Post by Darkrider on May 4, 2009 23:16:17 GMT -5
Artifact/Weapon Name: Gluon Gun
Wielder: Gordon Freeman
Type of Artifact/Weapon: Experimental Weapon
Appearance of Artifact/Weapon: The prototype gluon gun design consisted of a hand-held beam emitter that was attached to a large backpack by a thick hose. The backpack contained a micro-fission reactor, an advanced nuclear device that was developed at Black Mesa and was capable of using inexpensive depleted uranium as fuel rather than an enriched isotope.
Origin of Artifact/Weapon: "I designed the Gluon Gun."
¯Black Mesa Scientist
Special Abilities of the Artifact/Weapon: fires a glowing blue/purple beam that spirals towards a target like a corkscrew or vortex. The gluon is the particle that mediates the strong nuclear force that holds atomic nuclei together; whether the gluon gun actually fires streams of gluons or instead interferes with the gluons already present in an object is unclear, but in either case the weapon interferes with the fundamental interactions of matter. The stresses caused by this reaction can blast almost any living creature to pieces. The same technology was put to use in the experimental Tau Cannon that was developed during the same period. Since gluon guns affect the fundamental structure of matter conventional armour offers little defence, but gluon guns are not capable of penetrating walls or obliterating buildings, suggesting that the one factor that matters is a target’s mass or density, as in a large or very dense object the disruptive effect is weakened as it tries to spreads throughout the entire object. Another disadvantage of the gluon gun is its very high rate of consumption of depleted uranium – if the weapon is fired carelessly it will deplete the micro-fission reactor’s stock of depleted uranium within seconds.
Wielder: Gordon Freeman
Type of Artifact/Weapon: Experimental Weapon
Appearance of Artifact/Weapon: The prototype gluon gun design consisted of a hand-held beam emitter that was attached to a large backpack by a thick hose. The backpack contained a micro-fission reactor, an advanced nuclear device that was developed at Black Mesa and was capable of using inexpensive depleted uranium as fuel rather than an enriched isotope.
Origin of Artifact/Weapon: "I designed the Gluon Gun."
¯Black Mesa Scientist
Special Abilities of the Artifact/Weapon: fires a glowing blue/purple beam that spirals towards a target like a corkscrew or vortex. The gluon is the particle that mediates the strong nuclear force that holds atomic nuclei together; whether the gluon gun actually fires streams of gluons or instead interferes with the gluons already present in an object is unclear, but in either case the weapon interferes with the fundamental interactions of matter. The stresses caused by this reaction can blast almost any living creature to pieces. The same technology was put to use in the experimental Tau Cannon that was developed during the same period. Since gluon guns affect the fundamental structure of matter conventional armour offers little defence, but gluon guns are not capable of penetrating walls or obliterating buildings, suggesting that the one factor that matters is a target’s mass or density, as in a large or very dense object the disruptive effect is weakened as it tries to spreads throughout the entire object. Another disadvantage of the gluon gun is its very high rate of consumption of depleted uranium – if the weapon is fired carelessly it will deplete the micro-fission reactor’s stock of depleted uranium within seconds.
Sigh, I'll explain it again...
