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Encore de chez la liste qui fait squeek :


--- In hrud@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Saumure" <welverin01@y...>


wrote:


> in the recent novel, "Warriors of Ultramar" Inquisitor kryptmann


> gives Uriel ventris a weapon that is of Hrud design to penetrate


the


> hide of the Norn Queen in a Tyrannid Hive Fleet. the weapon is


> roughly pistol sized and is described as a mixture of plasma and


> melta technology. I will try and find my copy tonight and give


more


> specifics, though the info was pretty vague.


This description sort of fits with a type of weapon that I was


designing for use by Imperial Guard...it may however do as an


explanation of how the Hrud weapon works. The concept is of using


a low power laser beem to lase a highly excitable element which then


produces a high energy gas laser.


The lazing material would be loaded into the weapon in a similar


manner to the way shells are loaded into a standard rifle. Each


shot will be more of a pulse as the lazed material is quickly used


up.


Advantages:


1. Energy Output / Mobility


The Hrud are probably not on par with the tech level of the


Imperium. This will put the production of the energy cells


necessary to efficiently operate an Imperial laser beyond their


means. The lower power initial laser beam will mean that they do


not require the high power energy cells or cumbersome batteries to


try to eaqual their output.


2. Cooling


One problem with such a weapon is the amount of heat produced. By


limiting the size of the "bullet", and optimizing the length of the


combustion chamber (barrel), the heat from each shot can be


regulated to allow for a relatively good rate of fire.


Disadvantages:


1. Gets Hot


The "shells" of lasing material are mass produced. Defects in the


shells may lead to a "misfire". The ionized gas may cause a rupture


in the "breach or in the combustion chamber. Treat the same as


rolling for a plasma weapon.


Still trying to work out the specifics, but how does that sound.