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Originally Posted by krisslanza
Something that's always been kind of nagging me. It's nothing shown directly in the series, but inferred from the Sound Stages but...
Why do so many people seem to believe a gun would've been effective against a mage in the first place? The Mirage can create weaponry, and did fire essentially an anti-tank shell at Subaru which didn't kill her - though it hurt, a lot. But why does this seem to surprise people?
We've seen mages slammed about a dozen stories through solid concrete and survive, why would a gun do anything at all to them?  As long as they have their defenses up anyway. |
BIGGATONS, SON!
As XenahortCharybdis notes, technology has been evolving and presumably will continue to evolve.
Modern pistol rounds: Hundreds to thousands of joules.
Real life prototype shipboard railgun: Megajoules.
LPP 91 from the Culture (peace-rated, below-milspec): Gigajoules.
Just a quick search. You can easily imagine a bigger, better gun.