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Physics of A Firearm of Unusual Size
Enjorous:
--- Quote from: Breandan on October 19, 2011, 04:57:47 AM ---It would, for simplicity's sake, be a rifle firing the shells used in US naval battleships, more or less. So, research those and you'll have an idea of what you are dealing with. Now, that being said... why in the nineteen flaming hells of tap-dancing China is he using THAT against people? Squish em, throw stuff at them, or simply roll gigantic rocks around on them. Much more effective :)
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Because this requires standing up and running around and them humans is quick! With his shootin' gun he can sit on his porch and shoot 'em all day long!
Lanodantheon:
Thanks Haru. I'll need to do more.....Math... but now I can make more headway.
--- Quote from: Aminar on October 19, 2011, 03:35:35 AM ---I would assume that your going to need to BS/fudge some of the physics anyway, as the materials a normal gun is made of wouldn't hold up well to that kind of abuse. Maybe having it use a special form of gunpowder that is giant mixed and some explosion proofing of mythic proportions or the like.
Basically literary fudging versus working the numbers out perfectly.
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Definitely. One of the first things that occured to me . It's effectively invulnerable or otherwise enchanted because there's Magi-Tech.
--- Quote from: Breandan on October 19, 2011, 04:57:47 AM ---It would, for simplicity's sake, be a rifle firing the shells used in US naval battleships, more or less. So, research those and you'll have an idea of what you are dealing with.
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Will do. Thanks.
--- Quote from: Breandan on October 19, 2011, 04:57:47 AM --- Now, that being said... why in the nineteen flaming hells of tap-dancing China is he using THAT against people? Squish em, throw stuff at them, or simply roll gigantic rocks around on them. Much more effective :)
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For the sake of clarity (and to give a good laugh), I will explain. Note: Magi-Tech World that probably should have given up a few apocalypses back AND it's a comedy.
The Giant was cooking breakfast that morning: Bacon & Ham from the meat processing vat he thugged together(Vat grown meat is similar to pork so I assume it could make bacon), Pancakes and an omlete using eggs from his Chickens of Unusual Size when he got attacked by a group of "Grubs".
The Giant normally uses the gun against....big things, but then the grubs' Rocket launcher broke open the pen for the Chickens and the Grubs were using Magical shields to protect themselves. so the giant got all pi%#ed. They obviously weren't scared of the giant since they were still shooting at him and those RPGs hurt so the giant pulled out the gun and started shooting.
A bunch of small critters ruin your breakfast and start wrecking your home. What would you do? ;D
Meta-story though, the gun needs to be present int he story for the novel that follows many years after the events with the giant. but I've said too much. :-X
--- Quote from: Aminar on October 19, 2011, 05:40:00 AM ---On that point, at this size solid chunks of metal cause explosions(frag ones at least) on impact, are you taking that into account? Because using it as a varmint rifle seems silly when he leaves craters as big as his feet after every shot and obliterates elephants.
That said-Written well I can see this being pretty damned cool.
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Though now that I think of it, if he had a dedicated anti-grub weapon it'd probably be a shotgun of unusual size. I cringe at that thought now... It would probably look like those Flechette sheet launcher things the Army's was testing for deployment. I can't remember if they finished or scrapped those things.
Well, food for thought.
Aminar:
Oh dear. Terror shotgun.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
Just picture me rolling on the floor moaning feebly about materials science and square-cube laws, here...
Figging Mint:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on October 19, 2011, 04:30:45 PM ---Just picture me rolling on the floor moaning feebly about materials science and square-cube laws, here...
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185ft Giant with REALLY REALLY good orthopedic support. :P
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