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People, please stop dogpiling here. I know you all want your "bash the retards face" turn, but that is it.

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-Thanas
I'll just post this reply then and not post again.
avianmosquito wrote:
Spoonist wrote:That name alone hurts the suspension of disbelief, you better change it. Two major fandom references in one name is a big turn-off unless actually a related fanfic crossover.
Well, considering I gave Yutani Serenity, Yutani Sakura and Yutani Sonya their names 5 years ago, and hadn't seen Aliens until 3 years ago, it seems unlikely that I took it from them.
I am sorry but when or from where you got those names does not matter. People will still recognize them from fandom and thus be turned-off. The same with Sakura.
Its like if I write a novel where my hero is named Ronald Bush or Adolf Mussolini, it doesn't matter if I'd be ignorant of the reference, the readers would still get turned off. (Well, unless its a plot point or mentionod in universe).

Why would it matter so much to you to keep those names?
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You may not have seen Alien until 3 years ago (I've actually NEVER seen it), but 'Yutani' is a name that has been floating around scifi for about two decades. Weylan-Yutani has appeared in a half-dozen movies and video games, and countless other sci-fi-shout-outs, and it probably stuck in your brain from one of those.

Heck, Weylan-Yutani was on Forbes list of the 25 richest fictional companies in 2007 which is an indication of how far it's penetrated into the social fabric.

I doubt you did it intentionally, but you need to change the names. Any generic-sounding japanese name will work; Yataka, Yamata, etc. You just can't have a fictional scifi megacorp called 'Yutani' without everyone believing you're ripping off the Alien/Predator universe.

Edit: In the year 2000, I started writing my own fictional universe. Things started to get really interesting with a terrorist attack on the Salt Lake Olympics by muslim terrorists. Consequently, when 9/11 happened, I had to re-work massive chunks of backstory.

Its a pain in the ass, but you don't want people to make assumptions about your work.
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Thanas, I'll be like spoonist and just reply to his reply and don't bother after that.
No. The reason they got away with it is they took over these nations economically. (Not that anyone would really care what they did to third world nations anyway.) After that, once they had their goal of 50 countries, they finally took official control. At this point they took a few years of time to prep their military, than took another 30 countries that had resisted them. In the end, they had two entire continents, (still technically misding two countries out of africa) and another 30 or so spare countries.

They actually brought up the standard of living in these countries to what we consider a first-world level.
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Did you even bother to read my post? Did you mistakenly quoted me? The idiocy of what you written has been well-addressed by others, but I have to ask: do you even bother to read anything that has been written to you?
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They own South Africa and you have to ask where they're getting weapons? Look these up:
1. Armscor
2. Denel
Well, i did.
All i saw were some third-rate weapons manufacturers.
Nothing comparable to modern planes, tanks, artillery systems, EW-equipment etc. Just some assault rifles, mortars.
Anything modern they build seems to be licensed stuff.

Take the Atlas Cheetah as an example. It's basically an modified version of a french aicraft, designed to be cheaper to maintain (with locally produced equipment). It is, at best, comparable to something like the Starfighter (according to Wikipedia - make of that what you like).
That's impressive - but hardly enough.
Not to mention that they are now retired - the were replaced with the JAS 39 Gripen.

So your best piece of equipment were some fourth generation fighter aircraft - which thery did not develop yourself. Rather, they copied an aircraft they already had when they were already under sanctions.
You could try that again - but oh, wait - you would risk an embargo, totaling your company. All for a 4.5 generation fightercraft - while your opponets would make widespread use of fifth generation fighters by now.


Now, that's your MOST favorable example, you nearsighted self-wanker. Let's take a look at tanks, shall we?
Guess what South Africas MBT is?
That's right, the Centurion.
Granted, their version can mount a 120mm smoothbore - but does that make it comparable to modern western tanks?
I don't think so.

So, the best your army has are modernized versions of outdated equipment. They are worse than equipment that is build bottom-up to be modern (otherwise everyone would do it their way).
Hardly enough to go toe-to toe with any modern army.
But i admit - better than i expected. Except that they won't get the necessary numbers out South Africa - controlling more territory or having more money doesn't equal magically growing industrial base.

