2012-05-24, 11:15 | Link #31282 |
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@Eratas
Oddly enough, modern arrows are too slow for Kevlar to block properly. Modern body armor is designed to block fast moving projectiles with a high momentum to kinetic energy ratio. Knives can also easily penetrate Kevlar. @Demi Vectran's only roughly five times the cost of Kevlar. Should work for body armor since IS verse is more advanced than real life, so the cost of Vectran can be reduced to about $1/gram justified by advanced technology.
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2012-05-24, 11:15 | Link #31283 |
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Well, body armor is vulnerable to sharp object, I believe it's from grade 1 to 3. Grade 4 is exempt because it has ceramic plating, incidentally, most military body armor is this variant.
All in all, it's good for silent killing, but for fast killing... tough luck, especially when enemy found your position.
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2012-05-24, 11:22 | Link #31284 | |
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Two Fanon machine
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2012-05-24, 11:24 | Link #31285 |
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@Zero
You are absolutely correct on both counts. It frustrates me to no end how they depict silencers in fiction. Guns, even handguns, do not produce that pfffft sound when fired through a silencer. The silencer reduces the sound from about 70 to 65. In other words, a gun with a silencer still sounds like a freaking gun. This is why stealth kills are better done by modern bows or modern crossbows... or hell even an old fashioned knife.
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2012-05-24, 11:39 | Link #31287 |
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The question why they can and why they can't.
If it was genetics, then I don't see any reason some of them at least able to use I.S. If not, then what made Ichika able to and his kids can't? ---- From here, I'll speak using my male ego (tm). Let's say, my father is the first, and in this case, only male pilot, I am not, what will I feel about it? How would other people react? Ridicule me? pitied me? or even calling me waste of good genes? How about my female sibling? All of them are damn good pilot. What would I feel about it? How my parents would treat me? My life suck. The question is, how bad?
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2012-05-24, 11:42 | Link #31289 |
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@Eratas
Just my opinion here, but you should do whatever you think you should do to make your story more enjoyable to write and read. I'm very new to writing fanfiction, so sorry I can't give any valuable advise. But I do prefer the male kids being unable to use IS partially. Dynamic interaction is always intriguing for me. Of course, that is just my preference. Others will have different opinions.
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2012-05-24, 11:49 | Link #31290 |
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@demi
It's Vectran. And a few layers of Vectran weighs exactly like a few layers of Kevlar, just twice as strong. And STF liquid barely weighs anything. It's roughly a quarter the weight of water, so its fairly light. Piezoelectric ceramics are a different matter. It depends on the qualities of the ceramic. If you want a ceramic with high Ultimate Tensile Strength and Ductility, its probably going to be quite heavy. Unless you're using Metamaterials, but I don't think they exist in IS verse (although they do exist in real life). Going to sleep now. Good night.
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2012-05-24, 11:50 | Link #31291 |
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That's the thing. I'm afraid of turning it into an angst fest if none of the males an even partially use it. It's like one siblings a cripple while the other's a star athlete: Never any good comes of it.
Side note - I wonder if Ichika being polygamous would cause stares.
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2012-05-24, 11:56 | Link #31292 |
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^ I'd say go with partial ability. Less angst fest and more like "FUCKING GENETICS!", no male children is superior than Ichika in piloting department, but they ALSO have other talent inherited form their mothers.
Given who their father is, they go either "Ah screw it, don't expect too much from me" or "Screw it, I'm going to win no matter what it takes". Cue instant dynamic with more traditional female siblings It will cause stares, and feminist would despise the case so much they'll get aneurysm, but he got a Houdini card for the case of Poligamy.
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2012-05-24, 12:10 | Link #31293 |
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Okay, I think I should've made more male kids:/ There's only 4 of them, 5 if you count the Bifauxnen tomboy. Of those 4, 2 of them are extremely like their maternal parent, so it's hard to distinguish. The only normal guys are the clone and the fraternal twin:< Incdentally, the two of them are the snarkers in the group and only 1 is the only sane man.
Why would he get a Houdini card?
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2012-05-24, 12:36 | Link #31296 |
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That's not only a big loss, that's utterly stupid suicide.
A cheap, full body equipment for sharpnel defense would be good enough. Advanced fiber (kevlar or whatever), thermoplastic, thin ceramic, metal matrix etc. I imagine complex stuff made easier due to rapid advancement of technology. Hence cheaper product. Still not going to do jack against I.S. weapon, but decent enough to shrug indirect damage.
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2012-05-24, 13:18 | Link #31297 | |
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Admittedly, Gender Equality is still a work in progress.... but currently Females have more rights than guys. Do guys mind? From our society's perspective: they shouldn't. Guys should man up....more. If you believe in Karma...... It might be due to centuries Guys oppressing the females.... Could take another few hundreds years before the trend is reverse.....or less if we are lucky enough. .... ...... ........ Somehow, I have the strange feeling that most of our modern day problems can be traced back to our ancestor.... And modern people's laziness to change....
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2012-05-24, 19:12 | Link #31298 |
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would a micro chain link body armor that disperses kinetic energy rather than stop it head on sound too farfetched?
Also, what happens happens. I don't believe in oppression. I just see someone being a jackass and I call them on it. Man or woman it don't matter. |
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