| From: | Leszek Karlik aka Mike <trrkt@*****.ONET.PL> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Narcoject |
| Date: | Sat, 19 Sep 1998 02:24:34 +0000 |
propaganda by writing:
[...]
> Nuclear, no way jimmo. You need to achieve "critical mass" to have a
> reaction, i.e. the total coefficient of the "four factor" equation
> needs to be more than 1. meaning that you need at least one reusable
> neutron for every used neutron. SInce neutrons (both fast and slow)
> tend to escape, this means that unless you find a really new cool
> mumbojumbo transuranic stabile (oximoron in itself) element, you're
> stuck to making bombs more (or, more often, a little less) than 1/2
> cube metre in volume, i.e. about the mean path for slow neutrons in
> stabile fissile elements. This is actually more complicated, but the
> core is this: nuclear devices cannot really be very small unless you
> in some way warp the fundamental laws of nature.
Yes, they can. Use collapsing californium rounds. Heh.
Of course, the radioactive decay for californium means the rounds are
going to be useful for a very short time... but yes, you can make
nuclear bullets.
I first saw the idea in 'Striker' (any Traveller fans out here, BTW?
:)). They used nuclear damper fields that lowered the rate of decay
to store the bullets. And the bullets are hollow and made of
californium. When they hit, they compact and...
BOOM. :>
Hmmm...
Waitaminute. If you put the bullets into a locked or
quickened 'stasis' type spell... Hmmm... Hmmm...
<evil GM grin>
> Paolo-who-sometimes-likes-to-show-he's-given-"Physics-of-neutrons"-
> (twice)-last-year...
Leslie, hard-sf geek and physics-student-to-be-soon ;)))
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