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Post by CmdrKiley on May 27, 2009 14:18:12 GMT -5
Hmmm... interesting theory about Tunguska. Fits in quite well with AE-WWII history. Perhaps the remains of the psionic control components are scattered about radiating psionic emissions. These emissions mutated or awakened the psionic abilities of those who were exposed to it. Perhaps ferrum silicate is a material necessary for Psychic/Machine interaction the aliens used to control their craft and a necessary component for things like the Psi-Cannon or the Banshee's enhancements. Maybe enough of it gathered together and shaped could form the core of a Psi-Bomb. |
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Post by malkcntent on May 27, 2009 14:46:52 GMT -5
Hmmmmm, interesting. The whole 'UFO' theory of Tunguska has been around for a while, but I haven't heard of a lot of the ideas in this article. Might have to think about that one...
It's always hilarious to read articles translated into English. ;D
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Post by CmdrKiley on Jun 6, 2009 22:14:56 GMT -5
I can't seem to find anything on this Ferrum Silicate. Sounds like hoax, but feruum silicate sounds like a neat sci-material like dilithium, ferrocrete, plasteel, transparent aluminum, duranium, dolomite (the righteous metal), unobtainium, etc.
Sounds like some good fodder for some Soviet Psi Fluff. A material that maybe amplifies psychic energies or genereates electrical power from psychic emissions (like quartz generates electricity from vibrations).
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Post by abbysdad on Jun 6, 2009 22:47:26 GMT -5
I can't seem to find anything on this Ferrum Silicate. Sounds like hoax, but feruum silicate sounds like a neat sci-material like dilithium, ferrocrete, plasteel, transparent aluminum, duranium, dolomite (the righteous metal), unobtainium, etc. Sounds like some good fodder for some Soviet Psi Fluff. A material that maybe amplifies psychic energies or genereates electrical power from psychic emissions (like quartz generates electricity from vibrations). I think some of those sci-materials are real. Well, at least transparent aluminum IS real. I'm not too sure about the other stuff. I think Ferrocrete is the name for concrete that has been thoroughly reinforced with steel fibers in a random 3-D matrix and uses slag/fly ash in the aggregate mix so that it is a relatively light weight 3 component thixotropic composite, very resistant to cracking and crack propagation and retains a good part of its strength at high temperatures. It's expensive to use but is being used in the US right now. And if you super-saturate a porous aluminum scaffold with hydrogen it does become transparent. The theory goes that you control the opacity of the metal by adding or shedding hydrogen. The only problem is...aluminum is a hydrogen junkie. Once you build that sort of a metal hydride system, it is very hard to get them back out. And dolomite is a naturally occurring mineral found after tornadoes in the city and wherever people are teaching "the b&^ches kung-fu." ;D Best Regards, Chris |
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Post by evernevermore(john) on Jun 7, 2009 0:10:42 GMT -5
By the way - according to the fluff about the ambush in Paris Buffalo glass is just thick tinted Plexiglass.
Didnt know the random matrix concrete was called ferrocrete.
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Post by turtle on Jun 7, 2009 4:47:53 GMT -5
Eh, that's a helluva lot of exposed plexiglass for an armored suit that's supposed to be able to withstand and advance in the face of machinegun fire.
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Post by cybogoblin on Jun 7, 2009 6:45:58 GMT -5
...and wherever people are teaching "the b&^ches kung-fu."  Ferrum silicate sounds like iron sand, something we have in large quantities here in NZ (as seen in Xena). It is more likely to be this, though. |
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Post by abbysdad on Jun 7, 2009 22:39:58 GMT -5
By the way - according to the fluff about the ambush in Paris Buffalo glass is just thick tinted Plexiglass. Didnt know the random matrix concrete was called ferrocrete. Yeah, don't know about the plexiglass, but hey, suspension of disbelief and all that. It's a game. I play with toy soldiers. The models look cool. And the fluff makes more sense than the 40K stuff I enjoy. So I can dig it. The concrete is used in really funky applications. Like when you absolutely, positively, need a perfectly level floor...in earthquake country. Or when you're building bridge piers or structures that will see high temperatures and large loads simultaneously. |
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