Re: [GZG] Gzg-l Digest, Vol 35, Issue 10

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Robert Mayberry
<robert.mayberry@gmail.com> wrote:

> The two strategies are complementary. As the soldier runs, his gun
> bouncing around, the computer is watching the cone of possible shots
> (defined by the freedom of movement of the barrel) bounce around as
> well. When it sees a shot coming, it moves the barrel. When it sees
> the opportunity, it fires. The result would be an irregular, staccato
> pattern of single shots.

If I was a trooper on the ground this would make me a bit queasy.  The
last thing I want is a piece of technology going "not gonna
fire...sorry."

I have the book packed away but in the Aliens universe I believe the
smart guns are are gyroscopically stabalized and computerized allowing
the gunners to do wonders on the move (at least in the text).  The
downside to this is that the non-Aliens baddies probably have the same
damn technology.

D.
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