Started by Corporal Hicks, Nov 23, 2020, 04:25:40 PM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Nov 26, 2020, 07:05:23 PMQuote from: Xenomrph on Nov 26, 2020, 04:49:43 PMThe point of caseless ammo is to save weight and not have anything to eject. If it's ejecting casings, it's not caseless ammo. But they're not casings, they're spent propellant casts.
Quote from: Xenomrph on Nov 26, 2020, 04:49:43 PMThe point of caseless ammo is to save weight and not have anything to eject. If it's ejecting casings, it's not caseless ammo.
Quote from: Xenomrph on Nov 28, 2020, 05:17:01 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Nov 26, 2020, 07:05:23 PMQuote from: Xenomrph on Nov 26, 2020, 04:49:43 PMThe point of caseless ammo is to save weight and not have anything to eject. If it's ejecting casings, it's not caseless ammo. But they're not casings, they're spent propellant casts. Wouldn't that negate the purpose of casings (less weight, nothing to eject), then?
Quote from: Local Trouble on Nov 25, 2020, 01:26:24 AMQuote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 25, 2020, 12:49:24 AMIsn't it supposed to be some kind of railgun though?I'm sure the CMTM has gone into great detail about it, but I don't invest nearly as much confidence in its authority as some do.My own theory is that the M-41A pulse rifle and the "phased plasma pulse rifle" that Hudson bragged about in his ultimate badass monologue are the same thing; meaning the bullets are actually propelled by "phased plasma" (whatever that is).Maybe the aforementioned propellant casts are actually made of "phased plasma" instead of the more problematic nitrocellulose used for modern-day caseless ammo.It's really just a matter of Cameron's signature technobabble being defined and combined to explain a technical mystery in one of his own films.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 25, 2020, 12:49:24 AMIsn't it supposed to be some kind of railgun though?
Quote from: Local Trouble on Nov 30, 2020, 12:06:52 AMI guess I didn't make it clear that I was ignoring the EU.
Quote from: SM on Aug 13, 2018, 08:14:36 PMFox is never going to detail what's canon and what's not.But A:CM is not.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Nov 30, 2020, 01:57:51 AMQuote from: SM on Aug 13, 2018, 08:14:36 PMFox is never going to detail what's canon and what's not.But A:CM is not.
Quote from: Darth Rinzler on Nov 30, 2020, 02:20:31 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Nov 30, 2020, 01:57:51 AMQuote from: SM on Aug 13, 2018, 08:14:36 PMFox is never going to detail what's canon and what's not.But A:CM is not.Except the interviews about ACM confirmed it is, let alone apparently some rpg writer leaking internal documents on what is, ACM is not on that list of things non-canon.
Quote from: Xenomrph on Dec 01, 2020, 01:18:09 AMQuote from: Darth Rinzler on Nov 30, 2020, 02:20:31 AMQuote from: Local Trouble on Nov 30, 2020, 01:57:51 AMQuote from: SM on Aug 13, 2018, 08:14:36 PMFox is never going to detail what's canon and what's not.But A:CM is not.Except the interviews about ACM confirmed it is, let alone apparently some rpg writer leaking internal documents on what is, ACM is not on that list of things non-canon. I'm pretty sure Gaska's list specifically says that the events of A:CM aren't canon but the weapons and other things are.