LightRinger he/him Posted December 12, 2023 Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) Reading the MAG manuals, got me thinking. Do y'all think a Deader (compounding Iron Twinborn) could make themself really heavy, pull on a building, then start storing weight hard to launch themself like a slingshot? Just thinking... Edited December 13, 2023 by LightRinger
Trusk'our he/him Posted December 13, 2023 Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, LightRinger said: Reading the MAG manuals, got me thinking. Do y'all think a Deader (compounding Iron Twinborn) could make themself really heavy, pull on a building, then start storing weight hard to launch themself like a slingshot? Just thinking... To an extent, yes. Wax used a similar tactic in SoS; he reduced his weight after each Steelpush when chasing Bleeder, giving himself slight bursts of extra speed. A Deader Twinborn could probably slingshot themselves then, but it's effectiveness depends on the extent that weight manipulation can influence Steelpushing and Ironpulling in regard to their speed- if the speed they normally can generate via Ironpull/Steelpush is not influenced by increasing weight, then increasing weight during the pull and then reducing it suddenly should give them significantly greater speed in their jump. 2
Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted December 15, 2023 Posted December 15, 2023 I always assumed that the idea of conservation of momentum meant that if your Skimmer was flying at a set speed and then they became half the weight they would move twice as fast. Or if they became twice as heavy midflight they would slow down by half. But I know nothing of physics and this would be greatly limited by air resistance and such also. I imagine they would be confronted with some serious Gs when making sudden changes as well. Perhaps the iron feruchemy would protect them.
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