For example, the 3WU mounted missile racks, typically loaded with missiles such as the AGM-114 hellfire. (SALH) This gave them an operational range nearly twice that of the M1 Abrams, provided they or a nearby infantryman can maintain line of sight and get a laser designator on target. (Extremely easy to do. A sniper two kilometres away can keep a laser on the target, and remain undetected while doing so.)
Gee, a missile-based system can outrange a MBT! What are we going to do?
Oh, right - we have our own missile-baed systems! And our tactics are designed to deal with that with ease.
Newly-conjured? They just make the local religious leaders work for them, it's not difficult.
Ah, right, that makes so much more sense :roll:
Except, you know - NOT.
Care to explain how they can cater to different religions and unite people that are deeply hostile towards each other even IF they have the same religion?
Noo, handwaving is so much easier - except that your handwaving tends to touch your shriveld dick for some reason.

1. Countries like South Africa have plenty of educated, skilled citizens and a fully functional infrasctructure. They have a few of such countries.
2. If you needed so many skilled labourers, we wouldn't be outsourcing so much. You can easily provide the small number of skilled labourers neccesary while your unskilled labourers are either working or in training. After about 10 years or so, however, you'll have millions of educated young people ready to be added to your workforce, then a new batch every year from then on out.
Where do you get the educators?

Clearly, you have no idea how education works. Another reason to pity your daughter.
Here's some info for you: You can only teach others if you learned about the subject you are teaching, and if you learned how to teach. Both is difficult - and nearly every country in the world could use new educators. So why don't they just conjure them out of thin air, just like you?

Oh, wait - you don't know what education is (propably because you don't have one) so you think that it's not all that hard.
Not true. Factories create jobs and factories create trade, therefore, logic follows that factories are good for the economy. You can spend money on that from the beginning, and still be improving the economy, provided you have people to trade with. (such as the consumers of all the countries these goods are shipped out to)
Yaddayaddayadda.
Repeating your oxshit (bullshit would be inappropriate - you are hardly a bull) doesn't make it true.

Sure, after many decades their economy would be better. No one is denying that - if someone tried really hard and invested heavily into industrial infrastructure in these countries, it would eventually pay off.
But you can't just speed that up arbitraily - no matter how much money you have.
This doesn't take up much of your revenue, and keep in mind that you're charging them more than it cost you. You can't turn a profit like this, but it doesn't even increase your overhead by much, and it doesn't matter so long as you have external trade.
So, let's make it simple for simple-minded, nearsighted selfwankers:

-Your goal is to export stuff to make money.
-That stuff has to be cheap, otherwise no one buys it.
-You pay your workers producing that stuff with money that they can only use to buy from you.
-But to have stuff to sell them, you need even more factories (and agriculture, mines etc.) - paying your workes the same way.
-Now you have lot's of factories that produce 0 value and are just used to feed, clothe etc. your workforce.

Something like that CAN work (it evidently does in every economy) - but that doesn't give you a cheap workforce.
Oh, and the real wallbanger here is - you CAN'T overcharge your own workers. They have no source of income except you.
In the end, you just overcharge yourself :lol:


They were a near-monopoly on everything from food to psychiatric medication (Like Wal-Mart on steroids) in every country between France and Poland, providing capital is no issue.
YOU ARE AN IDIOT with no knowledge of the real world.

Otherwise, you would KNOW that the EU has laws against monopolies. They ARE enforced. Ask Microsoft.
You won't get a monopoly (or near-monopoly) on anything there - especially not nearly everything.

And if you somehow manage to break all rules in the EU and get away with it - why bother with that elaborate plot of yours? You already have more power than that could give you, ever.

But hey, i guess you know nothing about the real world. That's okay - there are other people who don't.
Most of them have no education at all - mostly because they are small children. Or literal retards.
But then again, i know both small children and people with a sub-standard IQ who know more than you.
I guess that means that you are even worse than them.
Propably because they bother with learning - while you are ingrained in your own fantasy world and think that you have to impress your daugther by never admitting that you could be wrong.

Say - are you a bible-thumping redneck?


