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WCDT 3361-3365 - 28 November - 2 December 2016
Storel:
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--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 29 Nov 2016, 18:09 ---That's one of the goofiest grips on a handgun I've ever seen.
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Yeah, it's wrong. Shouldn't her right thumb be on the other side of the gun's body?
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No? Why would you want your thumb in the way of the slide where it will get broken the first time you pull the trigger?
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What slide? According to Jeph's note on Tuesday's strip, this is an "electromagnetic pulse pistol". Fairly sure those don't eject any cartridges, therefore no slide.
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 30 Nov 2016, 00:26 ---As for the rest of it, that looks like a fair representation of the Weaver Stance they teach to cops to minimise recoil recovery time and stabilise aim. Unlike the goofy over-under version you see in film and TV.
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Why would you need to worry about recoil from an EMP gun? No solid projectiles, no recoil.
Which pretty much supports the theory that Officer Roko is not terribly competent.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 28 Nov 2016, 21:27 ---Wouldn't an EMP pulse gun take out Lilac Roko-Basili at the same time as the other AI's? EMP's are not aimable
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Depends how they're generated. And... I can't say much more, even though it's been 30 years.
Although a taser-like weapon would qualify. Its a lot easier making a conductive path using copper wire than brute force and megavolts.
BenRG:
I've previously theorised that the existence of AIs have impelled the development of directed energy weapons technology, using superconducting electromagnetic wave-guides to force the flux out in a tight and directional cone rather than having a spherical area of effect. This particular weapon is EMP gun - which is probably restricted to police and military use for obvious reasons. However, I also think that civilians can get 'Robot Repellers', which generate an RF signal that interacts with an embedded override code in an AI's chassis that forces them to retreat from the source of the signal.
I find it unlikely that police and military chassis would have the override code installed (again, for obvious reasons). So, such a weapon would likely be ineffective on Bubbles and Pintsize. This means that Pintsize is effectively immune to a widely-available 'Robot Pepper Spray'; this would explain an awful lot about him and the amount of physical damage he suffers on a regular basis.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Storel on 30 Nov 2016, 01:42 ---According to Jeph's note on Tuesday's strip, this is an "electromagnetic pulse pistol".
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It also said "by NERF". I wouldn't take those notes as canon, just amusing.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 30 Nov 2016, 02:37 ---Although a taser-like weapon would qualify. Its a lot easier making a conductive path using copper wire than brute force and megavolts.
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Hey, "brute force and megavolts" is my preferred problem-solving technique! :-D
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