Plasma damage

Malta Soron · Post by **Malta Soron** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:52 pm

What kind of damage would a plasma gun do to human bodys, armor, walls etc.?

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:01 am

You mean real-life plasma damage?

Is there even such a weapon, or isn't it just a Sci-Fi weapontype widely used in such areas?

My imidiate responce would be a sort of corrosive kind of damage, similar to strong acid or something. Maybe a burning feel. But that is solely based on my encounters with plasma weapons in fiction (such as Fallout

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The Z · Post by **The Z** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:13 am

Isn't it in the same category as solid, liquid, gas, and fluid? Like the fifth type of matter? IIRC it's only found in space...

Malta Soron · Post by **Malta Soron** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:43 pm

I mean the Fallout stuff.

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:53 pm

IRL IIRC plasma is when a substance is heated so much that the electrons in it move so fast that they become seperated from the nucleus.... how such temperatues can be achieved I don't know but I think anything plasmatic would burn through most solid materials they tuch... therefore it might be logical that a plasma blast would leave burning marks upon the victim or maybe just holes that have been burnt out of the body.

it mighht also be very possible that plasma can only exist in a vacuum as it then keeps it's heat conceild to it self and doen't loosa any of it.... but I'm purely speculating on this...

Malta Soron · Post by **Malta Soron** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 1:48 pm

Originally posted by garazdawi
IRL IIRC

What does that mean?

From which stuff is plasma ammo being made?

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:43 pm

Originally posted by Malta Soron
What does that mean?

IRL = in real life
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly

as for what substance I don't have a clue. Scientifically it's most possible that its somekind of gas... but in game I don't have any idea...

Malta Soron · Post by **Malta Soron** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:11 pm

Thanks.