Now, to the serious part.
I challenge you to:
-post evidence that a company could aquire a monopoly on anything in the EU
-how they get the money to establish such a monopoly for nearly all goods
-that the revenue from that is enough to uplift 10+ third-world nations to first-world status
-that you can create a large skilled workforce within ten years in those countries
-that you can build up an industry there in that timeframe
-that this allows you to produce goods cheap enough that you can outbid american/chinese competitiors
-that you can somehow produce a modern military just from two companies in South Africa
-that you have the money to pay for a military large enough to challenge the USA or EU
-that neither the USA or EU would just sack your company when you start to take over countries
-that it is possible for a company to legally take over a country

There. That should cover your major points.
And yes, prooving this is work. A lot of it.
But if you want to get any respect around here, you have to back up such claims. If you can't, don't make them or retract them.
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Serafina wrote:Now, to the serious part.
I challenge you to:
-post evidence that a company could aquire a monopoly on anything in the EU
-how they get the money to establish such a monopoly for nearly all goods
-that the revenue from that is enough to uplift 10+ third-world nations to first-world status
-that you can create a large skilled workforce within ten years in those countries
-that you can build up an industry there in that timeframe
-that this allows you to produce goods cheap enough that you can outbid american/chinese competitiors
-that you can somehow produce a modern military just from two companies in South Africa
-that you have the money to pay for a military large enough to challenge the USA or EU
-that neither the USA or EU would just sack your company when you start to take over countries
-that it is possible for a company to legally take over a country

There. That should cover your major points.
And yes, prooving this is work. A lot of it.
But if you want to get any respect around here, you have to back up such claims. If you can't, don't make them or retract them.
Oh, one more thing you should have added Not doing so and not retracting such statements is a Debate Rule 5 violation. You also set your numbers rather low for him in the nation uplifting challenge; he set his goal rather higher than ten nations, I'd say 40+ ought to fit better, though if he can prove one in a decent time frame I'd be tempted to back off. The rest seems good, I just hope I'm online with some popcorn when "Nearsighted Selfwanker" - that is what will get my vote when it comes time to title this turd - tries to prove his points.
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Serafina wrote:Now, to the serious part.
I challenge you to:
-post evidence that a company could aquire a monopoly on anything in the EU
-how they get the money to establish such a monopoly for nearly all goods
-that the revenue from that is enough to uplift 10+ third-world nations to first-world status
-that you can create a large skilled workforce within ten years in those countries
-that you can build up an industry there in that timeframe
-that this allows you to produce goods cheap enough that you can outbid american/chinese competitiors
-that you can somehow produce a modern military just from two companies in South Africa
-that you have the money to pay for a military large enough to challenge the USA or EU
-that neither the USA or EU would just sack your company when you start to take over countries
-that it is possible for a company to legally take over a country

There. That should cover your major points.
And yes, prooving this is work. A lot of it.
But if you want to get any respect around here, you have to back up such claims. If you can't, don't make them or retract them.
You're going to have to take a raincheck on that.
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Then you will be conceding the claim that these events are a logical and realistic possibility?

Note that that doesn't mean you can't still use them. One of my stories had Burger King burn down Argentina to try and ruin McDonalds. It might not have been realistic, but that doesn't stop the use of such ideas in satire, parody, or just plain silly stories.
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loomer wrote:Then you will be conceding the claim that these events are a logical and realistic possibility?

Note that that doesn't mean you can't still use them. One of my stories had Burger King burn down Argentina to try and ruin McDonalds. It might not have been realistic, but that doesn't stop the use of such ideas in satire, parody, or just plain silly stories.
I might have to give up a little realism for the sake of plot, yes, but that only applies to human actions, which are illogical and unpredictable anyway, so I imagine it won't be much that I'm conceding.

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So you admit the only way your plot has a snowball's chance in hell of working is if everyone on earth lets Incestcorp do what they want without trying to stop them in any way, counter to all reason, rationality, and logic?
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avianmosquito wrote:I might have to give up a little realism for the sake of plot, yes, but that only applies to human actions, which are illogical and unpredictable anyway, so I imagine it won't be much that I'm conceding.
Except humans on an international level are not unpredictable, it's very easy to determine what they would do. All you have to do is understand where their political interests are.
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avianmosquito wrote:
loomer wrote:Then you will be conceding the claim that these events are a logical and realistic possibility?

