Acriku Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 It might do something, but when will the enemy get the chance to drop a 10 ton rock on someone with a shield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 .. i'm not concidering it as a weapon, i wonder what it does.. and based on the results, i can say if the shield in FH's dune has any logic left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord J Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Whooo...Catapults ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 .... ok you're fucking up my arguments here :)i'm trying to evaluate the fast projectile + shield theory... theoretically the rock should not go through, and just slam you a few miles down the road (or the rock would bounce off) and you would not get hurt, does that not sound strange to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 The kinetic energy in the rock is repelled by the shield back into the rock, and either you or it bounces away. My theory :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 i would like to see that! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 In the Dune novels it says that the main weapon was a laser rifle, but in the westwood dune most of the infantry use guns. The laser + shield really causes a little explosion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 In the Dune novels it says that the main weapon was a laser rifle, but in the westwood dune most of the infantry use guns. The laser + shield really causes a little explosion?Laser+shield = bad, little or big explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 In the Dune novels it says that the main weapon was a laser rifle, but in the westwood dune most of the infantry use guns. The laser + shield really causes a little explosion?Lasguns were not the mian weapons in the Dune books until the last two novels. In the first three the primary weapons were knives and swords, lasguns began to have a larger prescence in GOED, but still were limited only to a few people the God-Emp personally permitted to ahve them, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 In the Dune novels it says that the main weapon was a laser rifle, but in the westwood dune most of the infantry use guns. The laser + shield really causes a little explosion?Lasguns were not the mian weapons in the Dune books until the last two novels. In the first three the primary weapons were knives and swords, lasguns began to have a larger prescence in GOED, but still were limited only to a few people the God-Emp personally permitted to ahve them,I`m reading House Atreides of BH and that says that the HK and the Ixians use lasguns.What about the bullets, the snipers rifle, guns etc in the dune WW games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 WW has no reflection on the Duniverse :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 The prequel novels took many liberties. It is explained at length int he original novel that due to both there incredible expense and the fact that they are utterly useless (everyone wore a shield, shields are incredibly cheap, if lasgun hits shield, boom) no one gets lasguns. In fact, alsguns are so rare that when the Atreides discovered the Harkonnens had smuggled a few onto Arrakis, the Duke had to quickly leave his own welcoming party and his entire family sleeped, what, three hundred feet under ground surrounded by concrete? Something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 didn't know that lasguns were that rare...do they contain some special laser crystal or metal which is very rare perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 I don't know why they are so expensive. Maybe it says in the DE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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