Sticky Situation: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' immobilizers that shoot sticky "goober rounds" are common security weapons. Advantages over other [[Stun Guns]] is that goo doesn't care much about target species and body armor - with right sort of gum (and enough of it), even [[Powered Armor|powered exosuits]] can be slowed down for quite a while. The goober-goo is ''not'' just passive glue, thanks to [[nanomachines]] it's motile and can stick well, yet avoid suffocating the target, as it [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-09-28 moves away from breathing openings]. Even though it ''can'' hold a lot of weight, using more elastic <ref>inelastic material, by definition, would stretch without increasing tension past threshold - until it either breaks or becomes elastic</ref> goo [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-12-15 for emergency grapple "web-shooting"] is a bad idea, however.

 

 

== Western Animation ==