Note that that doesn't mean you can't still use them. One of my stories had Burger King burn down Argentina to try and ruin McDonalds. It might not have been realistic, but that doesn't stop the use of such ideas in satire, parody, or just plain silly stories.
I might have to give up a little realism any semblance of anything within sight of realism for the sake of plot, yes, but that only applies to human actions, which are illogical and unpredictable anyway, so I imagine it won't be much that I'm conceding.

To paraphrase a six-year old boy and stuffed tiger from an old comic strip:
"Do you think people good, but with bad tendencies, are they bad, but with good tendencies, or are they just crazy and nobody really knows why they do anything?" -Calvin
"I choose crazy." -Hobbes
Fixed that for you.

You're dumb enough to take life lessons from a comic strip... God help your daughter. If only we could have her taken away now to spare her growing up near you.

Also you've come here asked for advice and ideas, only to ignore everything we've said and hurl insults at those who chose to help you. Can we get a vote to title this backpedaling near sighted self wanker going yet?
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Well, avianmosquito, I have never heard of you before an hour ago and I have perused this thread because I am interested in assault rifles and the title attracted me. I've used tham as tools of the trade for a number of years (US Army active & Reserve, including a year in Iraq) and I have also been a semi-professional published author in a variety of (admittedly) small press venues.

And I am sorry to have to say, but coming at this entirely from an outsider's point of view, your ideas are not that good.

You do seem to have some technical skill, I'll give that, but your plot ideas are not well thought out and there's not a lot of real originality or depth given to the characters and setting. Stark said it best early on in the thread when he implied that you've mistaken the ability to compile details for skill. You can string words together well enough but the meaning and feeling behind them is about as deep as the paper they're written on.

If I were you I'd shrug and accept the fact that you're not as good at this as you thought you were, and go back to the drawing board. Don't just ape someone's style (Dale Brown? Clive Cussler?) but really learn what happens out there in the world. Look at some history and find the motivations people had for doing the things they did.

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In fairness, whole authors (like Matthew Riley) really do build a fortune on bland juvenile 'action' peppered with military trivia, so it's not all bad. It's just not 'good'.
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Norade wrote:
avianmosquito wrote:
loomer wrote:Then you will be conceding the claim that these events are a logical and realistic possibility?

Note that that doesn't mean you can't still use them. One of my stories had Burger King burn down Argentina to try and ruin McDonalds. It might not have been realistic, but that doesn't stop the use of such ideas in satire, parody, or just plain silly stories.
I might have to give up a little realism any semblance of anything within sight of realism for the sake of plot, yes, but that only applies to human actions, which are illogical and unpredictable anyway, so I imagine it won't be much that I'm conceding.

To paraphrase a six-year old boy and stuffed tiger from an old comic strip:
"Do you think people good, but with bad tendencies, are they bad, but with good tendencies, or are they just crazy and nobody really knows why they do anything?" -Calvin
"I choose crazy." -Hobbes
Fixed that for you.

You're dumb enough to take life lessons from a comic strip... God help your daughter. If only we could have her taken away now to spare her growing up near you.

Also you've come here asked for advice and ideas, only to ignore everything we've said and hurl insults at those who chose to help you. Can we get a vote to title this backpedaling near sighted self wanker going yet?
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What a hopeless person to miss the value of a good joke.
How much more hopeless, then, is the foolish man who believes himself to be wise and hears nothing but his own words?

You have been asked to explain your outlandish claims with detailed information. We now approach the time of the putting up/shutting up binary dynamic. The choice is yours.
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avianmosquito wrote:What a hopeless person to miss the value of a good joke.
Try being funny next time then. Your humor is about as well timed and thought out as your story ideas.
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M43A1 Assault Rifle

The M43A1 is a select-fire assault rifle (also available in a shorter carbine form) which fires the 6.5x48mm caseless round. Because of the square shape of the completed "cartridge", there is very little wasted space in the detachable box magazine, allowing it to hold 50 rounds compared to the 30 rounds in a similarly sized magazine for a more conventional firearm of similar caliber.

