Darth Brotarian wrote...
Maxster_ wrote...
Enough?
Not really, since a lot of what you posted was bloated and unrelated, like your first quote on space combat.
It was related to a base design decisions of ship-grade kinetic weaponry. Meaning it was designed to act in space, where, you know, is no atmosphere.
Anyway, with such kinetic energy, it is irrelevant, if there is an atmosphere, in a context of changing trajectory.
You also seem to work on the assumption that modern firearm slugs do not squash, smash, and deform upon impact. They do in fact do this, and it can make extracting a bullet that much more difficult, espically if small slivers of it break up inside the body, and we already have bullets designed to shatter upon impact, they're called hollowpoint rounds.
That is your delusion. In comparison to you, i know how kinetic weapons works. Modern included.
Also ignoring that just because a weapon of high kinetic energy would generate heat upon impact, it would match the duration or temperature of a thanix round, and that the two are interchangable in some way with one another, seems rather disingenuous to me.
As i said, you have no idea about inelastic collision.
As it seems, you have also no idea, what is thanix weapon in MEU.
Normandy Weapon Upgrade: Thanix Magnetic-Hydrodynamic Weapon
Following the Battle of the Citadel, human and turian volunteers conducted a massive three-month survey effort to clear the station's orbit of debris. Secretly, the turian Office of Technological Reconnaissance "volunteers" were technology recovery specialists salvaging the main weapon of the geth flagship Sovereign, and large amounts of its valuable element zero core.
Contrary to popular belief, Sovereign's main gun was not a directed energy weapon. Rather, its massive element zero core powered an electromagnetic field suspending a liquid iron-uranium-tungsten alloy that shaped into armor-piercing projectiles when fired. The jet of molten metal, accelerated to a fraction of the speed of light, destroys targets by impact force and irresistible heat.
Only 11 months after the battle, the turians produced the Thanix, their own miniaturized version of Sovereign's gun. The Thanix can fire reliably every five seconds, rivaling a cruiser's firepower but mountable on a fighter or frigate.
It is a kinetic weapon, as is standart slug weapons of allied fleets prior to Sovereign.
It impact power comes solely from kinetic energy, with a small addition of heat energy.
Also you ignore that a dreadnought firing at a planet in order to hit a reaper stationed there would need to have near precise accuracy, which we are told is not possible as the reapers are scrambling targeting systems against them. Otherwise you would unleash the energy equivilant of a atomic bomb upon the missed target, and seeing as you have ground forces operating there, that would be a rather bad idea to eyeball something like that. You need something that can get closer so that it can get a clearer shot at the reaper, without the fear of being shot out of space by the reaper vessels.
What are you talking about?
Speaking about proof - you have none.
Moreso, it is completely unrelated to a topic. Which is lore-butchering nonsense, called "Thanix missile".
Also, you are comparing the mechanics of a cannon to the mechanics of a missle, they are different types of weapons, and comparing the two is highly disengenuous. Along with this, is the seeming accusation that because we have handgun mass accelerators, that we can also have a accerlator cannon of a ship used to fire thanix blast of, and I quote, "The Thanix's core is a liquid alloy of iron, uranium, and tungsten
suspended in an electromagnetic field powered by element zero." which according to the wiki, " accelerated to a significant fraction of the speed of light, solidifies
into a projectile as it is fired, hitting targets with enough force to
pierce any known shield or armor." made for use for groundside forces the same way a handgun or sniper rifle could be deployed, and that a manually operate weapon would require the same energy as a cannon to fire.
Load of nonsense.
Thanix weapon, is a kinetic weapon.
Kinetic energy given to a projectile, in MEU, depends on the length of the barrel(which is obvious). Hence, - codex entries about that.
Therefore, that missile can not be "Thanix", or its power would be lower than a main gun of a Mako.
Thus, it is completely useless as a ship-grade weapon, it will never pass through kinetic shield, not even speaking about armor.
Sovereign is the flagship of the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius. An enormous dreadnought larger than any other ship in any known fleet, Sovereign is crewed with both geth and krogan. At two kilometers long, its spinal-mounted main gun is likely capable of penetrating another dreadnought's kinetic barriers with a single shot.
The prevailing opinion is that Sovereign is a geth construct, while others believe it is a Prothean relic. Its design, however, hints at a more alien and mysterious origin. The attack on Eden Prime demonstrated Sovereign's ability to generate mass effect fields powerful enough to land on a planetary surface. This implies it has a massive element zero core, and the ability to generate staggering amounts of power.
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