[Snail]

I think blob turrets and so called 'lasers' are highly compressed gases. It says so anyway.

[AlphaOne]

if the tech continues to advance at the current level and increase in the future thanx to improved computers etc then we may have some sort of blob turrets faster the in FS! by the end of the 21th century we may find ourselvs having some sort of blob turrets or theyr equivalent!

[TrashMan]

I'd be careful with such statements, they have been made before at the end of the 19th century/start of the 20th century by respected scientists.

Meh..I know I'm right...If fact, I heard a lot of respected scientists say that...

[Snail]

if the tech continues to advance at the current level and increase in the future thanx to improved computers etc then we may have some sort of blob turrets faster the in FS! by the end of the 21th century we may find ourselvs having some sort of blob turrets or theyr equivalent!

As Trashman says, science is not magic, it can't do EVERYTHING.

[akenbosch]

they already have beam weapons, but the beam is an invisble heat ray that can eaither make a tank an inferno or fry your insides with a side of extreme pain.

[Snail]

Sweet. They've used it in Iraq, haven't they?

[akenbosch]

yes, and on anti-war/pro-life/no-more-bush protesters. 

[TrashMan]

Ironicly it is they who wanted a non-leathel weapon....

[akenbosch]

they have an advanced version that just ries stuff instantly, and it doesent fire a "cone". add a stream of gas and you can see it

[TrashMan]

doesn't a flamethrower have a similar effect?

[akenbosch]

yeah, but its not as focused+long range, and it doesent boil peoples insides no matter how much metal they're behind.

[AlphaOne]

well we already have some sort of beam tech developed. So why do you believe that another century or so of research and development  wont be able to produce something similar at least to the blob turrets we see in FS and perhaps something similar altough not necesaryli as powerfull as a beam cannon from FS?

[akenbosch]

they would be idiots for making blob turrets. they are weak, inneficent, and you can throw a rock at the slow moving shot and negate it (why didnt the GTVA use rock to block shivan fire?).

think about it, our beam tech doent have warmup, or fire-wait (but there is somewhat of a warmdown). you can just hold down the triggger until it either overheats or runs out of energy. hell, if the shivans came now, we'd whoop blue & black bootie.

[Snail]

think about it, our beam tech doent have warmup, or fire-wait (but there is somewhat of a warmdown). you can just hold down the triggger until it either overheats or runs out of energy. hell, if the shivans came now, we'd whoop blue & black bootie.

Exactly what gave you that idea?

[jr2]

* jr2 was wondering the same thing.

[akenbosch]

reality 

and that shields are most likely a magnectic field that counteracts the GTVA weapons tech, but loses energy in the proccess. since it didnt block ships (hunks of metal), then it wouldnt block bullets!

but how it blocked missles is beyond me...probably just game balance.

[TrashMan]

Technicly, a shield would only be able to block differnt types of energy (and you'd need a shield layer for each energy type). Not solid matter.
but hey, it's Sci-Fi!

[jr2]

Isn't matter just a different form of energy?

[akenbosch]

energy dosent form up into atoms, it just stays at particles (true energy. not as in gas and coal). so i guess its more of a deviated energy.

[TrashMan]

Sweet. They've used it in Iraq, haven't they?

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