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  3. Future Guns: Projectile Obsolete?

    in Star Hero

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    Re: Future Guns: Projectile Obsolete?

     

    One of the things I liked with Traveller 2300 was their use of projectile weapons. In particular the use of binary propellents which gave them a very high tech feel while also being practical and not being too Space opera. Magazines held the projectiles and one of the gasses, the weapon held a cartridge with a second gas. When a bullet was chambered the two gasses combined in the chamber becoming an explosive just waiting for the ignition spark from the trigger. Binary propellent weapons have several advantages over our current tech, they are completely safe when stored (no flammable / explosive propellent) unless the projectile has a secondary effect, they are caseless (less weight, one less step for the gun since it doesn't have to eject a case, and no need for an opening to eject the case which is also an opening for dirt), the velocity can be adjusted easily by changing how much gas is injected and the ammo can be more easily controlled (only 1/2 the binary propellent is kept in the magazine, the other gas is kept in the gun / spare cylinders).

     

    The other common sci-fi projectile weapon is the gauss or rail gun (electro-magnetically propelled projectile).

     

    While neither of thise are currently practical as a small arm, they have been successfully demonstrated in larger size weapons (cannon), so they are very beleivable for a hard science sci-fi game set in the fairly near future (50-100 years+).

     

    In the Honorverse books they still use projectile weapons they use gravity instead of electro-magnetic though (and chemical propellant for dueling weapons).

  14. Marvel Legacies

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    Re: Marvel Legacies

     

    Marvel has used the GA Vision in recent years so that character's probably locked down. The GA Doc Strange and Dare-Devil weren't published by Marvel/Timely/Atlas and haven't ever been used by them as far as I know.

    During the 50's they published some reprints but your right about them not being part of the Marvel Universe there was a law suit which was settled but during that time the MU DD at first didn't wear a costume then for awhile went back to the yellow one.

    The GA Daredevil was in action for Dynamite and Alan Moore's Terra Obscura I think.

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    He was in the Fem-force Universe as Red Devil too, also the GA Blue Beetle was used but was called Scarlet Scorpion.

     

    I believe for the most part both DC and Marvel have settled all the rights problems.

  17. Marvel Legacies

    in Champions

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    Re: Marvel Legacies

     

    Though they are now public domain and not part of the Marvel Universe anymore there was a Golden Age Dr(Doc) Strange, Dare-Devil and Vision. Also check out the mini-series The Twelve for some more GA Marvel characters.

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