08-19-2015, 05:19 PM
(08-19-2015, 04:49 AM)SilverOtter Wrote:Idea: Void metal weapons.(08-19-2015, 04:02 AM)Umbra Wrote: So our own little version of Mass Effect.
Yeah, we really need to refine this... As dumb as it may seem, it's actually a really good idea to put constraints on everything so there isn't something with no constraints that can be exploited.
Thankfully, nobody put two and two together and tried to do that.
Thankfully, Void Energy actually cannot do anything. By itself, the worst it can do is give you horrible medical conditions.
I'm not selling this very good, am I?
In order for it to actually do anything, you need to gather it up, and infuse it with stuff. The resulting effect depends on what you just infused it with, and it cares about pure elements, not compounds. I've barely documented it, but it has a limited amount of stuff it will actually do, because a limited amount of things actually make it do stuff.
Nickel, in the case of Hard-Light engines, is lucky. Get one big slab of nickel (Try taller than a human, and thicker than a bookcase), infuse it with void energy (which is very, very sparse and needs specialized operations and tools to gather), and run light past it, and voila! Opposite reaction from light! The engines are hilariously expensive though (but that can be said of anything involving void energy), and you need tons of them to anywhere. You can't even make one huge engine, because the speed output doesn't scale very well, leaving you with even lesss speed than if you had tons of little engines.
-causes energy drain and deterioration of any object it cuts into/has friction with, ie corrodes metal and turns tissue necrotic.
-INCREDIBLY hard to forge and nigh impossible to melt even with the heat of a sun, prevents practical use in disposable, projectile, and most modern weapons, only blades and arrowheads are viable.
-it's leeching ability can drain power from electronics, and sap strength from organic life, released as radiation and heat
What do you think, valid application for it?