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Arcturus Highwind

PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:54 am


I somehow doubt that you would ever find an "Authentic" handcrafted Damascan Steel Katana of any age.

Damascan Steel comes from, Damascus. The Middle East. Katanas come from Japan. Not the Middle east. wink Not to mention until Admiral Perry Japan was isolationist and didn't trade with foreigners (Other than a few Dutch traders. Again, not Middle Eastern). So beware if anyone sells you an "Authentic" Damascan Steel Katana...

Now a Scimitar, I could believe that. 3nodding
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:54 am


That's next on my shopping list actually. I'm leaning towards Pepperball and Aqueous Foam ammunition for the most part. Within the GNG though, almost anything goes. See the ALPHAtech Industries thread to see what we've allowed in the past. Delacroix has definitely done a lot of work...it should probably see some use sometime sweatdrop

Myself, I normally tend to work with non-specific weaponry and armor. I'm only working on specifics for The Watch because I want to avoid having a nebulous combat potential when going into other peoples' threads. Just being able to say, "Look up any of these, this is what we're coming in with" hopefully will avoid large, protracted OOC conflicts over IC conflicts in the future sweatdrop

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:57 am


Yeah, Caseless Ceramic Ammunition is definately more than lethal. ANd probably not good for police use.

Actually I'd probably suggest going for the beanbag gun, or rubber bullets. Only because more people are likely to know what they are, and what they can do than Pepperballs and the Aqueous Foam. Hell, I only know what they are because I almost religiously watch the History and Military channels. sweatdrop
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:04 am


well that is ratehr confuseing as it was actualy if i recall correctly one of the emporors of japan up and decided to have all his navy and shipping vessels capable of traveling acrost the sea destroyed and refused to let and bussiness take place between them and other countrys except for like to said the dutch and that was very limited. from what i read there are damascan katanas but there basicly the legendary named katanas owned by shoguns/emperors. that or the data i read was modified by samurai fan boys/girls who thought that samuria realy were sliceing rocks in half with tehre swords....

well ai leen if i can get into the rp i have a couple weapons to introduce, they are a positronic laser weapony, think the star treck stun ray but its a rifle that eats alot of power and the laser effects the nervouse system of the being it hits. however it will be a gun that has such a strong output anyone bellow the age of 14 would probibly die, or suffer biological damage, nervouse system damage, or mental damage if hit.
when a target is hit the positron lasers do not harm the target insead they srike into the nerves and cause the person to basicly crumple into the ground as his hole body locks up which will alst for about and hour or 2, basicly it causes the entire body to cramp up and lock up.

also that it probibly will not effect monolith anymore then makehis skin itch.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:05 am


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also ai leen that post you made with the link to the gaia thread about makeing character prokiles would actualy work better if you put it in the first post on the first page.


I'm considering it, actually. 3nodding

Hehe, weren't the Japanese more interested in their hundred-fold forging technique during the eras when they were making katanas? I think their craftsmen would be insulted if a samurai asked them to work damascus steel.


...hrm, haven't heard of beanbag guns. Sounds pretty self explanatory though. ...probably not too surprising, I only recently started picking up the magazines where I got their information from: Discover. *looks it up at wikipedia* 3nodding
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:08 am


Heh, I've always got the history channell, or the military channel, on the TV in this room. I've probably seen every episode of "Tales of the Gun" (Where I first heard about pepperballs and aqueous foam, on the "Less than Lethal" firearms episode) at least 5 times. I know I've seen "Navy SEALS: BUDs" a couple dozen times.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:11 am


how about the new experimental shot gun round the police are developing. its a taser battery block that has a super sticky gew on the front, it strikes the target nocks them back and shocks them.

pepper balls? how about the tear gas balls they are developing?

i'm going to bed now, chow.
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:18 am


Oh, and Goldbrease, should you read this... the Sinking of the Fleet wasn't Japan. That was China. A Eunich servant of one Emporer had created a large, vast fleet in the 1000s or so. This fleet sailed as far as the western coast of Africa, and started trading.

however, when that emporer lost power, and the new one ascended, starting a new Dynasty, he ordered the Grand Fleet burned, and no more voyages of discovery and trade.

Japan, to my knowledge, has never had a grand fleet of any time up until the turn of the 1900s.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:21 am


Don't know anything about tear gas balls, but the intended effect should be the same. I was specifically looking at the PAVA pepperball. Beanbag ammo seems very nifty. I see rubber bullets have been replaced by plastic bullets...hrm.
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:28 am


Yeah. Pepperballs are Tear gas balls. Exact same thing.

Whee, and of course, in your equipment, dont' forget my favorites, the Smoke Grenade, and the Stun Grenade.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:33 am


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Whee, and of course, in your equipment, dont' forget my favorites, the Smoke Grenade, and the Stun Grenade.


I actually almost did sweatdrop *adds them now*
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:35 am


How dare you?! wink

Go play some SOCOM without them, and you'll never forget to give your fireteam smoke and stun grenades again. They're just that damned useful.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:57 am


If you have comments on The Watch, Mr. Highwind, you can put them in The War Room subforum. 3nodding
PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:19 am


All this talk about weapons regulation and avoiding OOC conflicts...does this mean I'll have to handicap Lyendi's armor again as I did with Triad? She's supposed to be a freaking living weapon much in the same sense as Aleez -points at Aleez who is poking a rock-

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:08 am


Weapons regulation is loosened as you go up in rank. For example, a private will have access to a handgun. A corporal will have access to a grenade launcher, and will be allowed armored vehicles. Sergeants get to play with mecha power armor...etc
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