Re: sub9 released
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 1:59 pm
The slug is about the size of a .30 calibre rifle round. It's made of iron, with a laminated titanium casing, because the pure iron inside would mushroom when fired.
Jason's recoil system is a series of shock suppressors in the stock of the weapon, and utilizing a spatial manipulator, which is Faey technology. What this does is, to a very limited extent, absorb the recoil of the weapon by manipulating the space through which the barrel recoils when it's fired, dispersing the energy of the recoil into an area of stretched space. It's a little hard to explain, but imagine that the barrel actually recoils about 2 feet, but that entire 2 feet of recoil takes place inside an area of manipulated space that's actually only about 2 inches across. There's a void in the stock between the barrel and the shoulder rest, and that's where all the recoil absorption takes place.
The space itself serves as the main shock absorber, since the Faey utilize a common principle of spatial manipulation that basicly states that manipulated space offers more resistance the faster an attempt is made to alter that space. By setting a limit on the power used to create that area of altered space, the manipulator serves as the primary shock absorber. When the weapon is fired and the barrel recoils, it introduces a massive amount of energy into the barrel, which causes the barrel to attempt to impact into that area of stretched space very, very quickly. The area of space immediately puts up a massive amount of resistance, resisting being changed, which causes the energy of the recoil to dissipate into this area of space in flux.
Sound confusing? It is until you realize that nothing really moves THROUGH the area of altered space. The barrel is anchored on one side, the stock on the other. The space itself is like a big cushion between the two, with the borders of the altered space serving as its boundaries, and also serving as what you might call the physical presence between the two to which all application of energy is applied.
Since that stretched space cushions the 2 areas of normal space on either side, it allows the weapon to be fired with only slight recoil for the user. If they weren't there, the weapon would probably rip the user's arm off.
Yes, Newton's 3 laws of physics are certainly being applied here. The Faey have not yet figured out a way to break those laws, but since they've learned how to alter space, they can bend those rules by monkeying with the numbers in the equation, usually that number that represents "distance." All the distance traveled by the weapon's barrel when it recoils takes place inside an area of space that actually barely moves. The laws of conservation of energy and momentum are still in effect.
Jason's recoil system is a series of shock suppressors in the stock of the weapon, and utilizing a spatial manipulator, which is Faey technology. What this does is, to a very limited extent, absorb the recoil of the weapon by manipulating the space through which the barrel recoils when it's fired, dispersing the energy of the recoil into an area of stretched space. It's a little hard to explain, but imagine that the barrel actually recoils about 2 feet, but that entire 2 feet of recoil takes place inside an area of manipulated space that's actually only about 2 inches across. There's a void in the stock between the barrel and the shoulder rest, and that's where all the recoil absorption takes place.
The space itself serves as the main shock absorber, since the Faey utilize a common principle of spatial manipulation that basicly states that manipulated space offers more resistance the faster an attempt is made to alter that space. By setting a limit on the power used to create that area of altered space, the manipulator serves as the primary shock absorber. When the weapon is fired and the barrel recoils, it introduces a massive amount of energy into the barrel, which causes the barrel to attempt to impact into that area of stretched space very, very quickly. The area of space immediately puts up a massive amount of resistance, resisting being changed, which causes the energy of the recoil to dissipate into this area of space in flux.
Sound confusing? It is until you realize that nothing really moves THROUGH the area of altered space. The barrel is anchored on one side, the stock on the other. The space itself is like a big cushion between the two, with the borders of the altered space serving as its boundaries, and also serving as what you might call the physical presence between the two to which all application of energy is applied.
Since that stretched space cushions the 2 areas of normal space on either side, it allows the weapon to be fired with only slight recoil for the user. If they weren't there, the weapon would probably rip the user's arm off.
Yes, Newton's 3 laws of physics are certainly being applied here. The Faey have not yet figured out a way to break those laws, but since they've learned how to alter space, they can bend those rules by monkeying with the numbers in the equation, usually that number that represents "distance." All the distance traveled by the weapon's barrel when it recoils takes place inside an area of space that actually barely moves. The laws of conservation of energy and momentum are still in effect.