RE: Bio-Forces

On Tuesday, November 04, 1997 5:31 PM, Cachalot@aol.com 
[SMTP:Cachalot@aol.com] wrote:
Status: RO

> >>I also thought of soldiers with bio-powered versions of the normal
DS2
>
> weapons. Again, this seemed to streach reality beyond the breaking
point
>
> (how much food do you need to eat to produce a 100 megawat energy
beam? How
>
> far can you throw your quills?).<<
>
> Actually having a ranged weapon is not that difficult--just
extrapolate
> from
> living Earth forms. Most of these would be chemically based, like the
> boiling
> sulfuric acid from a bombardier beetle (DFFG?), or exploding seed pods
for
> several plants (possibly containing acids, for RAM Mortars).
>
>

<snip>

David Drakes book 'Redliners' has a lot of Bio weapons in it - read that
for 
some plausible ideas.
Its mostly killer trees, but there are some interesting innovations.

sincerely
tim jones
--
The stars are matter, We're matter, But it doesn't matter.