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Matthias777 Commodore
Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 1835 Location: North Carolina, USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Naaman wrote: | ...Now, you're talking about a barbecue gun, which is clearly owned by someone with more money than sense. |
Fixed that for ya. _________________ Arek | Kage |
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Fallon Kell Commodore
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 1846 Location: Tacoma, WA
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Matthias777 wrote: | Naaman wrote: | ...Now, you're talking about a barbecue gun, which is clearly owned by someone with more money than sense. |
Fixed that for ya. | Unless it's owned by the artist/gunsmith who made it. If I made something like that, I'd show it off at a barbecue too. _________________ Or that excessively long "Noooooooooo" was the Whining Side of the Force leaving him. - Dustflier
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Naaman Vice Admiral
Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Posts: 3191
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Matthias777 wrote: | Naaman wrote: | ...Now, you're talking about a barbecue gun, which is clearly owned by someone with more money than sense. |
Fixed that for ya. |
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 16180 Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:48 am Post subject: |
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One thing that comes to mind in the science fiction universe is Joachim Steuben in the Hammer's Slammer's series. In addition to being deadly accurate and fast as a steel trap with a pistol, Joachim is most definitely gay, and possesses the stereotypical fashion sense attributed to homosexual men. This sense of style extends to his weapon:
"Just as Joachim's uniform was of a synthetic sleeker and less rugged than Hammer's, his sidearm was hunched high on his right hip in a holster cut away to display the artistry of what it gripped. No weapon in the lounge...matched that of the Newlander for gorgeous detail. The receiver of the standard service pistol...had been gilded and carven by someone with a penchant for fleshy orchids. The stems and leaves had been filled with niello while the veins remained in gold tracery. The petals themselves were formed from a breathtakingly purple alloy of copper and gold. It was hard for anyone who glanced at it to realize that such a work of art was still, beneath its chasing, a lethal weapon."
We play in a universe where appearance and "coolness" is very much a motivating factor. While a "Jedi blaster pistol" would be unlikely to be so extravagantly decorated in a manner described above, there are plenty of others in the galaxy who would be more than willing to turn a weapon into a unique piece of art without sacrificing any functionality. After all, it is with the weapon described above that Joachim does this:
"You foul beast!" says the officer and his pistol turns toward the aide of its own seeming will. The enlisted men wait, uncertain.
"Me, Colonel Raeder?" Joachim's voice lilts. He is raising the tray and it arcs away from his body in a gentle movement that catches Raeder's eyes for the instant that the Newlander's right hand dips and - a cyan flash from Joachim's pistol links the two men. Raeder's mouth is open but silent. His eyeballs are bulging out from the pressure of exploding nerve tissue. There is a hole between them, and it winks twice more in the flash of Joachim's shots. Two spent cases hang in the air to the Newlander's right; a third is jammed, smeared across his pistol's ejection port. None of the Guardsmen have begun to fall, though a gout of blood pours from the neck of the right-hand man.
It is two-fifths of a second from the moment Joachim reached for his pistol.
Just like a samurai's katana, a work of art can still be deadly functional and stylishly beautiful at the same time. _________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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