Ship's Locker: Out of the Closet

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Pistol: Revolving Opinions

1. Advanced combat pistol could use a handgun barrel, which would make effective range ninety metres, long one hundred eighty metres, and extreme three hundred sixty metres.

2. Short would be twenty two and a half metres.

3. If you think of the gauss pistol as a phaser, this would be a less penetrative, louder, but longer ranged horse pistol.

4. If the smallarm is stockless, it suffers a minus two for ranges beyond twenty five metres.

5. Twenty two and a half metres almost covers that.

6. Add a laser pointer that works upto fifty metres, you can sort of see the performance targets for proposed gun ranges.

7. In terms of damage, medium pistol would be zero to fifteen, average seven and a half.

8. Two dice, is two to twelve, average seven

9. Medium pistol default fifty metres on a handgun barrel would be ten metres effective, two and a half metres short.

 

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Pistol: Revolving Opinions

A. Ideally, you shoot a threat at a distance.

B. Pistols aren't really meant for ideal conditions, but rather when you're up a creek, and that happens to be your paddle.

C. In terms of retaining damage, carbine length barrels seem the minimum to ensure that.

D. What the advanced combat rifle round does, it mitigates a drop in damage, with an increase in range.

E. Downside being, that you'd need a basic technological level ten availability necessary.

F. And, I suspect, when it is, it changes the norm in what's considered adequate for gun pow(d)er.

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Technological level
. ten
Cost
. one kilostarbux
Damage
. three dice
Range
. four and a half hundred metres
Weight
. three kilogrammes
Action
. fully automatic three
Initiation
. mechanical
Bullet
. cased
. forty capacity
. fifteen starbux
Quickdraw
. none
Signature
. physical
.. normal
Features
. sling
. gyrostabilizer
.. three hundred starbux
.. twenty percent of receiver weight
.. offsets aiming modifier for up to minus two caused by movement or a poorly balanced weapon
. scope
.. electronic
.. light amplification
.. passive IR
.. visual magnification
.. laser rangefinder
.. laser target painter
. rifle muzzle
.. integral flash suppressor
.. forty millimetre RAM shoot-through grenade launcher adaptor

Magazine
. standard
.. forty round capacity
.. retail cost one percent of weapon cost

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Receiver
. longarm
.. two and a half kilogrammes
.. four hundred starbux
.. thirty capacity
.. recoil minus six
. intermediate
.. minus twenty percent weight
. advanced projectile weapon
.. costs twenty five percent more than conventional projectile weapons
.. weighs ten percent less
.. physical signature one level lower
.. range twenty five percent further
. fully automatic
.. plus twenty percent cost
.. automatic three

ammunition capacity
. increase thirty three and a third percent
. each ten percent increase in ammunition capacity
.. plus five percent to loaded weapon weight
... plus sixteen and two thirds percent to loaded weapon weight
.. plus ten percent to receiver cost
... plus thirty three and a third percent to receiver cost

Barrel
. rifle
.. thirty percent receiver cost
.. fifty percent receiver weight
. muzzle
.. integral flash suppressor
.. forty millimetre RAM shoot-through grenade launcher adaptor

Furniture
. full stock
.. detachable
.. plus ten percent to weapon weight
.. plus ten percent to weapon cost

Accessories
. Sling
. Gyrostabilizer
.. three hundred starbux
.. twenty percent of receiver weight
.. offsets aiming modifier for up to minus two caused by movement or a poorly balanced weapon
. Combination scope
.. standard/electronic
.. low light/light amplification
.. thermal/passive IR
.. visual magnification
.. four hundred starbux
.. half a kilogramme
. Laser P(o/a)inter
.. plus one to attack rolls upto fifty metres
.. one tenth of a kilogramme
.. two hundred starbux
.. laser rangefinder
.. laser target painter

Magazine
. standard
.. forty round capacity
.. retail cost one percent of weapon cost

 

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Why We Might Never Reach Mars: The Microgravity Problem

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about human health and space travel

0:00 Human health in space updates
1:50 Don Pettit's experience
3:00 Losing fingernails
3:45 Space headaches and skull changes
4:30 Space anemia
5:50 Twin studies and DNA changes
7:30 Bones, hearts and kidneys
9:00 Brain issues and vision problems
10:05 Microbiome and bacterial influence
11:40 Human reproduction - sperm and babies
12:50 Other discoveries
13:40 One good finding - arteries
14:10 Solutions
15:10 Conclusions and implications


1. Minimum gravity that prevents these symptoms.

2. Minimum gravity for long term health.

3. How long can we endure periods of microgravity without these symptoms developing.

4. Which may explain why half the missiles get lost after thirty minutes.

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Rated range is four and a half hundred metres, from the default intermediate rifle calibre two and a half hundred metres.

