Oh, trust me, I can get sillier if you insist. 🙂
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Ascending the staircase, Prought spread his arms, and it was seen that they wore similar gloves as Lasper. Prought said, “Okay, let’s settle this for good.” Watching, still upside down where she was punched to, Val said, “Wait you have those things too? Are yours lightsab-” Prought interrupted her and said, “They’re laserzweihanders!” And with a downward swing of one of them towards Lasper, Prought said, “Meet your fate!” Lasper defending himself, and Prought swung at him with the other arm, but Lasper jumped the swing. Then they both swung at each other at the same time, bot landing blows, and both propelling the other to opposite sides of the bridge. Lying on his back, Lasper said, “Unghh. I don’t suppose you want to call it a draw, and you can just go back to your ship?” Prought said, “Nnnnf. Never. Besides, my chiropractor needs the income.”
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ZZWOK! Ahh well, good thing MY chiropracter is on speed dial- –
Sillier? Oh, yes. I insist. I insist!
Oh. Yes. I forgot to Second this earlier!
Zweihanders? But each in only one hand? He is crazy, or he’s drunk.
Or the reason why he needs the chiropracter in the first place.
Good thing light has no noticeable mass. No need to worry about balance, blade inertia, and so on. Though I guess the laser blades are actually more like electrical fields, because they stun and don’t cut.
I got go hand it to Christopher, it’s a clever idea: ” We invented a stun weapon that’s safe to use on a ship, so it won’t cut through metal or damage the consoles. And thanks to input from Marketing, we can make them resemble ancient fantasy weapons from popular romances!”
Marketing really dropped the ball by not just calling them lazweihanders.
They tried, but they got sued by competitors selling “Lazy-Handers”.
Metal mesh or foil lined clothing?
Or very strong and the reason as noted. Why he has a chiropracter…I personally won’t go to one.
Physical therapists can do what they do, AND address any underlying issues. They may give you exercises to stretch or strengthen muscles and fascia.
Depends on the chiropracter. Mine is the reason I’m still walking.
By definition, if he holds them with one hand, they’re lasereinhanders.
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“Oh look, there’s another one with those glow gloves. What do YOU call them, ‘glowves’?”
“Glowrds!”
“Of course.”
I guess you can’t use the laser-whateverstyle unless you have those gloves.
Not here to criticize. I love the Trawler universe and everything you’ve done. Just curious – did I miss a reference that would explain why the invaders didn’t have guns? This has been a gun crazy universe in most other instances. And how did the lone Bollyck on board manage to stay out of the fight – even if he is a pacifist compared to his people – he still has proven very useful in a fight. Strange occurrences.
The G.O.B. banned guns at one point. (I know — as an American, this is possibly the least believable thing that ever happened in Spacetrawler.) I’ll update if I find it…
I can’t speak to where Gerek is. I think he was asleep, last we saw him.
New gun law.
Maybe when guns were (briefly) popular:
– bullets tend to open the hull to vacuum, or damage life-support or drive systems, or cause stored power systems to release their energy rapidly (a.k.a. “detonate”): a bit of a Russian Roulette factor on a ship
– when hulls and bulkheads became stronger, think “ricochet”
– someone invented a kinetic shield that reversed the kinetic energy by nearly 180°, colloquially known as “return to sender”
– tiny bots to fly into barrels and plug them, turning guns into hand grenades
– tiny bots to superglue the mechanisms (though I’d expect those for ALL weapons)
– someone figured out how to touch off the rounds in the clips, making them remote-controlled holster grenades
– tiny ‘termite’ bots to recognize and ‘eat’ the bullets
– everyone gets to breathe any toxic gases or odors released, until life-support (which may be damaged now) can clear them
Also:
– a standard bullet impacts stored antimatter fuel, resulting in a release of energy in the megatons of TNT range
– kinetic bullet deflection: small interceptor projectiles deflect the relatively slow-moving (vs. radar) bullets so you usually miss
– “Surprise!” rounds: tiny bot adds antimatter to the cartridges, again turning guns into hand-grenades
– “Acme” rounds: tiny bots turn bullets into “BANG!” flags
– non-standardized ammo across the Universe(s): how do you get more cartridges to fit your weapon? At least the early synthesizers couldn’t make explosive compounds reliably without accidental ignition, and the synthesizers are hooked into energy systems capable of providing the incredible level of energy required to synthesize matter. More Russian Roulette factor.
Ok, who has the lasercrossbow?
“It’s called a shineshaft!!!”
Sillier? Ye threaten me? Yarrrr, do yer worst (or was that “best”?)!!!