the fellowship of the thing The Fellowship of the Thing - I'm bored. Let's mess around! (Retired)

[Knight of Iron she/they]

1 minute ago, Spren of Kindness said:

"That's pretty advanced," Martin remarks, looking at the laser gun.  "Does it have a cooling system?"  He winces.  "And, ah, Fehn, I'd recommend not looking down the barrel."

"I think so. It heats up real fast to generate, but it cools down even faster."

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Knight of Iron said:

"I think so. It heats up real fast to generate, but it cools down even faster."

"Does it burn you when it heats up?  That's what was hampering our scientists in getting decent hand-held laser weapons."

[Knight of Iron she/they]

Just now, Spren of Kindness said:

"Does it burn you when it heats up?  That's what was hampering our scientists in getting decent hand-held laser weapons."

"No, it doesn't," he said, "But I'm not too familiar with the exact workings of it. But I feel it's pretty recent development... at least, wherever I'm from."

[Chasmgoat he/him]

N'Fehn hands the gun back and tries to understand what this "cooling system" is and all that

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Knight of Iron said:

"No, it doesn't," he said, "But I'm not too familiar with the exact workings of it. But I feel it's pretty recent development... at least, wherever I'm from."

"Makes sense.  Lasers are a minefield of..." Martin waves his hands vaguely, "Stuff.  Ethics, mechanics, supplies.  Where I'm from, it took a good... I think a decade before testing was approved."

[Knight of Iron she/they]

4 minutes ago, Chasmgoat said:

N'Fehn hands the gun back and tries to understand what this "cooling system" is and all that

3 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said:

"Makes sense.  Lasers are a minefield of..." Martin waves his hands vaguely, "Stuff.  Ethics, mechanics, supplies.  Where I'm from, it took a good... I think a decade before testing was approved."

"Near infinite ammunition was revolutionary for wars, I think." Fresco paused. "Though I'm not sure how I know that.'

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Knight of Iron said:

"Near infinite ammunition was revolutionary for wars, I think." Fresco paused. "Though I'm not sure how I know that.'

"Oh yeah.  The concept was applauded, especially when people realized it could mean soldiers could carry more medical or survival equipment.  But it leads to a lot of stalemates."  Martin rubs the back of his neck absently.  "They're still better than E.B.s, so there's that."

[Random Bystander she/her]

4 minutes ago, Knight of Iron said:

"Near infinite ammunition was revolutionary for wars, I think." Fresco paused. "Though I'm not sure how I know that.'

She looked at the weapon, shocked. "How do I get one? Mine is a simple pistol. It shoots bullets, not lasers."

[Knight of Iron she/they]

Just now, Random Bystander said:

She looked at the weapon, shocked. "How do I get one? Mine is a simple pistol. It shoots bullets, not lasers."

"Ancient technology," said Fresco, "I assume if we ever were to find my world, you could get one there."

3 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said:

"Oh yeah.  The concept was applauded, especially when people realized it could mean soldiers could carry more medical or survival equipment.  But it leads to a lot of stalemates."  Martin rubs the back of his neck absently.  "They're still better than E.B.s, so there's that."

"E.B.s? I'm not familiar with that term."

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Knight of Iron said:

"Ancient technology," said Fresco, "I assume if we ever were to find my world, you could get one there."

"E.B.s? I'm not familiar with that term."

"Never let it be said that a disgruntled foot squad is good at naming things.  It stands for explosive bullet.  Take a bomb, make it aerodynamic, shrink it, and you've got a war crime."

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[Condensation she/her]

"I mean... maybe we shouldn't all have laser guns?"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Condensation said:

"I mean... maybe we shouldn't all have laser guns?"

"You raise a good point.  Variety is important."

[Random Bystander she/her]

1 minute ago, Knight of Iron said:

"Ancient technology," said Fresco, "I assume if we ever were to find my world, you could get one there."

"E.B.s? I'm not familiar with that term."

"Although," she mused, "There are many situations when bullets would be more useful. Like if you had to fight a radiant. They could heal from that. They can't heal from plain old aluminum bullets."

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Spren of Kindness said:

"You raise a good point.  Variety is important."

"Or... guns at all?" Andante sighed. "Look, I know we're up here to clean out the outposts or whatever, but do we really need to kill them?"

[Knight of Iron she/they]

1 minute ago, Random Bystander said:

"Although," she mused, "There are many situations when bullets would be more useful. Like if you had to fight a radiant. They could heal from that. They can't heal from plain old aluminum bullets."

"What the heck is a radiant?"

Just now, Condensation said:

"Or... guns at all?" Andante sighed. "Look, I know we're up here to clean out the outposts or whatever, but do we really need to kill them?"

"We're not going to win a war without killing anyone," Fresco pointed out.

[Condensation she/her]

1 minute ago, Knight of Iron said:

"We're not going to win a war without killing anyone," Fresco pointed out.

"Well, no, but what about the people who didn't choose this specifically?"

[Knight of Iron she/they]

1 minute ago, Condensation said:

"Well, no, but what about the people who didn't choose this specifically?"

"So... not soldiers?"

[Random Bystander she/her]

2 minutes ago, Knight of Iron said:

"What the heck is a radiant?"

She sighed. She had not been expecting to have to explain investure to them as well. "A Radiant, or as they are more commonly called a Knight Radiant, is basically a magic warrior with healing powers, a shardblade, shardplate, and two different types of magic."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Of all the things I imagined us talking about on our way up here," Ayia said, "I didn't think that guns would be one of them."

[Random Bystander she/her]

8 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Of all the things I imagined us talking about on our way up here," Ayia said, "I didn't think that guns would be one of them."

"What did you think we would be talking about?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 minute ago, Random Bystander said:

"What did you think we would be talking about?"

"Uh... not guns."

[Random Bystander she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Uh... not guns."

She grinned. "So... Where do you think I should set up my explosives?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

Just now, Random Bystander said:

She grinned. "So... Where do you think I should set up my explosives?"

"At the fortress, when we get there."

[Random Bystander she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"At the fortress, when we get there."

Are we there yet?

"Okay! And how far away would you like to be when I set them off?"

[Knight of Iron she/they]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"At the fortress, when we get there."

"It's a military fortress, correct?"