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Shepard Quest Mk V, Base of Operations (ME/MCU)

Er, we already have Arc reactors. Even first gen Arc reactors pack three gigawatts of power generation* into a reactor the size of a fist, can store a large amount of energy, and require no fuel, which is just ridiculous already.

*Well, maybe not. The Iron Man movie says the Mark I puts out "three gigajoules per second" and can power "something big for fifteen minutes". So, the actual generating power is probably lower, with the reactor charging a supercapacitor-equivalent that can hold 3GW*15min*60s/min = ~2.7 Terajoules, which can be discharged at a max rate of 3GJ/s for that fifteen minutes of badassery.
 
JhonCollins said:
oh, just This, This, This and This, actually all but the second are not really tech heavy but there is enough of it to keep my head going. My next plan pocket sized Fission reactors, then pocket sized fusion.
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For someone quite ignorant about these things, what advantages do those give us over Arc Reactors? We have energy, what does miniaturization allow in terms of use?

Edit - Kasumi'd! Though I think Esbilon has our initial model pegged at 5 instead of 3, for whatever that's worth.
 
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TheEyes said:
Er, we already have Arc reactors. Even first gen Arc reactors pack three gigawatts of power generation* into a reactor the size of a fist, can store a large amount of energy, and require no fuel, which is just ridiculous already.

*Well, maybe not. The Iron Man movie says the Mark I puts out "three gigajoules per second" and can power "something big for fifteen minutes". So, the actual generating power is probably lower, with the reactor charging a supercapacitor-equivalent that can hold 3GW*15min*60s/min = ~2.7 Terajoules, which can be discharged at a max rate of 3GJ/s for that fifteen minutes of badassery.
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Meh... I forgot about that....

I actually was to see if it is possible IRL.

Still... can we make a Yamato cannon? you know directed fusion cannon... thing.
 
JhonCollins said:
Who said large scale? I want to see if it is possible to make a an infantry grade Yamato Cannon...
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Better off with the Cain, although fusion reactions generate less radiation than fission, using such a weapon in atmosphere for infantry is...unwieldly.

Even using lasers in combat is pushing it due to backscatter and potentially blinding the user.

If you really are that desparate for a fusion based infantry weapon, you will be better off somehow making a fusion grenade.
 
Tabron89 said:
Better off with the Cain, although fusion reactions generate less radiation than fission, using such a weapon in atmosphere for infantry is...unwieldly.

Even using lasers in combat is pushing it due to backscatter and potentially blinding the user.

If you really are that desparate for a fusion based infantry weapon, you will be better off somehow making a fusion grenade.
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The M-920 Cain is a portable particle accelerator surrounding an array of dust-form element zero chambers. By subjecting its eezo chambers to extreme positive and negative currents fueled by antimatter reactions, the weapon projects mass effect fields that shear away at the target. The fields warp ambient materials with such explosive force that the impact produces a mushroom cloud. This has led Alliance marines to call the Cain a "nuke gun," though its detonations do not in fact produce fallout.
The M-920 uses graphite rods as neutron moderators, but they require frequent replacement to sustain power. Fortunately, the omni-tool can refabricate most heavy weapon ammunition into graphite rods. The amount of charge-up time is understandable as the weapon is a juggernaut capable of unstoppable destructive power.

The Cain is not a nuclear weapon, it is fully ME based.


We could make something similar, which is less unwieldy.
 
tyaty1 said:
The M-920 Cain is a portable particle accelerator surrounding an array of dust-form element zero chambers. By subjecting its eezo chambers to extreme positive and negative currents fueled by antimatter reactions, the weapon projects mass effect fields that shear away at the target. The fields warp ambient materials with such explosive force that the impact produces a mushroom cloud. This has led Alliance marines to call the Cain a "nuke gun," though its detonations do not in fact produce fallout.
The M-920 uses graphite rods as neutron moderators, but they require frequent replacement to sustain power. Fortunately, the omni-tool can refabricate most heavy weapon ammunition into graphite rods. The amount of charge-up time is understandable as the weapon is a juggernaut capable of unstoppable destructive power.

The Cain is not a nuclear weapon, it is fully ME based.


We could make something similar, which is less unwieldy.
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So something with the firepower of the Reaper Blackstar but with a greater RoF and more ammunition? I approve this idea.
 
Curious idea. Can we use an upgraded Omni-tool to flash forge a WMMA? Would be handy for techs, or the boys and girls in the lab.
 
Why would you need to flash forge one in the lab? I'm sure you can print a better one while there already (even the most basic prototyping equipment like what Revy started with would suffice), and you'll actually have eezo on hand to make it work.
 
It would probably be a better idea to just upgrade Incinerate instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.

Although there is that one multiplayer class with the mini-rocket launcher on his shoulder. I believe the ammo for that is flash forged.
 
Pai said:
So what your saying is some one need to boost the Incinerate app to shoot at 300 RPM.
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It probably already can given sufficient Omnigel, room, and a power source. This defeats the purpose of it being wrist-mounted though.


Of course, just having an SMG with explosive burst incendiary ammo works as well.
 
Or fire a stream of them, like Magic Missile on crack cocaine.
 
We should invent/discover spiral energy. This has nothing to do with me watching Gurren Lagann again....
 
.IronSun. said:
Yeah but it just isn't as cool.
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We already have Saggita, which should have been better than a small grenade launcher, especially if we can flash-forge it, or we can use it with ammo mods.

Now I have the image, where Revy shoots missiles from her omnitool.

A baseline 10mm Saggita missile can one-shot a human with regular armor.
 
Ammo Mods in the conventional sense seems unlikely, but altering the warheads to produce identical effects should be easy enough.
 
Van Ropen said:
Ammo Mods in the conventional sense seems unlikely, but altering the warheads to produce identical effects should be easy enough.
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Pretty mush that was my idea too.

Our tech is ridiculously well scalable, and in the case of a Saggita missile 10mm is the minimal diameter, so flashforged missiles with variable payloads can be incredibly versatile.
 
You know the reason i brought this up was for those times when some ones unarmed, or doesn't have a gun near. Not really for the comments that a smg does it better. And might as well use a machine gun.

Well yes, im sure they would do the job much better. That wasn't the point of bringing it up. If all you got is an advanced Paragon industry omni-tool just what could we do with it?

Like Tyaty1's micro missles.. Sounds like something revy would turn into a rocketpunch if given the chance.
 
Having a military-grade omni-tool isn't being unarmed. Those are weapons, with a wide variety of dedicated combat functions.


Could you make a basic mass accelerator? Probably...while there is probably a limit to how complicated the electronics an omni-tool seems to be capable of making, that should be feasible from what we have seen them make. That said, I don't think the scenario where one would is stuck with a military-grade omnitool, omni-gel, eezo, and the schematics for forging a military-grade mass accelerator but don't have a gun and direly need one is very likely.

There are better things you could be doing with that tool, assuming you can actually use it (have been trained for asymmetric warfare or just happen to be particularly inventive).
 
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