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SciFi Weapon

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Real surprised to see someone with a working prototype, the only place I had ever heard of this was in the RPG Traveller.

 

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Topic starter Posted : February 13, 2022 07:56
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Yes, it looks like the future sci-fi weapons just got a lot closer.

 

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Posted : February 13, 2022 15:37
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Yes, it looks like the future sci-fi weapons just got a lot closer.

 

It's a bug hunt. 😀 

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Topic starter Posted : February 14, 2022 12:39
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Still a long way off before this could be really effective in any combat situation but this is definitely a nice concept more work we need to be done on the effective range and obviously the size haha there is no hiding that thing. And as always EMP proofing the weapon would need to be done as well. Maybe we will see something in the next 10yrs that is solid.

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Posted : February 16, 2022 14:29
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This just boggles my mind as I played Traveller in the early eights and the game must have been written in the mid 70s, so the creators of the game must have done some deep research to write about a weapon system that was probably just hypothetical 45+ years ago.  

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Topic starter Posted : February 17, 2022 13:19
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This Wiki page may be of interest. Good to see Hammer's Slammers in there.

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Posted : February 17, 2022 13:53
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Never knew Space Viking was inspiration for the game.

At the end of the video, a very Terminator looking gun, wonder if it's the production one which is mentioned.

 

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Topic starter Posted : February 17, 2022 14:13
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Never knew Space Viking was inspiration for the game.

Yeah, there are some good books in that list. In turn, Traveller was a big influence on Bell and Braben.

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Posted : February 17, 2022 14:17
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Never knew Space Viking was inspiration for the game.

Yeah, there are some good books in that list. In turn, Traveller was a big influence on Bell and Braben.

I would definitely say that their more than a hint of Traveller in Elite but I did read that Braben denied it in an interview a few years ago when asked.

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Topic starter Posted : February 17, 2022 14:38
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I did read that Braben denied it in an interview

After my experience with ED, I wouldn't trust anything that man says!

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Posted : February 17, 2022 14:50
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Would be interesting to hear what Bell has to say on the subject as I seem to recall reading that he played Traveller.

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Topic starter Posted : February 18, 2022 13:50
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Version 2 of the sci-fi gun.😎 

 

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Topic starter Posted : August 7, 2022 07:26