[member="Noah Corek"]
In the wake of [member="Sargon Vynea"] 's LOA, I will be taking over this review.
SUGGESTIONS
The nature of
Baradium is that it is a very unstable compound.
But although baradium was a very potent explosive, it was also costly to process, and extremely unstable: accidental detonation could be triggered by careless use, and would have a devastating effect. These factors placed important limits on the employment of baradium munitions. Baradium also caused poisoning after detonation
The chances of being able to only detonate Baradium using only an electrical pulse is unlikely, as accidental detonation could be triggered by careless use -- aka stray voltage for example from static electricity.
So far, uses of detonator type munitions with Baradium have been for example done in small quantities, baradium could be used with some precision:
thermal detonator tape was used to breach
blast doors.
So without further ado.
WITHOUT DEV THREAD
- Make a note that Baradium is still extremely unstable: accidental detonation could be triggered by careless use, and would have a devastating effect. AKA, if stray voltage of 28 volts or more has the potential of detonation of the ordnance, caution is advised. The chances of accidental detonation can be 1 in five uses.
- Because of this, edit the line ," The first thing that needed to be done was a standard casing, made of plasteel the casing can stand heat and a direct blaster bolt." to wording that reflects that it can still potentially detonate.
- I need an exact blast radius for damage, due to the nature of Baradium in the following quote:
When detonated, a baradium weapon produced an incandescent sphere of energy, normally vaporizing everything within it. The destructive force was described as a fusion reaction, and the majority of the energy produced was released as heat. A second component of a baradium explosion was a particle field, which formed the outer surface of the blast sphere, and which was sustained by the energy of the explosion inside: this had the useful effect of containing the destructive effect within a relatively precise perimeter.
- You may raise the radius to just slightly larger than that of a normal thermal grenade due to the larger amount of baradium. Use the Class-A Thermal detonator as a template, as it is the largest thermal detonator in its class.
To make a more stable version of this with canon technology available to you--
Research
Thermal well technology, which combined baradium with
ytterbium, to produce a much more stable explosive compound. This burned at several thousand degrees Celsius, and was capable of melting most objects within its blast radius. Use this to create a more stable compound that can be used for what you so desire.
- Please add in an exact blast radius.
- Use the canon Thermal Well technology along that of thermal detonator tape to create a more stable compound.
- Make a note that Baradium ytterbium compound is still relatively unstable: accidental detonation could be triggered by careless use, and would have a devastating effect. This burned at several thousand degrees Celsius, and was capable of melting most objects within its blast radius. IE: Stray voltage of 28 volts or more has the potential of detonation of the ordnance due to the electrical pulse connectors, (Anything that can give an electrical charge can trigger it) caution is advised.
WITH A DEV THREAD
- Exact radius of blast.
- A development thread of 10 quality posts researching Thermal well technology, Thermal detonator tape, and a completely new compound that will make it more stable but less prone to accidental detonation, development of new expanding casing for these types of charge, crafting a prototype, testing with all the notable risks involved.
- Due to giving it more stability, the blast radius will remain small, and not be as devastating as that of normal baradium, reasonably less of what a normal thermal detonator may do. The more stable the product, the less violent nature of the compound due to Baradium's natural qualities. It is a give and take.
- Due to the nature of the electrical pulse, stray voltage of 28 volts or more has the potential of detonation of the ordnance due to the electrical pulse connectors, (Anything that can give an electrical charge can trigger it) caution is advised.
