After reading several posts about how the Daedalus lacks good weapons, I thought it was time to provide the solutions. Designs for modern weapons modified with SG tech to create bad *ss weapons that would 1 shot kill a hive ship, Ha'tak, or even an Ori ship. Oh, and some other fun toys as well.
Naqahdah Enhanced Nuclear Rail Gun
This is a modification of the "Little Boy" uranium bomb, where a super-critical mass is separated into two pieces. One piece acts as a target, while the other piece is shot into it down a barrel. The required velocity is something like 3,000 feet per second (roughly Mach 2). Normally, a high explosive is required to propel the pieces together. The Daedalus's railguns already reach speeds of Mach 5, so all that needs to happen is that the front of the projectile (with one half) stops, while inertia carries the other half (in the rear) into it, creating a super-critical mass. We make the barrel out of a strong Trinium-Naqahdah alloy to avoid deformation, and provide a boost to the nuclear explosion. The middle casing should be made of blended metal to aid in the arrest of the projectile, and the outside should be coated in an energy ablative ceramic (like that used in the staff-proofed vests or Anubis soldier suits) so that the projectile penetrates shields. Some Nagahdria could be added to further enhance the yield. The result: rapid-fire, shield penetrating, instant death.
Shield Penetrating Projectiles
Coat normal rail gun projectiles with shield penetrating ceramics, then slice-and-dice, selectively disabling enemy systems, right through their shields (until their shield generators get destroyed).
Hyper-Leap Naqahdria Missile
This is basically an X-302, but stripped down to the hyper drive, inertial dampeners, and Naqahdria reactor, and then repackaged into a missile. The idea is very simple, and almost already used in the series. The missile launches, acquires the target, and effects a hyperspace jump into the target, where the Nagahdria reactor overloads. Shields are meaningless.
Hyperspace Rail Cannon
A large, Naqahdah-enhanced nuclear device (1 GTon yield) is fired from a large rail gun, however; the projectile is fired into hyperspace, and programmed to explode in hyperspace in the real-space vacinity of the target, causing havoc.
Leap Rail Cannon
The projectile is composed of a Naqahdria reactor and a hyperspace drive coil. The reactor is activated and used to power up the drive coil before the projectile is launched. On launch, the projectile is fired into hyperspace (initial stable window created from the ship's power), and programmed to overload into the drive coil once it reaches the target location. The result: a highly unstable hyperspace window centered on the target, spewing forth a Naqahdria reactor overload.
Energy Ablative Hull Plating
Coat the ship in energy ablative materials, similar to those used in the Anubis soldier suits. Simple, energy weapons which penetrate the shields are harmlessly dispersed across the hull.
Drone Replacement
Miniaturize the anti-inertia drives in the X-302, and put them in a missile with a small Naqahdah reactor (or a large capacitor), and a small shield generator. The reactor powers the anti-inertia coils and shield, giving the missile increased speed, maneuverability, and possible shield/hull penetrating ability. The reactor (or battery) expends the rest of its energy explosively on impact.
ZPM Recharging Station
A ZPM functions by releasing energy from a sub-space domain. All ZPMs have similar initial energy stores, which indicates they were uniformly manufactured and charged with energy (like batteries), instead of being an exploratory device, like an oil well. To recharge, energy just needs to be added back into the sub-space domain which the ZPM accessed. This can be done by using a stargate as a valve/door, and a shield as a funnel. The source of energy, one of those great big burning balls of hydrogen, which seem to be rather common.
Anyway, just a few toys I'm sure we could figure out pretty darned fast, after exposure to the things that have come through the stargate.
Naqahdah Enhanced Nuclear Rail Gun
This is a modification of the "Little Boy" uranium bomb, where a super-critical mass is separated into two pieces. One piece acts as a target, while the other piece is shot into it down a barrel. The required velocity is something like 3,000 feet per second (roughly Mach 2). Normally, a high explosive is required to propel the pieces together. The Daedalus's railguns already reach speeds of Mach 5, so all that needs to happen is that the front of the projectile (with one half) stops, while inertia carries the other half (in the rear) into it, creating a super-critical mass. We make the barrel out of a strong Trinium-Naqahdah alloy to avoid deformation, and provide a boost to the nuclear explosion. The middle casing should be made of blended metal to aid in the arrest of the projectile, and the outside should be coated in an energy ablative ceramic (like that used in the staff-proofed vests or Anubis soldier suits) so that the projectile penetrates shields. Some Nagahdria could be added to further enhance the yield. The result: rapid-fire, shield penetrating, instant death.
Shield Penetrating Projectiles
Coat normal rail gun projectiles with shield penetrating ceramics, then slice-and-dice, selectively disabling enemy systems, right through their shields (until their shield generators get destroyed).
Hyper-Leap Naqahdria Missile
This is basically an X-302, but stripped down to the hyper drive, inertial dampeners, and Naqahdria reactor, and then repackaged into a missile. The idea is very simple, and almost already used in the series. The missile launches, acquires the target, and effects a hyperspace jump into the target, where the Nagahdria reactor overloads. Shields are meaningless.
Hyperspace Rail Cannon
A large, Naqahdah-enhanced nuclear device (1 GTon yield) is fired from a large rail gun, however; the projectile is fired into hyperspace, and programmed to explode in hyperspace in the real-space vacinity of the target, causing havoc.
Leap Rail Cannon
The projectile is composed of a Naqahdria reactor and a hyperspace drive coil. The reactor is activated and used to power up the drive coil before the projectile is launched. On launch, the projectile is fired into hyperspace (initial stable window created from the ship's power), and programmed to overload into the drive coil once it reaches the target location. The result: a highly unstable hyperspace window centered on the target, spewing forth a Naqahdria reactor overload.
Energy Ablative Hull Plating
Coat the ship in energy ablative materials, similar to those used in the Anubis soldier suits. Simple, energy weapons which penetrate the shields are harmlessly dispersed across the hull.
Drone Replacement
Miniaturize the anti-inertia drives in the X-302, and put them in a missile with a small Naqahdah reactor (or a large capacitor), and a small shield generator. The reactor powers the anti-inertia coils and shield, giving the missile increased speed, maneuverability, and possible shield/hull penetrating ability. The reactor (or battery) expends the rest of its energy explosively on impact.
ZPM Recharging Station
A ZPM functions by releasing energy from a sub-space domain. All ZPMs have similar initial energy stores, which indicates they were uniformly manufactured and charged with energy (like batteries), instead of being an exploratory device, like an oil well. To recharge, energy just needs to be added back into the sub-space domain which the ZPM accessed. This can be done by using a stargate as a valve/door, and a shield as a funnel. The source of energy, one of those great big burning balls of hydrogen, which seem to be rather common.
Anyway, just a few toys I'm sure we could figure out pretty darned fast, after exposure to the things that have come through the stargate.
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