That would be an increase of eighty percent over default, between, presumably, technological levels six to ten.

At TL9 and higher, weapon designers can use advanced technology to improve a weapon’s overall performance without affecting weight or bulk – effectively wringing more out of the same weight and volume of weapon. Advanced Projectile Weapons cost 25% more than conventional projectile weapons but weigh 10% less. They have a Physical Signature one level lower, and range is 25% further.

As such, technological level nine designed and manufactured intermediate calibre rifles would have an improved range of three and an eighth hundred metres.

We still need a forty four percent improvement from that, to reach the listed range of an advanced combat rifle.

It would be remotely possible that there is such an option, at technological level ten.

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Receiver
. longarm
.. two and a half kilogrammes
.. four hundred starbux
.. thirty capacity
.. recoil minus six
. intermediate
.. minus twenty percent weight two kilogrammes
. advanced projectile weapon
.. costs twenty five percent more than conventional projectile weapons five hundred starbux
.. weighs ten percent less one and four fifths kilogrammes
.. physical signature one level lower physical (low)
.. range twenty five percent further three and one eighth hundred metres
. fully automatic
.. plus twenty percent cost six hundred starbux
.. automatic three

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

ammunition capacity
. increase thirty three and a third percent
. each ten percent increase in ammunition capacity
.. plus five percent to loaded weapon weight
... plus sixteen and two thirds percent to loaded weapon weight two and one tenth kilogrammes
.. plus ten percent to receiver cost
... plus thirty three and a third percent to receiver cost nine hundred starbux

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Barrel
. rifle
.. thirty percent receiver cost two and seven tenths hundred starbux nine and seven tenths hundred starbux
.. fifty percent receiver weight one and one twentieth kilogrammes three and three twentieths kilogrammes
. muzzle
.. integral flash suppressor
.. forty millimetre RAM shoot-through grenade launcher adaptor

Accessories
. Sling
. Gyrostabilizer
.. three hundred starbux one kilostarbux
.. twenty percent of receiver weight 3'780 grammes
.. offsets aiming modifier for up to minus two caused by movement or a poorly balanced weapon
. Combination scope
.. standard/electronic
.. low light/light amplification
.. thermal/passive IR
.. visual magnification
.. four hundred starbux one and two fifths kilostarbux
.. half a kilogramme 4'280 grammes
. Laser P(o/a)inter
.. plus one to attack rolls upto fifty metres
.. one tenth of a kilogramme 4'380 grammes
.. two hundred starbux one and three fifths starbux
.. laser rangefinder
.. laser target painter

Furniture
. full stock
.. detachable
.. plus ten percent to weapon weight 438 grammes 4'818 grammes
.. plus ten percent to weapon cost one and three fifths hundred starbux 1'760 starbux

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Obviously, the three discrepancies that immediately catch the eye are:

1. Range

2. Cost

3. Weight

Of the three, cost is the most easy to subsume under economies of scale, if you assume that you pay a megastarbux for a lot of a thousand advanced combat rifles.

Weight could be mitigated by actual integration of accessories into the manufacture process of the receiver and barrel.

Range seems to possibly violate physics: damage remains the same over a much larger distance, presumably higher muzzle velocity, which would indicate a smaller calibre, as physical signature is one stage less.

