From the Uprising General Notes Pad: The Weapons
Jan 26, 2014 21:14:32 GMT
Post by pragmaticpolymath on Jan 26, 2014 21:14:32 GMT
Back when Screwface Romeo and I were the only ones creating and conceptualizing Uprising, we kept our ideas on a notepad that we shared over the interwubz. Starting out, Screwface had a vision for the series/franchise that I wholly agree upon. So, here is the content that we came up with, at the beginning of it all; which we feel is the foundations on which you all can build.
The red text is what He's conceptualized, and the black is my input. So, here we go!
Weapons are primarily rail or coilguns. The standard Protectorate munition is an 8x30mm spitzer-point steel-cored projectile based on the Soviet 5N7 projectile. It can be fired from rifles or pistols, the primary distinction being the length of the rail involved, and has enough energy to penetrate light and some medium armor even at pistol velocities. Upon entering flesh, it rapidly destabilizes and tumbles, producing massive wound cavities. Most weapons have been modified to use either these, or leftover Russian 9x35mm bullets (basically the 9x39mm cartridge’s bullet, adapted for magnetic weapons.
Why make a new projectile when you already have the facilities to produce one?), which are significantly more powerful, but weigh more and lead to smaller magazine capacities. Alternatives also exist; mostly in the form of old caseless or polymer-cased CTA weapons from before railguns came into their own, or the duel-propulsion weapons that served as the middle step. Brass-cased ammunition is effectively extinct.
Metal Storm. All of the Metal Storm. Stacked projectile launchers are very common, generally hovering between 20 and 30mm diameters, and are used for everything from buckshot to micro seeking missiles and airburst weapons. Some Protectorate units are even authorized to use antimatter warheads, which have effectively rendered tanks obsolete. These weapons are especially popular in the slums, since they are easy to make and effective against power armor (the fact that Levy wrote or improved a lot of the software for Protectorate smart munitions doesn’t hurt either). Tons of old multi-barrel shotguns have been converted to use this technology.
“Directed energy weapons” are a no-no. The most practical type would be lasers, but their massive (and delicate) lenses restrict them to starship and aircraft use, primarily as missile defenses, or pinpoint ground-attack weapons.
The red text is what He's conceptualized, and the black is my input. So, here we go!
Weapons are primarily rail or coilguns. The standard Protectorate munition is an 8x30mm spitzer-point steel-cored projectile based on the Soviet 5N7 projectile. It can be fired from rifles or pistols, the primary distinction being the length of the rail involved, and has enough energy to penetrate light and some medium armor even at pistol velocities. Upon entering flesh, it rapidly destabilizes and tumbles, producing massive wound cavities. Most weapons have been modified to use either these, or leftover Russian 9x35mm bullets (basically the 9x39mm cartridge’s bullet, adapted for magnetic weapons.
Why make a new projectile when you already have the facilities to produce one?), which are significantly more powerful, but weigh more and lead to smaller magazine capacities. Alternatives also exist; mostly in the form of old caseless or polymer-cased CTA weapons from before railguns came into their own, or the duel-propulsion weapons that served as the middle step. Brass-cased ammunition is effectively extinct.
Metal Storm. All of the Metal Storm. Stacked projectile launchers are very common, generally hovering between 20 and 30mm diameters, and are used for everything from buckshot to micro seeking missiles and airburst weapons. Some Protectorate units are even authorized to use antimatter warheads, which have effectively rendered tanks obsolete. These weapons are especially popular in the slums, since they are easy to make and effective against power armor (the fact that Levy wrote or improved a lot of the software for Protectorate smart munitions doesn’t hurt either). Tons of old multi-barrel shotguns have been converted to use this technology.
“Directed energy weapons” are a no-no. The most practical type would be lasers, but their massive (and delicate) lenses restrict them to starship and aircraft use, primarily as missile defenses, or pinpoint ground-attack weapons.