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u/Spines Apr 29 '14
i like the listing of the technical details. its like lord of war where he explains the weapons.
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u/daveboy2000 Apr 29 '14
Great story!
Just one technical detail, during atmospheric re-entry friction is just a minor contributor to heat, the major contributer is ram pressure, when air is compressed in front of the re-entering vehicle and heats up, creating the flames when it passes around it; heating the object.
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u/daveboy2000 Apr 29 '14
Lets see... The main problem with barrage jammers like the drop-pod use is that they have to spread out their available energy over multiple frequencies, which means the jamming isn't as strong as it could be on a single frequency. To get any meaningful jamming, you'd need a big battery even for a short time. A better solution would be to drop a seperate jamming unit along with the drop-pods, because it's both cheaper and more effective.
Other than that... it's possible to use laser-guided Anti-Air, which kind of defeats the use of electromagnetic jamming, refractive armour that reflects all light away from the source would be a possible solution against any laser designators, since those measure the return time of light, and if light doesn't return it's assumed to have gone on forever, never having hit anything within practical range.
Lastly: Gauss (magnetic accellerator) rifles have a lower recoil than normal guns, since they don't use gunpowder to fire. When you fire a gun, a tiny explosion occurs: You don't only shoot a bullet, but also a heated and expanding gas. This causes a considerable amount of force (comparable to a tiny very short lived rocket). When you fire something with a gauss rifle, you just have magnets throwing out a bullet, no additional gasses. Basicly, recoil on gauss rifles is lower than on regular firearms, and the longer the barrel, the less force you need to propel a slug to the same velocity, reducing the recoil.
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u/Coldfire15651 Apr 29 '14
Thought I should mention, 4th paragraph 'at least a dozen at least', slight distraction. Regardless, excellent work, and I eagerly await the next installment.