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submitted 1 month ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

a single grain of sand.

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

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month 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

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