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WCDT Strips 3996-4000 (6th-10th May, 2019)

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Y:
I guess it takes one bar burned down to keep a look out for those things. Also how hard would it be for Brun to find another job if she had two bars burned down (regardless of what caused it)?

traroth:

--- Quote from: Y on 10 May 2019, 04:35 ---I guess it takes one bar burned down to keep a look out for those things. Also how hard would it be for Brun to find another job if she had two bars burned down (regardless of what caused it)?

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Yeah, job interviews would become kind of odd...

"And why did you leave the Horrible Revelation?
-It burnt down, too..
-We will call you back!"

(Isn't it funny how "we will call you back" actually means "we won't call you back?")

TheEvilDog:
Regarding whether or not the harpoon could damage Bubbles.

Presumably as a military grade chassis, Bubbles' dermal layers can withstand up to a .500 Magnum, which is the most powerful production handgun round at the moment. So presumably Bubbles' dermal layers work on the same premise that all bullet resistant technology works, multiple layers that work to slow a bullet and forcing it to expend its energy to the point where it can no longer continue. This works because the instant a bullet is fired, its already expending kinetic energy, slowing down the further it has to travel. Bullet resistant technology capitalises on that, having layers of material that disperses impact energy over a wider area, which in turn forces the bullet to expend even more kinetic energy to pierce another layer until its stopped.

That said, bullet resistant doesn't mean stab resistant. Dependant on the materials used, a stabbing weapon will enter slower than a bullet and unless there was a tighter weave, would simply cut through the layers. This is because as I pointed out, a bullet is slowing down the instant it is fired, whereas a knife (or in this case a harpoon) will have a consistent and considerable amount of force behind it (again, in this case Brun). Essentially you're (relatively, you're talking a difference of around half a second) slowly cutting through layers.

So, unless Bubbles's has different kinds of Kevlar under her skin, she might want to be careful of that harpoon.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: Castlerook on 10 May 2019, 05:05 ---So, unless Bubbles's has different kinds of Kevlar under her skin, she might want to be careful of that harpoon.
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Unless the armour is some kind of handwavium material that's aimed at being stab-proof and uses some kind of energy redistribution effect, radiating all incident energy from a higher-energy attack out equally from the entire surface without having to allow partial penetration. This isn't possible IRL (at the moment); anything other than a perfect sphere using this material would generate 'hot spots' where the energy distribution wave would be concentrated rather than dispersed, which would cause the effect to break down. However, it's a moderately common sci-fi concept.

Mr Intrepid:
Bubbles said her squad was hit with artillery and finished off with small weapons fire.  While Bubbles was armored, there would have been some exposed dermal, and we've seen no evidence of scarring or repair.
The harpoon isn't much of a threat.

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