The mention of naquadah / potassium weapons in the Original Weapon Design thread made me wonder: has this odd and remarkably powerful aspect of everyone's favourite fictional element (no offence to those who prefer trinium) been mentioned once since 'Singularity'? Or has it been retconned out of existence in the Stargate universe, like the 3rd shot of a Zat?
Although I seem to remember Cassie's implanted bio-bomb has been mentioned obliquely in subsequent episodes, has the Nq-K reaction been revisited, or officially dropped, because it gave the SGC - and the Tauri in general - a far too powerful and simple weapon too early in the show? Fanwank weapons waiting to happen?
Considering that only microscopic amounts created a blast that destroyed everything in a radius of several metres, and the device inside Cassie (a few centimetres across and probably having a mass measured in grams) was said to be potentially a million times more destructive...what happens when you swap the 18kg warhead on an AMRAAM for 9kg of Potassium and 9kg of Naquadah? Other than the obvious...
Although I seem to remember Cassie's implanted bio-bomb has been mentioned obliquely in subsequent episodes, has the Nq-K reaction been revisited, or officially dropped, because it gave the SGC - and the Tauri in general - a far too powerful and simple weapon too early in the show? Fanwank weapons waiting to happen?
Considering that only microscopic amounts created a blast that destroyed everything in a radius of several metres, and the device inside Cassie (a few centimetres across and probably having a mass measured in grams) was said to be potentially a million times more destructive...what happens when you swap the 18kg warhead on an AMRAAM for 9kg of Potassium and 9kg of Naquadah? Other than the obvious...
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