no bowing, now. My geekitude pales before those who were, just last week, discussing the merits of Traveller's gauss weapons in regards to the precise nature of recoil. Not being a rocket scientist like at least one of the active discussers, I just sorta watched...
As noted, the basic idea of the magnetic gun has been around a *long* time, and I've seen bits on working railguns that can throw a brick a country mile (or through a country house) with only two feet of "barrel" and a large electric bill...
SkArcher (676201) :
>Gauss Rifles are from battletech
Though that's a fairly well known usage, the Gauss Rifle and Gauss Pistol (and VRF Gauss Gun) date *at least* to 1978, when they appeared in the aforementioned SF RPG "Traveller" by GDW. FASA later "adopted" the Gauss Rifle for use in Battletech, but FASA got its start as a licensed producer for Traveller...
Chirp.
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no bowing, now. My geekitude pales before those who were, just last week, discussing the merits of Traveller's gauss weapons in regards to the precise nature of recoil. Not being a rocket scientist like at least one of the active discussers, I just sorta watched...
As noted, the basic idea of the magnetic gun has been around a *long* time, and I've seen bits on working railguns that can throw a brick a country mile (or through a country house) with only two feet of "barrel" and a large electric bill...
SkArcher (676201) : >Gauss Rifles are from battletech Though that's a fairly well known usage, the Gauss Rifle and Gauss Pistol (and VRF Gauss Gun) date *at least* to 1978, when they appeared in the aforementioned SF RPG "Traveller" by GDW. FASA later "adopted" the Gauss Rifle for use in Battletech, but FASA got its start as a licensed producer for Traveller... Chirp.