The M43A1 is electronically fired, with a battery capable of firing thousands of rounds before needing replacement. In the event of a misfire due to defective ammunition, a folding handle on the side of the rifle can be pulled back to open the chamber and eject the misfired round; releasing the handle will seal the chamber and allow the next round in the magazine to be chambered.

Because the M43A1 does not need to eject spent brass like a conventional firearm and has very little mechanical movement, it is capable of high rates of fire limited largely by the speed with which the magazine can feed ammunition. The M43A1 has three modes of fire: semi-automatic, which is self-explanatory and the most commonly used mode of fire, fully-automatic, and burst. When firing on fully-automatic, the M43A1 has an adjustable rate of fire; while the weapon is broken down for cleaning and maintenance, a small switch can be moved to choose between 450 rounds per minute or 600 rounds per minute. Depending on the unit one is assigned to, the rate of fire may be regulated by the chain of command or left to the individual soldier's discretion. Typically, fully-automatic mode is only used for suppressive fire or close-quarters combat such as room-clearing.The M43A1, like its experimental predecessor, Heckler and Koch's G11 caseless assault rifle, has a mode which fires a three round burst at a rate of fire of 2,000 rounds per minute. This allows all three rounds to be fired before the shooter feels the recoil, which is comparable to firing a magnum slug from an antique shotgun. The idea behind this mode of fire is to allow a soldier to fire bursts at an individual target with the bullets close together, increasing the likelihood of body armor penetration. Many in the military feel this mode of fire is unnecessary and impractical; the M43A2 eliminates burst mode but is otherwise mostly identical to the M43A1.

Built into the carry handle of the M43A1 is the optical sight. It features variable magnification, up to 4x, and an illuminated targeting chevron, allowing a soldier to aim in any light conditions. The sight is powered by its own battery, with an operational life of 200 hours if left on continuously. The designated marksman variant of the M43A1, which features a longer barrel and integral bipod, has a different sight. The marksman sight features up to 9x magnification and includes an IR laser rangefinder, which automatically elevates or depresses the targeting chevron to compensate for bullet drop at the desired range. Marksmen tend to make more use of the burst mode than other soldiers. Many who don't have practical experience in the infantry complain that the designated marksman version of the M43A1 lacks the range and precision of a true sniper rifle, but considering its role and functionality, it is quite adequate to its intended purpose. The average footsoldier feels the M43A1 designated marksman variant is satisfactory in its performance. The M43A2 features a set of backup iron sights with tritium inserts on top of the optic sight in case the optic is damaged or a fresh battery is unavailable.

The M43A1 also features a telescoping stock, fully adjustable for length, and the backstrap of the pistol grip can be swapped out for thicker or thinner parts to suit uses with different hand sizes and shapes. Most rifles are simply fielded with the default backstrap on the grip for simplicity's sake. All variants of the rifle come with a threaded barrel with a flash suppressor attached; this can be replaced with a sound suppressor, but the effectiveness of the suppressor decreases rapidly when the gun is fired on full-auto. Suppressors are generally only issued for covert operations or close-quarters combat, where gunfire in enclosed spaces can cause severe hearing damage.

The M43A1 can make use of several under-barrel attachments, including a breaching gun for entering locked or armored doorways. The most common attachment is the M12A4 40mm grenade launcher. The M12A4 fires caseless 40mm grenades, though these differ from the 6.5x48mm caseless round in that the grenade is launched like a classic gyrojet. The M12A4 features a variety of munitions, including a high explosive fragmenting round, a high explosive dual purpose round (a compromise between a fragmenting grenade and shaped charge, with improved penetration of hard cover), smoke and tear gas rounds, and an armor-penetrating shaped charge round intended for use against light fortifications and thin-skinned vehicles; the AP round is rarely issued because it is impractical against infantry and incapable of killing most modern armored vehicles. As an interesting side note, ammunition for the M12A4 can also be fired from the M192 40mm mortar. 40mm grenades fired from the M192 are severely lacking in range and accuracy compared to the normal mortar rounds, and using grenades in place of mortar shells is essentially akin to blindly lobbing explosives in the general direction of the enemy. There have been several cases where special forces or airborne troops, out of ammunition for their light mortars, have used M12A4 grenades out of desperation, with mixed success. Other, more specialized, attachments for the M43A1 also exist.

