With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

Pretty sure the myth (and what is mentioned in the text), is that the weapon will operate just fine after receiving basic maintenance/cleaning, not that is going to literally work with all the internal mechanics being caked in mud. The myth/legend of the weapon is also that any idiot can do proper maintenance on it and that replacement parts aren't required often.


In regards to using a magnetically levitated system to absorb recoil energy as other users have suggested... How is that simple? It introduces many points of failure, it increases the energy requirements on the entire magnetic system, and the payoff is quite unimpressive. Also people bringing up Jovium need to remember is a material made with magic (the public doesn't have access to it) that is MOST certainly not a super conductor, it its explicitly useful to transfer thermal energy without wastage and it doesn't work with anything else.

Jovium can revolutionize cooling and heating mechanism, but at that point you are better off simply drawing a cooling rune in the weapon systems and skipping all the nonsense with random materials.

In short, I can only see this weapon being "simple" if magic runes are used to bypass technological limitations, physics and material limits, in with case the weapon will be somewhat impressive, but it will be absolutely useless out of the arcane field of earth... And that would be absolutely fine.

 

Cant comment on the rest, but Jovium 100% worked on electricity, they wanted to redo the US power grid in the stuff so they wouldn’t lose any power in transit, but it’s too hard to make.

 

Pretty sure it didn't, that was the point of the testing and the absolute disappointment of the fact that it couldn't be used as a super conductor.

It can transfer temperature perfectly without wastage. Hence why it could replace the power grid system, but IT is a replacement of the entire power grid system, not an upgrade of it.

Also Jovium is the easiest to make and can be done by anyone with a basic knowledge of alchemy, its mytril and orinaculum that are extremely difficult.

 

Nope! Check the post again, it doesn’t float like one, but it works like one

 

The quote said bury it in mud, and then only brush it off somewhat. The actual thing it's great at is being rusty as fuck because as I said in my post some peasant or conscript didn't bother cleaning it and it'd operate just fine. An AK though will jam if any mud gets inside, it's not closed up like the AR is. The AR design is closed up to prevent that sort of crud from getting in, though it does need more maintenance to keep running, it wasn't as bad as they said it was in Vietnam. The biggest issue with the rifle during the Vietnam War was because the Pentagon told the designers to shut up when they said to use specific gunpowder mixtures, which they later did after so many troops died. They also didn't issue them with cleaning kits at first, because they were morons and felt they knew best. In the M16 mud test video they show a clip about his experience regarding the DoD and their hostility towards Eugene Stoner and Armalite.

Here's a more complete video, and I posted the exact quote from the story:

Just a little note, Jim Sullivan is a renowned gun designer in his own right. He designed the Mini-14 which is a very popular rifle as well. And designed the Ultrimax MG which is used by Singapore.

 

I'm pretty sure that quite a bit of the force of recoil is from the expanding gasses shooting out the front of the weapon like a rocket engine. That's why muzzle brakes help with recoil, by allowing the gasses out in more directions. The bullet itself is pretty low-mass. So that's why there's basically no recoil. You're tossing like ~5 grams of material out of the barrel, without the rocket plume. The recoil would probably be comparable to amount of force you get from throwing a baseball.

 

'shakes'

 

Knowing what I do about the state of real life coilguns, I do have to wonder why Paul is needed at all given Young Justice Earth is supposedly a standard of 20-30 years more advanced then real life Earth.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Jog my memory, Georgia is working her mad social science skills on trying to determine why Clarktech isn't nearly as prevalent as it should be, right?

 

Transhumanism FTW!

It is a bit odd the Sivanas haven',t kick started the singularty yet, isn't it?

 

That's a lie, there was an alternative, you just refused it.

So... Did some super-villain decided to tag all the possums in Germany with scry wards for some odd reason?

You could also have killed Time Trapper Paul and destroyed his machine without using it.

 

'criticize'

'civilization'

'definitely'

'chance'

 

I really hope Georgia, and both Thaddeus' uplift their current bodies, it might help as a start, to fix their damned social issues.

 

"First met" I suspect.

 

Ok, I am confused.

I do like the bit on Georgia and Vril's Relationship growth though Hope to see a chill Vril.

So, is Vulcan able to make a Blue Ring for Kori? I'd prefer if the ring situation was wrapped up before we get tossed into another plot thread.

 

There was the Green Lantern Task Force that was sent to go deal with them, got diverted to take the Dominators at Vril's prison to the Blue Cells, and then just didn't reschedule the assault? The SI was aware of the planned liberation of Colu right?

Or is the SI missing a 'Last I know of' at the beginning of this sentence?

 

That would involve them caring about other people.

Thank you, corrected.

Nope.

Thank you, corrected.

In theory, yes, but not much more able than anyone else.

 

Historically, being beautiful just makes her issues worse since being smart and beautiful basically causes her to go full highschool mean girl.

If you want to actually fix her social issues, the only real way is probably to fix her sociopathy.

 

I still ship Georgia and Dox. Woo!

Anyhow, if you want a gun that's crowbar-simple, just go with compressed air. Modern materials, and especially what's available in this verse' are more than up to the task of creating a compact tank that can hold enough pressure to propel a bullet as hard as gunpowder firearms. You can use a hand-cranked pump to refill it if you're out somewhere away from your powered compressor, they can fire anything that fits in the barrel, and an adjustable valve would let you set your projectile speed however you like.

 

Georgia once put the mind of a guy that pissed her of in a possum.

Same here.

