it's that or desert.
What type of SmallArms or Man portable gear would you make/want to see in the ST Universe?
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We have enough of Tatooine and desert planets being depicted in modern Sci-Fi.
It's boring, we need to visit planets with other biomes please =D
Confession: I've never actually watched the DS9 episode introducting the TR-116 and was going off of secondhand memory. I stand corrected.
Phasers are great and all but they have their weaknesses compared to kinetic weapons. Starfleet's overreliance on energy weapons is an unforced error, just like a lot of missed opportunities for other quality-of-life improvements (genetic engineering, subspace beaming, etc.)
Speaking of the First Splinter, Federation willful blindness when it comes to technology gets called out by the dynamic duo in the DTI book The Collectors. Good book.
the goldilocks zone of a gas giant
That's just more gas, not exactly exciting to watch.
You could've picked a biome with something more interesting for scenary =D
Yeah, the UFP needs backup FireArms that have all the propellant fully encased and sealed to work in any kind of atmopshere.
Cased Telescoped Ammo is that future.
Getting the US to switch over is a logistics nightmare since we're well entrenched into existing Metallic Cartridges.
The lighter weight Advanced Polymer CT (Cased Telescoped) Ammo is the future of FireArms, it's just a matter of over-coming existing inertia.
But that's a different story compared to Caseless Ammo which has it's own fundamental technological drawbacks.
Do you mean like our modern guns firing bullets?
The firing part isn't what I'm worried about, that's long been solved along with firing in nearly any environment.
It's the brass casing that is currently used compared to the advanced Polymer Casing used for CT Cartridges.
Brass has a tendency to oxidize and develop tarnish over time.
Over a long life cycle, bullet casings thin walls could get compromised in structural integrity.
This can result in various issues related to the safety of the ammo.
There are protective coatings that you can rub over the brass casing, but that only lasts for so long when stored over time.
I'd rather them move to a more advanced Polymer Casing like CT Ammo that won't tarnish and potentially cause long term issues with the cartridge.
If you bring brass cased ammo onto a foreign planet, who knows what kind of chemical reactions will happen with brass casing.
With Advanced Polymers, you can tune the Polymer formulation to be neutral / non-reactive to most atmospheres that you are expected to encounter.
By the 23rd century, they were up to Element 140 (tricolbalt), if you accept the Starfleet Medical Reference Manual as being a source of information. I'm sure they found some element or alloy that resists oxidation well enough.
I'd rather use a polymer, you can fine tune the chemical formulation to be strong, yet light weight.
Not rely on the properties of metal if you don't have to.
Ahh, you meant corrosion/rust prevention of ammunition. Yeah, if there is metal involved on the casing or the gun itself there will need to be some corrosion prevention involved to maintain it.
Curious, of all the times we've seen abandoned Starfleet machinery or ships do we ever see any that are rusted? If not, then the Federation may have solved the corrosion problem with an alloy or polymer or natural element that resists corrosion.
I'll believe it when I see it. I'm not willing to bet that they solved the corrosion problem so easily with a natural element.
An Alloy / Polymer is a different thing.
At first I thought that something that hovered that served as lighting device, weapon, comm and tricorder would be the way to go.
Then too---it seems we have faced the Echo Papa 607 moment already:
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/06/02/us-drone-attacks-operator/
I'll keep my utility belt, thank you.
I wonder if the ST II tricorder was a label gun
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/tricorder-not-sure-movie-probably--149392912608972188/
Then too---it seems we have faced the Echo Papa 607 moment already:
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/06/02/us-drone-attacks-operator/
I'll keep my utility belt, thank you.
I wonder if the ST II tricorder was a label gun
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/tricorder-not-sure-movie-probably--149392912608972188/
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This is why you have limited AI in your Droids and put in ALOT of effort to code the AI to understand boundaries and higher priorities need to be followed.
There's a reason why DATA / Synths are rare and special.
The Programming / Raising / Training took a very long time.
Other Droids needs only simpler AI like R2D2 or BB8.
I do like the idea of each droid or whatnot having its own function---Silver Nemesis on Doctor Who was going to have a Comm Cyberman before the budget killed it:
https://whosfx.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/mike-tucker-on-silver-nemesis/
https://whosfx.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/mike-tucker-on-silver-nemesis/
@publiusr 's article left out that the AI destroyed the communication towers once instructed to not kill the human operator to prevent the operator from stopping the AI from attacking more targets. Here's a link to the original summit which today has an update from the speaker that it was not an actual AI simulation but a "thought experiment".
https://www.aerosociety.com/news/hi...-future-combat-air-space-capabilities-summit/
I'd say the HPAIM.
That's Human Portable Adaptational Intelilgence Matrix, i.e. a brain and that's superior to any bit of tech and doesn't actually need an acronym to make it sound important or militaristic, but I know KRB won't pay attention if it doesn't have one.
That's Human Portable Adaptational Intelilgence Matrix, i.e. a brain and that's superior to any bit of tech and doesn't actually need an acronym to make it sound important or militaristic, but I know KRB won't pay attention if it doesn't have one.
Projectile weapons would be in vogue after the Dominion War.
So you're asking for a portable computer.
The Holographic AI that was shaped like a Silver Credit Card?
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You can do a variety of things with phasers that are not injuring or killing, intended purpose or not. Heat coffee, slow something down, re-charge a device, etc. Granted, a creative person could do some non-kill/injure tasks with projectile weapons, but energy weapons are more versatile in that respect by virtue of what they're based on.
By the late 24th century, they were up to 246 elements.
From VOY Emanations (season 1 - this was when tricorders were able to identify classes of humanoids and present viable options for their physiologies - not the late stuff where the computer couldn't make heads or tails out of something despite having a vast database at its disposal) :
Captain's log, stardate 48623.5. There are two hundred forty six elements known to Federation science. We believe we have just discovered the two hundred forty seventh inside the ring system of a Class D planet.
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