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Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish ·
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Sci-fi dorks don't want you to know this, but pump action shotguns will still be used because they don't care about different alien atmospheres, and are less likely to puncture a ships hull.

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Sci-fi dorks don't want you to know this, but pump action shotguns will still be used because they don't care about different alien atmospheres, and are less likely to puncture a ships hull.

Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish ·
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      Which then heavily inspired Halo:CE

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    pump actions are reliable but don’t care any less about atmosphere than automatic actions, gas-blowback or recoil operated firearms produce their own gasses/forces (from the bullet propellant) and contain their own oxidizers (no need for atmosphere)

    basically just get a power armor suit with a full-auto multipurpose flechette/microgrenade launcher mounted to one of the arms or your shoulder.

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      What about different gravity would that cause guns to fail? Americans go to the moon and don’t even test any guns smh my head

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        If a gun can fire upside down it can fire in a zero g environment.

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          What if there’s more g’s, enough g so the firing system can’t eject the shell or go back far enough

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            If the g is so high that it can’t eject, chances are you can’t lift the gun anyway.

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        a pump shotgun no, but potentially some gas operated systems? i’m not really sure how gravity/vacuum would affect any recoil operating system like that.

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    Star Wars battlefronts 2 (2005) engineer class predicted this

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    pump action shotguns will still be used because they sound really cool

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    You watched that Forgotten Weapons video didn’t you.

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    Shot guns and swords screm-cool

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    dudes-rock fuck yea bro

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    I wonder what the Borg would do against buckshot? You’d think the Federation would stock some kinetic small and large arms for the odd species that shrugs off phaser blasts.

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    IDK, even pump shotguns would be subject to issues with vaccuum environments , but I guess differences in atmospheric pressure in alien environments might be an issue if it changes how fast the gas disperses.

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      I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

      • yewtu.be
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      • yt.artemislena.eu
      • piped.video

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