Adun_Toridas Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 What about tesla weaponary for aliens? Perhaps with less damage, but area effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 you mean those lightning-generator thingies? but why? plasma weaponry is much more effective, if you ask me. of course, it would be a nice graphical effect, but not really practical as a weapon, because of very low accuracy (with electric currents always seeking the path of least resistance). I could understand its use as a defensive installation: step close, be fried. oh, and once you have proper armor, the electricity would just dissipate along it and into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exo2000 Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 oh, and once you have proper armor, the electricity would just dissipate along it and into the ground. Just wear rubber boots. If the lightning can't ground through you, it won't zap you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Blehm 98] Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Tesla was a superweapon of sorts that was designed to send an extremely powerful lightning beam (yes, it is a form of plasma) over massive distances. The main interest in it is that Nikoli was working with lightning actually crossing those distances now, that was typed for no reason, other than to explain it better. It wasn't made for hand held usage, it was designed for a long range weapon. Exo, rubber boots won't block a lightning strike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 I can see where he's getting at. A highly charged spark jumping from the gun to the target would theoretically be highly accurate, as the spark would be very VERY fast (lightning-quick, even). However, it may not be very powerful. It would definitely have a shocking (pun'd) stun effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 highly accurate over short distances, yes. in effect, that's what the stun baton is, then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adun_Toridas Posted October 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 mmmm... then, perhaps aliens may use it in base defense... maybe against avengers (as we use plasma and fussion balls) And about the power... well that`s a quite relative to the voltage and charge (amount of electricity) that the lighting may have. Of course, with our current energy options lightning is not very strong, but imagine a weapon of that kind powered by elerium... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effigyofdoom Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 A weapon that uses electrical charges couldnt be used against an aircraft as the aricraft is not grounded. And for a gun of this nature to work properly whatever your shooting at has to be closer to the barrel than you are, or else the gun will just shoot you. so it would be a great idea for a close rage weapon, have something like a lightning sword or suck, but it would be extremely ineffective as a long range weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_schwick Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Its a good idea for a base defence or internal base defence system. Otherwise there are better alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirariNefas Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) I'm afraid that you're all a little out of date when it comes to modern electrical weaponry. The electrical charge from a tesla coil follows the path of least resistance, right? That's why tasers work with such precision - they send a wire to the destination, and that acts as the path of least resistance. In the modern world, we can use lasers on many interesting wavelengths to many interesting effects. One usage is that a particular frequency in the UV spectrum can ionize the water vapor in the air with relative ease. A stream of ions through the air happens to be an excellent path of least resistance. This allows you to have an easily directable tesla coil, or a wireless taser, whichever you wish to call it. These are known as electrolasers. They probably wouldn't be effective as sniper weapons in real life, but when it comes to the distances being rendered in a tactical strategy game, their range should be fine. Edited January 15, 2006 by MirariNefas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adun_Toridas Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Therefore... imagine those toys with elerium... ummmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effigyofdoom Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I'm afraid that you're all a little out of date when it comes to modern electrical weaponry. The electrical charge from a tesla coil follows the path of least resistance, right? That's why tasers work with such precision - they send a wire to the destination, and that acts as the path of least resistance. In the modern world, we can use lasers on many interesting wavelengths to many interesting effects. One usage is that a particular frequency in the UV spectrum can ionize the water vapor in the air with relative ease. A stream of ions through the air happens to be an excellent path of least resistance. This allows you to have an easily directable tesla coil, or a wireless taser, whichever you wish to call it. These are known as electrolasers. They probably wouldn't be effective as sniper weapons in real life, but when it comes to the distances being rendered in a tactical strategy game, their range should be fine.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm it would seem that would be a very probably explaniation for a laser weapon. It would be one where it usus a high powered laser to light a target, mayhaps doing a bit of initial damage as well, and then sending a small emectric current at an extremely high voltage to shock the target. Almost like a laser stun gun. . .that would be awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adun_Toridas Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Ok, then it would be a human-alien weapon... see, that weapon would be available to reseach, after researching elerium and heavy laser. Would be a stunner weapon and, as based on laser tecnology, it wouldn´t have limited ammo, but with less (60) stunt damage compared to small launcher. So what about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gufu Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Hm... that reminded me of C&C:Red alert Is it possible to create electronic weaponry which can paralyze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adun_Toridas Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 http://images.ea.com/eagames/official/cc_firstdecade/HallOfFame/ShockingExperience.jpg maybe like this would be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Faust Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I was working on a weaponset for ufo2k that had a steampunk feel, but lost interest. the tesla weapons were to be inaccurate with a stun effect, and most of the weapons had a reference to an inventor. swemmelwise was the inventor of anesthetic, and teslas ultimate weapon was to be the peace ray. Perkins invented refrigerators, Sturgon invented electromagnets. didn't get much farther than this though.xcom_guns.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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