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Advanced combat rifle
. kilostarbux
. three kilogrammes

Furniture
. ten/eleven
. 90.90909090909091 starbux 909.0909090909091 starbux
. 272.7272727272727 grammes 2'727.272727272727 grammes

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

. Gyrostabilizer
.. three hundred starbux
... 609.0909090909091 starbux
.. five/six
... twenty percent of receiver weight
.... 454.5454545454546 grammes
..... 2'272.727272727273 grammes

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Barrel
. rifle
.. three/thirteen
... thirty percent receiver cost 140.5594405594406 starbux
.. one/three
... fifty percent receiver weight 757.5757575757575 grammes
. muzzle
.. integral flash suppressor
.. forty millimetre RAM shoot-through grenade launcher adaptor

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

ammunition capacity
. increase thirty three and a third percent
. each ten percent increase in ammunition capacity
.. plus five percent to loaded weapon weight
... one/six
... plus sixteen and two thirds percent to loaded weapon weight 252.5252525252525 grammes
.. plus ten percent to receiver cost
... one/three
... plus thirty three and a third percent to receiver cost 156.1771561771562 starbux

 

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AMAZON DOLLPHINS
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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Receiver
. longarm
.. 1'666.66666667 grammes
.. 208.236208236 starbux
.. thirty capacity
.. recoil minus six
. intermediate
.. six/five
.. minus twenty percent weight 1'388.88888889 grammes
. advanced projectile weapon
.. one/five
.. costs twenty five percent more than conventional projectile weapons 52.0590520591 starbux 260.295260295 starbux
.. eleven/ten
.. weighs ten percent less 1'262.62626263 grammes
.. physical signature one level lower physical (low)
.. range twenty five percent further three and one eighth hundred metres
. fully automatic
.. one/six
.. plus twenty percent cost 52.0590520591 starbux 312.354312354 starbux
.. automatic three

 

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The .380 "Pirate Pistol" Is Peak SHOT Show 2026

At SHOT Show 2026, James Reeves takes a look at one of the most unserious firearms on the show floor, the .380 Pirate Pistol from Tippmann Ordnance. Designed purely for fun and spectacle, the Pirate Pistol leans hard into novelty with old school flair and zero concern for practicality. This video breaks down what the Pirate Pistol is, how it works, and why SHOT Show remains the one place where projects like this still exist simply because someone wanted to build them. SHOT Show 2026 coverage.

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

Prices are adjustable, but weight is rooted in physics.

And there, it seems, without accounting for electronics or the stated performance, it's clearly a clean third lighter than it should be.

Lightweight: Lightweight weapons are designed to be lighter than usual, but this comes at a cost of being less durable unless better materials are used. Lightweight reduces weight by 20% and either increases cost by 50% or im-poses the Hazardous (-1) trait. This increases the severity of the Hazardous DM if it has been gained elsewhere.

Lightweight, Extreme: A weapon can be pared right down to essentials, but this might make it flimsy. Extreme Lightweight reduces weight by 40% but either impose the Hazardous (-3) Trait or increases cost by 200%.

Compact: A Compact receiver adds 25% to the cost of the weapon and reduces mass by 10%. Base ammunitions capacity is reduced by 25%.

In theory, since the electronics are stated as being integral to the platform, you could use the lightweight option.

But, however you look at it, the price explodes.

Without the electronics, you have to kick off at 1'666.66666667 grammes.

Twenty five hundred grammes at ninety percent is twenty two and half hundred grammes; times sixty percent is 1'350 grammes.

1'350/1'666.66666667 times 3'000 = 2'430 grammes

. Combination scope
.. standard/electronic
.. low light/light amplification
.. thermal/passive IR
.. visual magnification
.. eight hundred starbux
.. forty percent reduction
... three hundred grammes 2'730 grammes
. Laser P(o/a)inter
.. plus one to attack rolls upto fifty metres
.. 60 grammes 2'790 grammes
.. four hundred starbux
.. laser rangefinder
.. laser target painter

 

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Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials

So, I could more or less keep the weight within the stated canonical three kilogrammes, for the advanced combat rifle.

But, certainly not the stated performance of default effective range of four and a half hundred metres, which is out of left field.

And since we're not going to add a hazardous trait, the final receiver cost is going to double.

Also, stated ammunition cost, forty rounds plus appropriate magazine, retails at fifteen starbux.

These three discrepancies basically means, you have to reverse engineer it from the end result, in order to alter it, since you don't want to kill the goose that shoots these golden bullets at that range.