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Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapo
Posted By: Purity of Desolation <swensondaly@hotmail.com>Date: 4/14/08 11:30 p.m.

In Response To: Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapo (elpolloguapo)


: Haha in other words;
: "we know people are going to try to figure out every detail, so we'll
: make it ambiguous, but still threatening"

Exactly. Not only that, but he provided a link that describes that plasma weaponry, at least as it is shown in a lot of popular sci-fi, would not work at all. Due to the plasma being chaotic etc., it would try to equalize its pressure with its environment. Long story short, it would bloom into a diffuse cloud of nothing almost immediately.

At the slower than bullet velocities that they move at, the plasma bolts would just harmlessly dissipate. In order to really get any real distance before dissipating, they'd need to be traveling at hypersonic to relativistic speeds, like a particle beam.

As a result, it would look like a bright streak through the air from the gun to the target, striking effectively instantaneously on target. In fact, that may be how the particle beam rifle works; using magnetic fields or some more efficient variant of that to propel a condensed plasma stream at hypersonic speeds.

That "particle beam" approach is the only plausible way that "plasma weapons" could work, though it would be difficult to get such a device working in the same arena of reliability, size, etc. as a normal gun.

In fact, the Covenant would be better off relying on advanced projectile weapons instead, such as coilguns or more varieties of the "fuel rod" technology used in the Hunter's weapon, the fuel rod gun/cannon and Covenant carbine.

They could also use improved versions of the super-heated metal ballistics used by the Jiralhanae, which would be much simpler and cheaper to produce, but provide just as much accurate, devastating firepower.

With an arsenal of advanced projectile and radioactive ordinance at hand, they could supplement it with powerful, efficient, accurate, and reliable laser and particle beam weapons, resulting in a diverse and terrifying arsenal.


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How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapons!? *NM*CHAOS1212 4/13/08 8:22 p.m.
     From Halopedia7he grunt w/a plasma pistol 4/13/08 9:08 p.m.
           Re: From Halopediaelpolloguapo 4/13/08 9:09 p.m.
                 Re: From HalopediaCHAOS1212 4/13/08 9:14 p.m.
                 Re: From Halopediaangrymob 4/13/08 9:21 p.m.
                       Re: From HalopediaStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/13/08 9:29 p.m.
                             Dont forgetZerowind117 4/14/08 1:24 a.m.
                                   Re: Dont forgetelpolloguapo 4/14/08 6:36 a.m.
                                         Re: Dont forgetFires7orm 4/14/08 12:04 p.m.
                                               Re: Dont forgetelpolloguapo 4/14/08 6:57 p.m.
     Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/13/08 9:16 p.m.
           Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoCHAOS1212 4/13/08 9:20 p.m.
                 Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoelpolloguapo 4/13/08 9:21 p.m.
                       Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/13/08 9:23 p.m.
                             Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoelpolloguapo 4/13/08 9:26 p.m.
                                   Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapo343winks. 4/13/08 9:44 p.m.
     Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapo343winks. 4/13/08 9:30 p.m.
     Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoOmega 4/13/08 11:51 p.m.
           Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoelpolloguapo 4/14/08 6:43 a.m.
                 Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoPurity of Desolation 4/14/08 11:30 p.m.
           Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoJ23 4/14/08 7:48 a.m.
     Frankie saidscarab 4/14/08 7:01 a.m.
           ^^^^ignore^^^^ *NM*scarab 4/14/08 7:03 a.m.
           You're onto something here... *NM*Eddy 071 4/14/08 8:15 a.m.
           Re: Frankie saidLaughtrey 5/17/08 4:43 a.m.
     Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoSimon 5/17/08 1:07 a.m.
     Re: How hot is the plasma rounds of covenant weapoGeneral Vagueness 5/18/08 1:30 p.m.



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