I don't understand why Stargate uses p-90's and other type of machine gun weaponry. Shouldn't the members of Stargate program be using more advanced weaponry then just machine guns? They built advanced fighters. They built frakin starships. But they can't build a better machine gun? The wraith are a perfect example of why they need more advanced weapons.
I understand that TPTB use machine guns because it's cheaper in terms of production costs and it has a stronger impact of screen, but at least if they do use machine gun-like technology they should suggest that the weapons used are more advanced versions of their real world equivalents.
A perfect example of a space opera which uses more advanced mass projectile weapons is in the video game "Mass Effect". The in game explanation is better then the one below. The basic idea is that the guns used in Mass effect don't use gun powder. Instead they use a "mass accelerator". I think this means the guns uses a strong field of energy like an EM field to project the bullets. The bullets are much smaller so the gun can carry more ammunition but each bullet still packs the punch of a traditional bullet. read the quote below. It's from Wikipedia.
I think adding a similar idea to canon would make more sense within the context of the show.
I understand that TPTB use machine guns because it's cheaper in terms of production costs and it has a stronger impact of screen, but at least if they do use machine gun-like technology they should suggest that the weapons used are more advanced versions of their real world equivalents.
A perfect example of a space opera which uses more advanced mass projectile weapons is in the video game "Mass Effect". The in game explanation is better then the one below. The basic idea is that the guns used in Mass effect don't use gun powder. Instead they use a "mass accelerator". I think this means the guns uses a strong field of energy like an EM field to project the bullets. The bullets are much smaller so the gun can carry more ammunition but each bullet still packs the punch of a traditional bullet. read the quote below. It's from Wikipedia.
Ammunition is unlimited; instead of needing to reload, a weapon will build up heat until it overheats, and cannot fire until it has sufficiently cooled down. In-game, the reasoning for this is that weapons are loaded with "blocks" of ammunition material, and each round fired is sheared off from this central supply of ammunition. The rounds themselves are described as being the size of a "grain of sand" and are launched through "mass accelerator" technology at extremely high speeds. Firing a weapon continuously or using a weapon that one is untrained with will result in decreased accuracy, represented by an expanding targeting reticule. The more Talent points that are spent on a weapon type, the greater the weapon type's accuracy and damage.
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