Re: Fw: Weapons for Newtonian based FTIII

Sandy Goh writes:

@:) I'm sorry for being an idiot but why are you throwing sand? Is it
@:) to provide some sort of defence against kinetic weapons and beams?
@:) IMO pressurised foam that expanded and hardened upon entering
@:) space would be a more realistic approach and give you much more
@:) ammunition to play with (how much sand are you going to need, and
@:) I'm assuming that the sand is not sand but some sort of reflective
@:) grit).

  I think the idea with the sand is that things run into it and get
hurt.  Foam is less suited for that purpose.  Water is even easier to
store than foam, and replenishable as well, but it probably wouldn't
the kind of punch we need at the speeds we're thinking of.  Once you
hit .1c though, watch out!

-joachim