Soldiers like the M43A1 for its durability and light weight. Its metal parts are made of vanadium steel with a titanium aluminum nitride finish, and the bore and chamber are hard-chromed to prevent corrosion and erosion. The majority of the rifle is made of a composite of high-strength, heat-resistant polymers and carbon fiber. A recoil impulse system built into the rifle is used to pump air through a jacket around the barrel, contributing to keeping the weapon cool during extended periods of use; many feel the cooling system is unneeded weight and just another thing on the rifle that can malfunction, and the simple system is often removed from the rifle. Like the burst mode, the M43A2 eliminates this feature. The magazine is located behind the trigger in bullpup fashion, and the battery is located forward of the trigger where the magazine on a conventional rifle would go, making swapping out magazines or batteries simple, even under stress or in low-light conditions. The sight displays a blinking light when the battery is at 20% power or less, giving a soldier ample opportunity to make the quick swap for a fresh one; under ideal conditions, the battery is replaced with a fresh one when it reaches 50% remaining power. The rifle is easily broken down into three parts for regular maintenance; breaking the rifle down further is not recommended in the field. Because of the materials used, the minimum of moving parts, and the limited exposure of the internals to debris and moisture, the M43A1 is low-maintenance; the main reason for regular cleaning is fouling from the caseless ammunition used. The ammunition itself is resistant to humidity, and is stored in plastic-and-foil pouches. Loaded magazines have quick-detachable dust covers to protect the ammunition within from moisture and debris, though these are only used during long-term storage.

The M43A1 and the simpler M43A2 that is slowly phasing it out of service have seen use in desert, jungle, urban, and arctic environments. It has also seen limited use on the moon and during the recapture of the Sol III space station. It performed satisfactorily in all environments, though battery life was severely shortened during arctic operations. Some criticize the M43's selection over the more conventional XM41 assault rifle as having been motivated by politics rather than practicality, but most of the military's top brass dismiss such claims, saying the M43 is the right rifle at the right time.
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Looks like I should have read further than the first page before posting; had I known this was going to be a a shitstorm about stupid ideas and not futuristic sci-fi assault rifles (practical or otherwise), I wouldn't have bothered.
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Swindle1984 wrote: M43A1 Assault Rifle
"I'd like you to meet a personal friend of my mine...."

Sounds to me like a simplified Aliens gun. Lacking the slightly ridiculous 100 10mm round capacity and integrated grenade launcher and adding accessory rails. :D Not that that's a bad thing.

I was wondering about the battery? Where exactly is stored in the gun? And is it actually easily swappable? I was thinking it might be easier to build in an integrated rechargeable battery. Not possible to easy to swap but charged when ever a weapon is stored.

edit; Oops, a closer read reveals that article actual mentions that. If the batteries are that long lived do they really need to be easily swappable? Integrated battery = less holes for dust and dirt to get in. And are the power supplies for the scope and the gun interchangable? Can one in the most desperate of circumstance fire off a few round with the scope's power supply?
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Why not just dynamo link the trigger to provide power
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Wouldn't that result in a pretty hefty trigger pull?
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Presumably you have a mechanism for clearing jams. Can you work the bolt manually to chamber new rounds if your battery is dead? I know next to nothing about caseless ammunition, so please forgive me if this is a dumb question.
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Crazedwraith wrote:
Swindle1984 wrote:
edit; Oops, a closer read reveals that article actual mentions that. If the batteries are that long lived do they really need to be easily swappable? Integrated battery = less holes for dust and dirt to get in. And are the power supplies for the scope and the gun interchangable? Can one in the most desperate of circumstance fire off a few round with the scope's power supply?
It also provides a good way to eliminate the weapon's functionality for the sake of plot: the battery died.
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