Ben W Bell
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Can someone remind me what Nuclear Dampers are for. Where they to negate the use of nuclear weapons on ships?
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BenBell:
Can someone remind me what Nuclear Dampers are for. Where they to negate the use of nuclear weapons on ships?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Nuclear Dampers are for exactly the problem Phydaux describes. PC's decide to get uppity and fire nuke tipped missile at Regia Highport. Highport traffic control notes the missile launch and waves the Nuclear Damper effect over the missile as a precaution. Missile then hamlessly bounces off the metorite shield and the guys in battledress have a few questions for the captain of a free trader.
Nuclear Damapers work (in theory anyway) by altering the energy at which nuclear decay takes place. By raising this energy, very short lived, unstable elements can be made to stay stable for much longer. By lowering this energy, more stable elements are made to decay faster and with less energy. There is a limit to how low you can force this energy level, but it's assumed its low enough to make nuke warheads decay to uselessness in a few seconds of exposure.
Can someone remind me what Nuclear Dampers are for. Where they to negate the use of nuclear weapons on ships?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Nuclear Dampers are for exactly the problem Phydaux describes. PC's decide to get uppity and fire nuke tipped missile at Regia Highport. Highport traffic control notes the missile launch and waves the Nuclear Damper effect over the missile as a precaution. Missile then hamlessly bounces off the metorite shield and the guys in battledress have a few questions for the captain of a free trader.
Nuclear Damapers work (in theory anyway) by altering the energy at which nuclear decay takes place. By raising this energy, very short lived, unstable elements can be made to stay stable for much longer. By lowering this energy, more stable elements are made to decay faster and with less energy. There is a limit to how low you can force this energy level, but it's assumed its low enough to make nuke warheads decay to uselessness in a few seconds of exposure.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by rtartis:
One suggestion would be: Is it possible to build a shaped charge nuke,
Yes. Not just cone but also pencil thin focused force.
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Really, no. The way nukes detonate it really isn't possible to shape the charge the way you can with conventional explosives.
What you are talking about is the bomb pumped x-ray laser warheads. The Nuclear bomb detonates and the x-ray pulse from the explosion powers an x-ray laser (actually an entire array of aimable x-ray lasers). The concept was developed for the Star Wars anti-balistic missile shield during the 1980s.
You can get a "Pencil thin" x-ray laser beam from a bomb by adding the lasing equipment. Which in space is the only force from a bomb you are going to get.
One suggestion would be: Is it possible to build a shaped charge nuke,
Yes. Not just cone but also pencil thin focused force.
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Really, no. The way nukes detonate it really isn't possible to shape the charge the way you can with conventional explosives.
What you are talking about is the bomb pumped x-ray laser warheads. The Nuclear bomb detonates and the x-ray pulse from the explosion powers an x-ray laser (actually an entire array of aimable x-ray lasers). The concept was developed for the Star Wars anti-balistic missile shield during the 1980s.
You can get a "Pencil thin" x-ray laser beam from a bomb by adding the lasing equipment. Which in space is the only force from a bomb you are going to get.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tjoneslo:
Really, no. The way nukes detonate it really isn't possible to shape the charge the way you can with conventional explosives.
What you are talking about is the bomb pumped x-ray laser warheads. The Nuclear bomb detonates and the x-ray pulse from the explosion powers an x-ray laser (actually an entire array of aimable x-ray lasers). The concept was developed for the Star Wars anti-balistic missile shield during the 1980s.
You can get a "Pencil thin" x-ray laser beam from a bomb by adding the lasing equipment. Which in space is the only force from a bomb you are going to get. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
aside from massive radiation bursts. Oh, and at close ranges order of xE2 meters, there will be a shockwave of energetic particles of significant force. Not of the kinetic kill levels, but enough to make a nudge.
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Really, no. The way nukes detonate it really isn't possible to shape the charge the way you can with conventional explosives.
What you are talking about is the bomb pumped x-ray laser warheads. The Nuclear bomb detonates and the x-ray pulse from the explosion powers an x-ray laser (actually an entire array of aimable x-ray lasers). The concept was developed for the Star Wars anti-balistic missile shield during the 1980s.
You can get a "Pencil thin" x-ray laser beam from a bomb by adding the lasing equipment. Which in space is the only force from a bomb you are going to get. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
aside from massive radiation bursts. Oh, and at close ranges order of xE2 meters, there will be a shockwave of energetic particles of significant force. Not of the kinetic kill levels, but enough to make a nudge.
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-aramis
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Smith & Wesson: The Original Point and Click interface!
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by aramis:
aside from massive radiation bursts. Oh, and at close ranges order of xE2 meters, there will be a shockwave of energetic particles of significant force. Not of the kinetic kill levels, but enough to make a nudge.
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And thus is born the Orion Space Drive.
aside from massive radiation bursts. Oh, and at close ranges order of xE2 meters, there will be a shockwave of energetic particles of significant force. Not of the kinetic kill levels, but enough to make a nudge.
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And thus is born the Orion Space Drive.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tjoneslo:
And thus is born the Orion Space Drive. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yup.
And Asteroid deflection schemes, which use the radiation as a bonus, in order to melt and vaporize some of the surface in order to accellerate the parts...
The radiation burst, however, would be much more of a problem... nuke radiation levels, sans atmosphereic absorbtion, can be incredible...
Side note: in todays Anchorage Daily News, I saw a bit about the russians looking for some Strontium-90 Nuclear batteries they left lying about in the boonies.... hot enough to cause the finding hunters to develop radiation sickness from a few hours of exposure, and to melt the surrounding snow...<G>
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-aramis
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Smith & Wesson: The Original Point and Click interface!
And thus is born the Orion Space Drive. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yup.
And Asteroid deflection schemes, which use the radiation as a bonus, in order to melt and vaporize some of the surface in order to accellerate the parts...
The radiation burst, however, would be much more of a problem... nuke radiation levels, sans atmosphereic absorbtion, can be incredible...
Side note: in todays Anchorage Daily News, I saw a bit about the russians looking for some Strontium-90 Nuclear batteries they left lying about in the boonies.... hot enough to cause the finding hunters to develop radiation sickness from a few hours of exposure, and to melt the surrounding snow...<G>
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-aramis
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Smith & Wesson: The Original Point and Click interface!
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BenBell:
I have a problem with Licensed Star Mercs being allowed Nukes in war time. Nukes are banned under the Imperial Rules of War are they not? So they're not likely to allow mercaneries access to them are they?
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that is one of the rules laid down.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
When the imperium fights against non-imperials, the rules of warfare apply not. They also don't apply to Imperial Interventions. So, when the starmercs get "Activated" for the 6thFW, the Regent will be loading them up with nukes... "For the good of the imperium. You simply mistook my context for war: extra-imperial hostiles being the target, not starmercs working for some imperial member world (or even faction of a world).
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-aramis
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Smith & Wesson: The Original Point and Click interface!
I have a problem with Licensed Star Mercs being allowed Nukes in war time. Nukes are banned under the Imperial Rules of War are they not? So they're not likely to allow mercaneries access to them are they?
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that is one of the rules laid down.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
When the imperium fights against non-imperials, the rules of warfare apply not. They also don't apply to Imperial Interventions. So, when the starmercs get "Activated" for the 6thFW, the Regent will be loading them up with nukes... "For the good of the imperium. You simply mistook my context for war: extra-imperial hostiles being the target, not starmercs working for some imperial member world (or even faction of a world).
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-aramis
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Smith & Wesson: The Original Point and Click interface!
