In effect the Cziltang Brone in itself becomes a Weapon of
Mass Destruction – you point it at the floor underneath your enemies HQ
and presumably he (and the material covering the scrith) gets sucked into space
either by air movement or by the Ringworld’s rotation or both....
Look for frozen Kzinti complete with castles leaving the
Ringworld system at 770 miles a second....
It would only work presumably when there is clear scrith between
the victim and space – then again getting stuck in the superconductor
mesh part way through would do the job just as well.
Floating Cities would probably be immune to or at least
protected from this kind of weapon because they are not anchored to the ground.
Damn – should never have read this email – I’m
really busy at work and now I can’t stop thinking about it....
Cheers
--Tim
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[mailto:RingworldRPG@...] On Behalf Of Lensman Sent: 28 November 2007 02:12 To: RingworldRPG@... Subject: Re: [RingworldRPG] RPG Background question...
Gerall Kahla wrote:
> I thought the cziltang brone only rendered the material *permeable* and
> not malleable?
There are indications it makes scrith malleable, not just permeable.
Note in /Protector/, Phssthpok uses the "softener key" (which appears
to
be the same thing as a cziltang brone) to run a hose thru the twing of
his hull. When he turned the key off, the twing hardened around the hose.
Also, there are hints that large-scale cziltang brones may have been
used to shape the Ringworld floor.
> Beyond machinery, the Patriarch of the Map of Kzin would certainly have
> a suit of armor and at least one weapon made of scrith... (Imagine
> parrying with a scrith vambrace!)
Hey, that's a great idea! Yah, ultra-strong, ultra-light armor, and
ultra-sharp, unbreakable weapons.
Beyond that: Ultra-light/ultra-strong cables... shadow square wire is
very thin scrith wire. Ultralight, ultrastrong material for building
flying machines. Such material would make building a hull (or at least
the skeleton for the hull) for one of their gigantic ships a lot easier,
too.
If you really want to make the Kzinti formidable... how about a tank
built of scrith? Darn near invulnerable!
The problem will be, of course, that only one cziltang brone is
available, and the quantity of output of objects and material will be
very limited. Gigantic building projects, such as a bridge joining the
Map of Kzin to the Map of Earth, are probably beyond their reach.
Oh, and off-topic for cziltang brone, but on-topic for mid-20th century
military tech without access to petrochemicals:
Solid-fuel rockets can be propelled with "rocket candy", a mixture of
sugar and saltpeter. Both should be available in quantity; sugar can be
refined from the sap of many plants, and saltpeter is to be found under
any dung heap.
... There are indications it makes scrith malleable, not just permeable. Note in /Protector/, Phssthpok uses the "softener key" (which appears to be the same...
In effect the Cziltang Brone in itself becomes a Weapon of Mass Destruction - you point it at the floor underneath your enemies HQ and presumably he (and the...
... But only if the brone has sufficient power (area of effect) and range to be usable as a sort of field artillery. Frankly, I think anyone who would use such...
... Now that I consider it, I believe you're onto something here, Lensman... Loosing the device would be devastating. Unfortunately, these are somewhat feral,...
... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
... ... and I'm a nana. I was beginning to envisage a huge scrith-covered fortress, dug down through the earth and rock to the level of the scrith itself, with...
... Absolutely. A strip-mine is the only way they'd be able to "mine" a significant amount of scrith. Is it possible to use a brone to safely push a probe...
... A thought, following on from this: If you expand a simple object, I can see it getting bigger in every dimension and therefore expanding in size. Expand a...
... Certainly there are parts of plate armor which are inside other parts... http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=72115&rendTypeId=35 ...and certainly if different...
... Author advice: "Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story." If I were running a RPG which required the PCs get their hands on a cziltang brone...
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... "The strengthened molecular bonds are proof against any kind of impact, and heat into the hundreds of thousands of degrees." ("Flatlander", /Neutron Star/...
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