Sixth Timeline Technology

[CJ Solo]

Thanks. <3

 

[Lotho Minorian]

I for one am very glad there are such heavy nerfs on mist tech. Makes planning an uprising with slugthrowers and other crude technologies so much more meaningful.

 

[OhNoesBunnies]

The "AK being better than a blaster" thing bothers me, with the Op clearly having a fundamental misunderstanding of what blasters are, how they work, and the armor used to defend against them. And the fact that physics and science in a Galaxy Far, Far Away don't cohere to real life laws. But whatever.

Also yay, technology update stuff! I like the new rules.

 

[Law abiding heretic]

Congrats on breaking physics btw everyone appreciated it

 

[Loco]

The "AK being better than a blaster" thing bothers me, with the Op clearly having a fundamental misunderstanding of what blasters are, how they work, and the armor used to defend against them. And the fact that physics and science in a Galaxy Far, Far Away don't cohere to real life laws. But whatever.

Oh, my sweet summer child...

 

[Alek]

This will be interesting and I think the first blaster pistol will do me good to start with.

 

[OhNoesBunnies]

Oh, my sweet summer child...

You're a sweet summer child! D:<

 

[Aluminum Falcon]

The "AK being better than a blaster" thing bothers me, with the Op clearly having a fundamental misunderstanding of what blasters are, how they work, and the armor used to defend against them. And the fact that physics and science in a Galaxy Far, Far Away don't cohere to real life laws. But whatever.

Do explain.

 

[Tsunami]

I'm not a huge fan of writing huge tech profiles for weapons and armours etc. Will I be hindered if I just put down:

• Assault Rifle.
• Duel Weild Blasters
• Vibroblade

?? If I will then I might as well open a weapons workshop now.

 

[Kiro]

Assault rifle, maybe. As there's technically no such term within Star Wars.

The closest thing is either "Blaster Rifle", as both the DC-17 of the Clones, E-11/F-11D of the Stormtroopers (Empire & First Order), and the 180AC the Rebels used are just classified as Blaster Rifles (or longblaster in the case of the Rebels) despite being used much like assault rifles, or if you want a more machinegun-y thing, you put (Light) Repeater.

 

[Logan]

Assault rifle, maybe. As there's technically no such term within Star Wars.

The closest thing is either "Blaster Rifle", as both the DC-17 of the Clones, E-11/F-11D of the Stormtroopers (Empire & First Order), and the 180AC the Rebels used are just classified as Blaster Rifles (or longblaster in the case of the Rebels) despite being used much like assault rifles, or if you want a more machinegun-y thing, you put (Light) Repeater.

I was playing KotOR II last night, and yes I know it's not canon anymore, but they have several weapons in that game referred to as "assault blaster." IIRC you encounter them mostly when dealing with Mandalorians, but that might just be a coincidence.

 

[Kiro]

I was playing KotOR II last night, and yes I know it's not canon anymore, but they have several weapons in that game referred to as "assault blaster." IIRC you encounter them mostly when dealing with Mandalorians, but that might just be a coincidence.

Also a video game.

You'd eventually run out of unique names for generic non-epic guns at some point. Can't call it "Blaster Rifle of +20 Damage" and still have it feel like a Star Wars RPG, after all. Video games are your WORST source of information for Star Wars, be it weapons, tech, and especially Force Powers.

 

[Tsunami]

Assault rifle, maybe. As there's technically no such term within Star Wars.

The closest thing is either "Blaster Rifle", as both the DC-17 of the Clones, E-11/F-11D of the Stormtroopers (Empire & First Order), and the 180AC the Rebels used are just classified as Blaster Rifles (or longblaster in the case of the Rebels) despite being used much like assault rifles, or if you want a more machinegun-y thing, you put (Light) Repeater.

Sweet thanks, and there will be no drawbacks to me using stock weaponry in PvP?

 

[Logan]

Also a video game.

You'd eventually run out of unique names for generic non-epic guns at some point. Can't call it "Blaster Rifle of +20 Damage" and still have it feel like a Star Wars RPG, after all. Video games are your WORST source of information for Star Wars, be it weapons, tech, and especially Force Powers.

Meh. The information seemed relevant.

 

[Oreus]

Sweet thanks, and there will be no drawbacks to me using stock weaponry in PvP?

Nope. Part of the problem that @Clayton is fixing is people trying to gain an advantage with their weird tech rather than just writing a story.

 

[Prudence]

The "AK being better than a blaster" thing bothers me, with the Op clearly having a fundamental misunderstanding of what blasters are, how they work, and the armor used to defend against them. And the fact that physics and science in a Galaxy Far, Far Away don't cohere to real life laws. But whatever.

Also yay, technology update stuff! I like the new rules.

Again, oh you sweet summer child....

 

[Law abiding heretic]

I can make an AK out of a shovel

 

[Clayton]

And the fact that physics and science in a Galaxy Far, Far Away don't cohere to real life laws. But whatever

One of the major problems was people started to use ballistics physics to make SW follow real world laws.

 

[Kiro]

One of the major problems was people started to use ballistics physics to make SW follow real world laws.

Which doesn't work, especially with blasters, as blaster bolts don't drop or are affected by wind sheer, they don't (usually!) ricochet, and after a while the magnetic field that keeps the blaster energy/gas contained just fails and the entire thing dissipates into harmless electromagnetic radiation.

Also, on that note, Clay... will you still rely on ammo for guns, or use the Battlefront concept in that they basically have limitless ammo, but overheat after X amount of sustained fire and needs Y amount of time to cool down or the gun will either 1) engage safety features and lock down for Z amount of time, or 2) EXPLODE IN YOUR FACE!?

 

[Law abiding heretic]

Which doesn't work, especially with blasters, as blaster bolts don't drop or are affected by wind sheer, they don't (usually!) ricochet, and after a while the magnetic field that keeps the blaster energy/gas contained just fails and the entire thing dissipates into harmless electromagnetic radiation.

Also, on that note, Clay... will you still rely on ammo for guns, or use the Battlefront concept in that they basically have limitless ammo, but overheat after X amount of sustained fire and needs Y amount of time to cool down or the gun will either 1) engage safety features and lock down for Z amount of time, or 2) EXPLODE IN YOUR FACE!?

I liked the Mass effect 1 style weapon systems.