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Message no. 1
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Barret anecdote (OT)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:16:17 +1000
On Shadowrun Discussion, Frank Pelletier[SMTP:jeanpell@****.IVIC.QC.CA]
wrote:
> There's one final solution to all this. Barrett, at long range,
called
> shot to the head. Bang. Game Over. Gimme my 20 mil.

Reminds me of the time I was GMing T:2K and one of the players decided
to carry 0.25kg of C4 under his HELMET. One of the other characters who
had a Barrett .50 Cal loaded with Saboted Light Armour Piercing ammo
said:

All it would take would be one good SLAP to the head.

cheers
Geoff
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Message no. 2
From: Stephen Delear <c715591@******.MISSOURI.EDU>
Subject: Re: Barret anecdote (OT)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 14:22:05 -0600
At 04:16 PM 98-03-26 +1000, you wrote:
>On Shadowrun Discussion, Frank Pelletier[SMTP:jeanpell@****.IVIC.QC.CA]
>wrote:
>> There's one final solution to all this. Barrett, at long range,
>called
>> shot to the head. Bang. Game Over. Gimme my 20 mil.
>
>Reminds me of the time I was GMing T:2K and one of the players decided
>to carry 0.25kg of C4 under his HELMET. One of the other characters who
>had a Barrett .50 Cal loaded with Saboted Light Armour Piercing ammo
>said:
>
> All it would take would be one good SLAP to the head.
>

I thought you needed an electic charge to set C4 off. Maybe a tazer to the
body?

SteveD
>cheers
>Geoff
>--
>Geoff Skellams R&D - Tower Software
>Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
>Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
>ICQ Number: 2815165
>
>"The Stoat - pound for pound the most dangerous creature on the face of
>the planet"
> - Chris Irwin, spouting crap during "Over Port & Cigars..."
>
Stephen Delear
University of Missouri-Columbia
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Message no. 3
From: MgkellyMP5 <MgkellyMP5@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Barret anecdote (OT)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:26:23 EST
In a message dated 98-03-26 19:50:11 EST, you write:

<< I thought you needed an electic charge to set C4 off. Maybe a tazer to the
body?
>>

'White' C-4 can be detonated with an eletrical current (as opposed to 'Black'
C-4 which requires magnetic field induction), but can also be set off with a
harsh blow. granted, it can be safely rolled into a ball and burned as cooking
fuel (or whatever), but don't smack it with anything heavy to soften it up ;]

Mgkelly
Message no. 4
From: Paul Gettle <pgettle@********.NET>
Subject: Re: Barret anecdote (OT)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:50:28 -0500
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At 10:26 PM 3/26/98 -0500, Mgkelly wrote:
>'White' C-4 can be detonated with an eletrical current (as opposed to
'Black'
>C-4 which requires magnetic field induction), but can also be set off
with a
>harsh blow.

So 'white' C-4 is mildly piezoelectric? Sharp impacts generate enough
charge to set it off? Then again, even Wint-O-Green Lifesavers [tm]
are piezoelectric. It's a fun demonstration: get a roll of
Wint-O-Green, find a pitch black room, and crush a Lifesaver with a
single blow from a small hammer. The tiny electric lightshow is worth
the price of the candy.


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Message no. 5
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Barret anecdote (OT)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:54:56 +1000
Paul Gettle writes:
>So 'white' C-4 is mildly piezoelectric? Sharp impacts generate enough
>charge to set it off? Then again, even Wint-O-Green Lifesavers [tm]
>are piezoelectric. It's a fun demonstration: get a roll of
>Wint-O-Green, find a pitch black room, and crush a Lifesaver with a
>single blow from a small hammer. The tiny electric lightshow is worth
>the price of the candy.


To improve your amusement factor, get someone else to do it while you watch.
The screams of pain as they smash their thumb in the dark will keep you
chortling for hours... :) (Oh, better not do this on the table either,
unless it's someone else's table)

Just kidding, of course. (Well, it might keep _you_ chortling for hours, but
then you might be a deranged and twisted individual. I'll give you the
benefit of the doubt :)

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