Is this because he doesn't know all that much about how the Emotional Spectrum works, or how power rings work, plus he may be lacking the spiritual discipline to make something like a power ring?

Because as far as forge gods go I think Vulcan is at the top at making things, especially if they're magical in nature.

Certainly better than most.

Atrocitus was able to make a power ring using magic.

Considering that she's working with the SI, who can see other peoples emotions, I think she has a very useful therapist at hand.

Paul likes to see those close to him become all that they can be, plus she's working on solving the whole social issue for him as well as the Sheeda thing, so he has lots of reasons for her to stay sane.

I also don't think she's actually a sociopath, at least in this story, but just has a difficult time empathizing with other people due to her upbringing, but unlike a regular sociopath she has the ability to do so and is not practically neurologically incapable of doing it, but she's not all that good at it.

 

Ah, the family of cinnamon rolls (is that the right term?) Lots of red faces when Kori's around. I bet this has to do with OL's little temporal adventure, though.

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"Get those floatation devices away from me, you alien hussy! And no touching the machinery!"

Full-Life Consequences? But seriously, he has a point. Rewriting the local multiversal cluster's rules of causality and temporal variance is not a simple matter to unravel...

That would explain the steam coming out of his shirt collar. Honestly, if he wants some experience with beautiful women, you'd think he'd build a robot or a clone or something...

Flattery will get you everywhere, OL. Seriously, feeding his ego is a good plan.

Heh, I see where the kids get it from.

Don't be jealous, Georgia. I'm sure with a little work, you could look like that too. Maybe some magic?

Honestly amazed he hasn't gotten a nosebleed. Or said anything. Are you sure he hasn't had an aneurysm?

So, he didn't have the same pool of knowledge his father did at that age.

Well, unless you count Georgia, Beautia or their mother. And they don't count as GIRL-girls.

High praise. When's the wedding?

Hahaa, she is so easy to work up.

I guess it's fine, as long as she doesn't start spouting 'Japanese shy girl' catchphrases.

Yep, they are green space babes. Admittedly, they practically are a designer species.

And Georgia knows exactly what he means by 'athletic' and 'optimally healthy'. I doubt Clarissi Dox cares about physical appearances though.

Seriously, make yourself a new body, full Danner treatment, and transfer your mind into it. You've got to have some manner of mental and spiritual transfer technology laying around somewhere.

Useful part of an Orange Ring, after all.

No mention of knocking ten-plus years off your physical age? Seriously, OL, you're going to have to share with someone other than John Constantine eventually...

Given some of his relationships in the comics, no he doesn't.

...Uh, what? What does that have to do with anything? <sees Darko's explanation.> Oh...

Just don't get carried away. Copying, say, Kori's appearance will not help you as much as you think. Most men will end up more interested in your boobs than your brains.

And, as you noted, you're not an expert in temporal mechanics... How sure could you have been about that?

Well, that's progress on that front. Now, when you say 'destroy'...

Oof. Well, I suppose that's a net positive?

And meanwhile, Boss Smiley is chuckling to himself as he sits in his office, swirling two fingers of scotch as he contemplates allowing himself an evil laugh...

...What even is a 'cinnamon roll', in this context? Someone ludicrously easily embarrassed by interaction with the opposite sex? I trust Sivana senior will be a perfect gentleman. At any rate, good to see things progressing reasonably well on the mad 'Angry' science front.

 

Or a robot prostitute if he wanted to do some weird things.

In the words of Howard Wolowitz

'There are just some things you don't do with a robot girlfriend'

High chance their bodies may be at least a bit modified so they don't suffer brain damage of any kind.

Can't have their most useful part damaged after all.

Wasn't exactly all that big or deep of a pool.

Also if I remember correctly the etiquette he learned was from a book that was decades old at the time.

"Paul sempai"

Heh, heh, god I really wish there is a version that went to the Fate Grand Order universe where Mash calls him this.

Based on that we know, Vrils tastes in women aren't exactly all that great, so he can do a whole lot worse than Georgia.

Comic him did date Blackfire, who's practically the definition of crazy, psychotic bitch in the comics.

At least the two are both brilliant scientists so they can so science together.

Zatanna found out he was a lot older than he looked after they went to -14, but I don't think she knows his exact age.

He may not know what they are doing, and he's most likely not responsible for her deciding to focus on the Sheeda problem now.

Remember that this issue may take years to solve, while the Sheeda are a more immediate problem.

Though I could be wrong.

 

I don't believe that Kori is going to get a blue ring any time soon, not until and unless OL can convince some of the Maltusians to integrate with the blue light. Although, wouldn't that require someone like Alan to call up the Adara Entity and put it in a bottle for them? I'm not entirely sure how that works in this universe.

I don't think she's actually a sociopath in this continuity so much as very poorly socialized.

 

They might be able to do it themselves.

They got the Ophidian and Ion after all, so they may not need Alan's help.

He also has Kalmin.

 

A friendly reminder that for those who don’t want to clutter the main thread, a separate thread exists dedicated solely to Vaermina, that beautiful motherfucker.

 

No, you check again. It transfer heat without lost, but it doesn't transfer electricity, doesn't produce an electromagnetic hose and also it doesn't float.

It's a perfect conductor of thermal energy, that is all it is.

 

It did transfer electricity, it just didn't act like it. I can't find the original quote, but when he first met the Amazon blacksmith, he was so impressed he acted like he just got laid and said "not just heat, electricity."

 

I assume we’re talking about orichalcum? If not, then ignore me.

It magically transfers heat from one end of the metal to another instantaneously, without the heat actually travelling through it.