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:: Ah, and so I cry "Inspired!" Truly this is an elegant solution, yet I belive we may have overlooked the crucial fact that the Covenant weapons are able to fire in space; indeed they can operate to their full effect. Thus I submit to you that the weapons may contain a solidified form of plasma which is converted into a gas, heated, and then fired. Either that or the weapon has a massive amount of compressed gasses within its innards. Moreover, after re-reading Dr. Halsey's Journal, I have rediscovered that most of the Covenant weapons' component parts are connected through slipspace, i.e.: the trigger is in no way connected to the firing mechanism in our four dimensions. I belive we may have underestimated the amount of hardware that may be present in these armaments. Delightfully intrigued--[[User talk:Bruce2401|Bruce2401]] 06:26, 26 April 2011 (EDT) | :: Ah, and so I cry "Inspired!" Truly this is an elegant solution, yet I belive we may have overlooked the crucial fact that the Covenant weapons are able to fire in space; indeed they can operate to their full effect. Thus I submit to you that the weapons may contain a solidified form of plasma which is converted into a gas, heated, and then fired. Either that or the weapon has a massive amount of compressed gasses within its innards. Moreover, after re-reading Dr. Halsey's Journal, I have rediscovered that most of the Covenant weapons' component parts are connected through slipspace, i.e.: the trigger is in no way connected to the firing mechanism in our four dimensions. I belive we may have underestimated the amount of hardware that may be present in these armaments. Delightfully intrigued--[[User talk:Bruce2401|Bruce2401]] 06:26, 26 April 2011 (EDT) | ||
:I forgot about the journal, I haven't taken the time to reconcile my design with the journal. | |||
:I must clarify, the plasma weapons that can't fire in space are the hand held. I have no objection concerning shipborne munitions. Do the books mention hand held plasma weapons being used in a vacuum? If it is restricted to the games, then we could consider it an oversight by Bungie. It wouldn't be the first major oversight - in the level: Long Night of Solace, the player has to maintain thrust inorder to maintain constant velocity, where according to real astrophysics, the Sabre should accelerate in response to maintained thrust, never maximising. Obviously this is not what is seen in the game, the Sabre instantly slows down to a crawl whenever thrust ceased. In reality, a spacecraft's maximum velocity is only limited by the speed of light, and the amount of fuel it can carry. [[User talk:Plasmic Physics|Plasmic Physics]] 07:43, 26 April 2011 (EDT) | |||
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