July 10, 2005, 02:58:55 am
I love this paragraph...

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And they don't involve chemicals or projectiles that can be inaccurate, accidentally cause injury or violate international treaties.


...i totally agree with that, i mean, when i go out hunting, i have to be careful no to miss, or accidently injure myself or others...and then there's the everpresent danger of Violating an International Treaty, that's a real doozy right there i'll tell you what...

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Basically, it fires a bolt of lightning. It can be tuned to blow up explosives, possibly to stop vehicles and certainly to buzz people. The strike can be made to feel as gentle as "broom bristles" or cranked up to deliver a paralyzing jolt that "takes a few minutes to wear off."

At present, StunStrike is a 20-foot tower that can zap things up to 28 feet away. The next step is to shrink it so it could be wielded by troops and used in civilian locales like airplane cabins or building entrances.


I managed to hack into the Pentagon Database and found two Top Secret images of this Device...


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Offline Turnsky

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no beam weapons for the military
Reply #9 on: July 10, 2005, 03:32:32 am
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Offline Grug

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Reply #10 on: July 10, 2005, 03:44:07 am
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Originally posted by Mefustae

I managed to hack into the Pentagon Database and found two Top Secret images of this Device...




I was thinking the exact same thing!

Go the Tesla Coils! ^_^
 

Offline Sandwich

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Reply #11 on: July 10, 2005, 04:45:13 am
Nikolai Tesla could be a rich man - if he was still alive. *doesn't know if he is or not*
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Offline Gai Daigoji

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Reply #12 on: July 10, 2005, 04:50:23 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
BEAM FREE ALL!
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Offline Scuddie

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Reply #13 on: July 10, 2005, 05:40:12 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Nikolai Tesla could be a rich man - if he was still alive. *doesn't know if he is or not*
Uhmm...  He died back in '43.  I would think that a man who brought mass electricity to the world at the turn of the 20th century would certainly be deceased by now...  And I'm not so sure he'd be rich either, considering his actions caused him to die flat broke, and with a substantially large debt to the US and Britan.
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Offline Rictor

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no beam weapons for the military
Reply #14 on: July 10, 2005, 08:40:50 am
No beam weapons? Oh that's terrible! The US will be forced to make do with it's mere 10:1 technological superiority. What's next, no space missles either? Poor dears.
 

Offline Nico

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Reply #15 on: July 10, 2005, 09:04:35 am
From what I've read from the article, it sounds more like "lots of beams soon enough", but I guess that's just me?
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Offline vyper

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Reply #16 on: July 10, 2005, 09:09:57 am
beam-lock-all
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Offline achtung

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Reply #17 on: July 10, 2005, 12:53:55 pm
I guess it's time to upgrade.  We've had black powder weapons for how long 400-500 years?

I hope energy shielding comes next.
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Offline vyper

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Reply #18 on: July 10, 2005, 01:24:01 pm
Yay, arms race...
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Offline Ghost

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Reply #19 on: July 10, 2005, 01:46:34 pm
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Originally posted by Swantz
I guess it's time to upgrade.  We've had black powder weapons for how long 400-500 years?

I hope energy shielding comes next.




BREEEHHHHHHH! Wrong. We don't use black powder anymore. It's less powerful than the junk we use now and it smokes too damn much.
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