Belgath Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) So a space ship rail gun A small one firing a 4kg to 10kg sug from 12000 km/h to 24000 km/h we can already do this. A large one 50kg to 200kg sug from 40000 km/h 60000 km/h At 200kg 60000km/h would have 28,900,000,000 joules of kinetic energy this is Kinetic energy of an Airbus A380 at cruising speed (560 tonnes at 562 knots or 289 m/s) What damage would you give ? Edited October 12, 2016 by Belgath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baragei Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The stats for railguns were included in BRP Mecha. M-Space is intentionally compatible with Mecha, so they should be still ok. A 120mm gun (25kg shell mass) does 1d8 for conventional gun, 1d10 for a railgun. The damage is on the same scale used by Space. A 300-400mm gun (shell mass much bigger than 200kg) does 2d8 for a conventional, USS-Iowa style shell, 3d6 for a railgun. At this size these are supposed to be HE shells, but you can assume that a railgun might do the same amount of damage with an AP slug. The stats for naval guns will be released in the Revolution SRD next week. To obtain a railgun, which will not be mentioned in the SRD although the data is still compatible, shift one row down on the ballistic weapon table. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgath Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 Thanks for your input. And as a sidenote very much so looking forward Revolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Baragei said: "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space!" Well... it's relative, isn't it? I mean, once you get past about .93c, the mass-dilation hockeystick makes Einstein even more deadly... ;-) Not to mention how friggin' HARD it is to take defensive responses when the attack comes so hard on the heels of you seeing the attack launched! Relativistic Kinetic Weapons ftw... 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgath Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, RosenMcStern said: The stats for railguns were included in BRP Mecha. M-Space is intentionally compatible with Mecha, so they should be still ok. A 120mm gun (25kg shell mass) does 1d8 for conventional gun, 1d10 for a railgun. The damage is on the same scale used by Space. A 300-400mm gun (shell mass much bigger than 200kg) does 2d8 for a conventional, USS-Iowa style shell, 3d6 for a railgun. At this size these are supposed to be HE shells, but you can assume that a railgun might do the same amount of damage with an AP slug. The stats for naval guns will be released in the Revolution SRD next week. To obtain a railgun, which will not be mentioned in the SRD although the data is still compatible, shift one row down on the ballistic weapon table. Part of the reason U.S. Navy and British Navy are so excited about railgun technology. Is if your there enemy getting hit Buy 200 kg tungsten carbide slug at 14000 km/h from 440 km out for the cost of $20k and do twice the damage of 2.5 million $ Cruise missile has to suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 IF you hit. Cruise missile has the remarkable ability to change direction in case of sudden movement. Railgun is fast but at 440 km you can still dodge it... It is just a matter of best weapon for the situation (and defense technique). As always 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Nash Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Belgath said: Part of the reason U.S. Navy and British Navy are so excited about railgun technology. Is if your there enemy getting hit Buy 200 kg tungsten carbide slug at 14000 km/h from 440 km out for the cost of $20k and do twice the damage of 2.5 million $ Cruise missile has to suck. Its great until your 10th shot and need to replace your heat eroded barrel at the mere cost of $5 million. 2 Quote 10/420 https://www.amazon.com/author/petenash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Quote and British Navy are so excited about railgun technology. They shouldn't be. A British Rail gun would always be late, serve crappy sandwiches, cost a fortune, constantly go on strike, and not bother stopping at lesser targets, (I really don't expect anyone born after 1980 and in a non-British country to get this joke)... 5 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgath Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Pete Nash said: Its great until your 10th shot and need to replace your heat eroded barrel at the mere cost of $5 million. But that's a different pot of money so it doesn't count. ? Edited October 12, 2016 by Belgath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, lawrence.whitaker said: They shouldn't be. A British Rail gun would always be late, serve crappy sandwiches, cost a fortune, constantly go on strike, and not bother stopping at lesser targets, (I really don't expect anyone born after 1980 and in a non-British country to get this joke)... Sounds like Australia, except with more whingeing Edited October 13, 2016 by Mankcam 1 Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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