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This is inspired by the answer to the "guns in space" complaint, namely that a hull rated to take a micrometeorite at .33 ''c'' won't even blink at a mere bullet. There are windows on Serenity. They must be rated for meteorites, too. So...how did the Reaver harpoon penetrate it? |
This is inspired by the answer to the "guns in space" complaint, namely that a hull rated to take a micrometeorite at .33 ''c'' won't even blink at a mere bullet. There are windows on Serenity. They must be rated for meteorites, too. So...how did the Reaver harpoon penetrate it? |
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* If the weapon is rated for ship-to-ship combat, then it would be rated to penetrate hulls and bullet-proof windows. The harpoon is just a longer projectile with more power behind it. No reasonably competent gunner will be firing a weapon not rated for hull penetration at a ship. Its the difference between a navy crewman's sidearm and the anti-air and anti-ship weapons the ship carries. |
* If the weapon is rated for ship-to-ship combat, then it would be rated to penetrate hulls and bullet-proof windows. The harpoon is just a longer projectile with more power behind it. No reasonably competent gunner will be firing a weapon not rated for hull penetration at a ship. Its the difference between a navy crewman's sidearm and the anti-air and anti-ship weapons the ship carries. |
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* Additionally, that harpoon was fired at point-blank range into a windshield that had already just been through a spaceship crash. |
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