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Re: idiot's summary
Posted By: Pvt. Jenkins	Date: 1/28/05 12:44 a.m.
In Response To: idiot's summary (gspawn) : 1)speed of light ~300,000,000m/s : 2)SuperMac is going either .4=120,000,000m/s, or .04=12,000,000m/s : 3)The second round you're referring to was doing 30,000m/s : -Notice that that's now just slower, that's MUCH slower... you're talking : about two entirely different weapon systems, so you're not helped there. : And Nylund is a kick-ass writer, but he's known for making some little errors : here and there (improper pronouns, switching lefts and rights...) so I : think that ".4" was likely read as ".4" and "4 : tenths" at the same time, and he fudged them together as he wrote. : So I'd imagine it's safe to say: SuperMAC: 120,000,000m/s (1/4 speed of : light) : Commonwealth: 30,000m/s (1/10,000 speed of light) : (And this makes a better comparison of how much faster the Super round is) : [total opinion here, since I imagine you're writing / using the numbers] : I think this comes from the fact that MAC guns on human ships were built for : standard, human, vessell-to-vessell combat, while SuperMACs were built to : kock the **** out of anything in range. Remember the talk in FoR about how : the Pillar of Autumn couldn't mount any anti-fighter guns anywhere near : the MAC because they'd get magnetized? MAC guns on human ships seem so : underpowered because building them big enough to do the "big" : jobs would magnetize the whole ship (and be a huge waste since most larger : ships' MACs can punch a hole straight through unshielded vessels). Of : course, comparitively, modern bullets only need to do upwards of ~1,000m/s : to take care of anything in their path. Also, the rounds fired from all : MAC guns are superdense mofo materials, so hefting something so massive to : that speed is already enough force that it probably factors into steering : the ship... : And Nylund is harder... Eric Trautmann (Art of Halo, etc) is a mildly : reachable person. That or hope Frankie pops in... The moral of the story is: the MAC round goes pretty dang fast.

Message Index

UNSC MAC round velocity	Vanguard21	1/27/05 11:18 p.m.
Re: UNSC MAC round velocity	Alex Cross	1/28/05 12:09 a.m.
whoa, careless error ;)	gspawn	1/28/05 12:31 a.m.
*sigh* Goddamnit	Alex Cross	1/28/05 6:14 a.m.
Re: whoa, careless error ;)	Son of Ral	1/28/05 3:51 p.m.
"Boo"	Son of Ral	1/28/05 3:47 p.m.
To sum it up, .4c :) *NM*	Alex Cross	1/28/05 12:11 a.m.
idiot's summary	gspawn	1/28/05 12:27 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	Pvt. Jenkins	1/28/05 12:44 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	gspawn	1/28/05 1:00 a.m.
hear hear *NM*	Corgana	1/28/05 1:02 a.m.
iMac? :) *NM*	Michael M.	1/28/05 1:06 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	devolver	1/28/05 1:47 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	replay	1/28/05 2:21 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	mrbananas	1/28/05 9:38 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	Bonekin	1/28/05 10:36 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	mrbananas	1/28/05 11:18 a.m.
Re: idiot's summary	Grady	1/28/05 11:32 a.m.
the possible cause of confusion and doubt.	mrbananas	1/28/05 1:07 p.m.
Re: the possible cause of confusion and doubt.	Louis Wu	1/28/05 1:42 p.m.
Re: the possible cause of confusion and doubt.	Vanguard21	1/28/05 2:49 p.m.
Re: idiot's summary	Gre'Thor	1/28/05 12:10 p.m.
Re: idiot's summary	E.T. the Extremely Tired	1/28/05 12:54 p.m.
Re: idiot's summary	Eric Trautmann	1/28/05 3:23 p.m.
To put it in very simple terms...	Calvin Chaos	1/28/05 4:25 p.m.
Re: UNSC MAC round velocity	Vanguard21	1/28/05 1:11 p.m.
Re: UNSC MAC round velocity	Calvin Chaos	1/28/05 4:37 p.m.
Re: UNSC MAC round velocity	Vanguard21	1/28/05 5:12 p.m.