One of the ideas I'm working on involves hardtech missiles, so let me just ask this:
What happens if I handwave an empty missile casing? What about one with an engine? Will it give me the same sort of benefits as 'waving a ship hull? Does it still work, as long as the timer/proximity sensor, payload, and flight control software are kept completely hardtech?
I'm thinking that 'waving a missile casing would produce a stronger casing. Same with the engine- better, faster, stronger. Quirky, yes- but stronger. Mind you, a normal explosive wouldn't penetrate its own casing if the casing was 'waved by those rules, but with some pre-added fault lines, that might provide increased armor penetration while remaining mainly hardtech.
Essentially, this boils down to: can a component be 'waved, and combined effectively with hardtech, if the original component could be combined in that fashion?Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
What happens if I handwave an empty missile casing? What about one with an engine? Will it give me the same sort of benefits as 'waving a ship hull? Does it still work, as long as the timer/proximity sensor, payload, and flight control software are kept completely hardtech?
I'm thinking that 'waving a missile casing would produce a stronger casing. Same with the engine- better, faster, stronger. Quirky, yes- but stronger. Mind you, a normal explosive wouldn't penetrate its own casing if the casing was 'waved by those rules, but with some pre-added fault lines, that might provide increased armor penetration while remaining mainly hardtech.
Essentially, this boils down to: can a component be 'waved, and combined effectively with hardtech, if the original component could be combined in that fashion?Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.