Hired.

  • Sarah Valentine@pawb.social
    231·
    3 days ago

    a single grain of sand.

    In space, accelerated to sufficient relative velocity, that’s more than adequate as a weapon.

    • Impound4017@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      3 days ago

      Iirc that’s actually the premise of how a lot of guns in Mass Effect work. A mass effect field is induced with Element Zero (unobtanium plot device) which allows you to alter the apparent mass of things inside the field and then, using essentially a grain of sand shaved off a block as a projectile, said projectile is accelerated to relativistic speeds in place of a bullet.

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        I just hate the explanation for adding force fields to create impact force because the unshielded projectiles had no stopping power and would just pass right through a target.

        I fully understand the significance of stopping power but if you could change how much of that force is applied you could turn it off and shoot through walls/cover and still kill your target