SolidSamurai
12-18-2007, 11:14 PM
Here we make up weaponry that could appear in the StarCraft universe. Ideally, the idea is that it's been just under 500 years and good ol' man has done quite a bit then.
He what, created cyberspace matrice, grew and killed a culture of cyborgs and mutants, formed a totalitarian government that softened after awhile and colonized space. He even split things up; with two mass governmental societies apart from each other in that immense cosmos (confederacy and UED).
So alot has been invented. Alot of business has come and gone.
What kind of weaponry or armor, in your own creative opinion, do you believe could've lived and died between that gap of time and now?
Here's some good examples to kick things off...
The 6 guage pump-action shot gun for powered armor troopers (features pressurized gas vent; even heavier versions have self-contained coolant) - available in low quantity in 21st century with the idea of platform bearing heavy weapons foot soldiers in mind, and consistently refitted all the way up until now (26th century). Virtually twice as powerful as the 12 guage, and owned by some of the more creepy colonists, who had an interest in blowing off the limbs of large creatures.
The ARP98J-7 corner gun - available 25th century
The 'snapper' VG-69E mini-cannon - available among the UED pre-brood war
The O79-B HAW (Heavy Armored Walker) - available among the UPL... walkers were first developed in an arms race between NATO and EU before then... things simmered before war broke out, however
The SBATRG 55876-OT74 Fletcher Gun (venom darts) - available 25th century; first developed 21st century by underground crime syndicates
The APL-09A Plasma Thrower or APL-09B Rifle (incredibly deadly, but slowly replaced by handheld gauss guns due to range; introduction of ablatively thermic, fibrically dense poly-titanium pushed plasma research budgets; thrower fires stream, rifle fires balls) - available late 22nd all the way to 24th century
The HKLC-48E Electrostatic 'lightning' Assault Gun (fired super ionized electrical plasma, hazardous against machinery components in earlier interfaced armor as well as UVs) - available 22nd century earth
The 'Blam Fry' HRC-778 0.286 Gauge Shot Gun (a weapon platform intended for walkers in close quarters; low quantity and hardly used due to unconventionality; extensive gas vent and cooling technology with explodable rounds) - Powerful weapon that still exists; open battlefield ('no mans land') often have soldiers half a kilometer apart shooting at each other with supersonic spikes (trenches are quite often much further apart), and so the reach of this weapon is ineligible, the force however is easily great enough to cut right through hydralisks and perhaps even slay the mighty hunter killers in a solo ambush due to the weapons shell impact system (first shells explode upon impact while second shells are propelled inwards, spare bullets are inflated upon impact through use of a pressure chemical substance; the gun is made to deliver as much of a direct force 'push' as possible, it's shrapnel and shot are said to just barely outmatch the current AGR-14/C-14 rifles in terms of short range impact); when applied enough times directly, it could even manage to penetrate the outer shell of an ultralisk's armor and wound it, although this is a wide estimate. The weapon never grabbed the emperor's attention however, because funding was mostly focused on major changes and refinements to the military core in a desperate attempt to optimize things; additionally, the models were mostly lost or trashed by SC2. The recoil measures in tons.
It could be anything at all. Stretch your creativity guys. No limits. Just don't be stupid.
He what, created cyberspace matrice, grew and killed a culture of cyborgs and mutants, formed a totalitarian government that softened after awhile and colonized space. He even split things up; with two mass governmental societies apart from each other in that immense cosmos (confederacy and UED).
So alot has been invented. Alot of business has come and gone.
What kind of weaponry or armor, in your own creative opinion, do you believe could've lived and died between that gap of time and now?
Here's some good examples to kick things off...
The 6 guage pump-action shot gun for powered armor troopers (features pressurized gas vent; even heavier versions have self-contained coolant) - available in low quantity in 21st century with the idea of platform bearing heavy weapons foot soldiers in mind, and consistently refitted all the way up until now (26th century). Virtually twice as powerful as the 12 guage, and owned by some of the more creepy colonists, who had an interest in blowing off the limbs of large creatures.
The ARP98J-7 corner gun - available 25th century
The 'snapper' VG-69E mini-cannon - available among the UED pre-brood war
The O79-B HAW (Heavy Armored Walker) - available among the UPL... walkers were first developed in an arms race between NATO and EU before then... things simmered before war broke out, however
The SBATRG 55876-OT74 Fletcher Gun (venom darts) - available 25th century; first developed 21st century by underground crime syndicates
The APL-09A Plasma Thrower or APL-09B Rifle (incredibly deadly, but slowly replaced by handheld gauss guns due to range; introduction of ablatively thermic, fibrically dense poly-titanium pushed plasma research budgets; thrower fires stream, rifle fires balls) - available late 22nd all the way to 24th century
The HKLC-48E Electrostatic 'lightning' Assault Gun (fired super ionized electrical plasma, hazardous against machinery components in earlier interfaced armor as well as UVs) - available 22nd century earth
The 'Blam Fry' HRC-778 0.286 Gauge Shot Gun (a weapon platform intended for walkers in close quarters; low quantity and hardly used due to unconventionality; extensive gas vent and cooling technology with explodable rounds) - Powerful weapon that still exists; open battlefield ('no mans land') often have soldiers half a kilometer apart shooting at each other with supersonic spikes (trenches are quite often much further apart), and so the reach of this weapon is ineligible, the force however is easily great enough to cut right through hydralisks and perhaps even slay the mighty hunter killers in a solo ambush due to the weapons shell impact system (first shells explode upon impact while second shells are propelled inwards, spare bullets are inflated upon impact through use of a pressure chemical substance; the gun is made to deliver as much of a direct force 'push' as possible, it's shrapnel and shot are said to just barely outmatch the current AGR-14/C-14 rifles in terms of short range impact); when applied enough times directly, it could even manage to penetrate the outer shell of an ultralisk's armor and wound it, although this is a wide estimate. The weapon never grabbed the emperor's attention however, because funding was mostly focused on major changes and refinements to the military core in a desperate attempt to optimize things; additionally, the models were mostly lost or trashed by SC2. The recoil measures in tons.
It could be anything at all. Stretch your creativity guys. No limits. Just don't be stupid.