Feruchemical Zinc and Allomantic Atium

[Voidus]

I do agree that bullets could probably just be plated, I think that in AoL times they might not have had the requisite technology to electroplate them, that's my $0.02 anyway

[Observer]

Plated bullet would probbaly get aluminum blown off it, rendering the rets of the plating useless.

[Voidus]

Plated bullet would probbaly get aluminum blown off it, rendering the rets of the plating useless.

It might do, depends how thick the plating is A bullet is only shot once so as long as it can stand that initial shot without losing the plating then it's good, but a gun is going to be firing over and over so it's subject to a lot more wear.

[Aminar]

Aluminum bullets would be less damaging due to the lack of mushrooming from the stiffer Aluminum(I think) I know Silver bullets have that problem. That and Aluminum Bullets light mass is a problem as they have alot less force behind them.

[Satsuoni he/him]

That is why they use bullets with uranium core For weight.

[Observer]

That is why they use bullets with uranium core For weight.

I always liked rusty steel. If I'm gonna hit them, they may as well get tetanus while I'm at it!

[Satsuoni he/him]

Now correct me if I am wrong, but are you sure bacteria will survive the shot? Doesn't the bullet heat? Poison, now, or radiation are another matter.

[Observer]

Now correct me if I am wrong, but are you sure bacteria will survive the shot? Doesn't the bullet heat? Poison, now, or radiation are another matter.

I use magic bullets, obviously. Everything related to my sanity or the state thereof is automatically and unquestionally magical. Hence, the creeper face attached to my mouse pointe rinvalidated your argument.

And, for on topic's sake, Atium is an exception.

[Satsuoni he/him]

Blood for the blood God! Spikes for the spike throne!

Just had to get that out of the system.

Ahem. Now back on topic... What was the original topic anyway?

Ah yes. You'll probably have to have both steel and zinc to have a chance of beating Atium burner. IMO.

[Observer]

Blood for the blood God! Spikes for the spike throne!

Just had to get that out of the system.

Ahem. Now back on topic... What was the original topic anyway?

Ah yes. You'll probably have to have both steel and zinc to have a chance of beating Atium burner. IMO.

Zinc creates artificial future sight. It simply can't compare with the real thing IMO.

[name_here]

Atium does break the rules for allomantic metals; it's an external temporal metal even though one already exists and it's got at least 16 allomantically active alloys. So even if not working on aluminum is universal instead of specific to the physical and mental metals, it's possible Atium breaks that rule too. There's also precedent for it working on things steel doesn't, because there is no indication Inquisitor shadows were missing the spikes.

If aluminum does block it, would it hide the shadows of things where it was going to be? If someone raised an aluminum gun, would their shadow lack the portion that would be hidden by the gun when they raise it?

[Aeshdan he/him]

Ranette's special bullets-what-kill-allomancers exist because she outright could not afford aluminum.

No, she actually thinks the anti-coinshot rounds are better than aluminum, since the Coinshot sees the metal bit, thinks he can block it, and then gets the ceramic break-off tip in the eye.

[Aminar]

Hers are superior for Wax because he can push the bullets but if a coinshot pushes them the metal bits go away but the ceramic still hits.(Or at least hazekiller rounds could be made that duplicate this affect.)

[Observer]

It almost makes me wonder if Sazed recorded Vin's little trick with the arrowheads...