From: lwcamp@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 3:17:46 PM UTC-7, Mr Anderson wrote:   
   > Hi, as I slowly progress through designing factions in my universe, I gave   
   many of them magnetic weapons launching slugs, coilguns and railguns. I did   
   not put the lasers into the setting, because I don't want the space battles to   
   be fought on too long    
   distances, as that would not be as interesting IMO. I will eventually put the   
   lasers somewhere, but with a set of limitations, that will make them not a   
   "top pick" weapon for warships.    
   > I want to put some more interesting ranged weapons into the setting, and I   
   remember the weapon called "stiletto beam" from "Earthlight". In the book it   
   worked by magnetically launching a stream of molten metal. As far as I know,   
   it's not possible,    
   because metals loose their magnetic properties when molten :v But, then I   
   thought, what if there is somekind of substance that still could have magnetic   
   properties when molten? I know that it's unnecesary complication to have your   
   projectile liquid and    
   red hot, but for the sake of cool look, is that possible?   
      
   Munroe effect shaped charge warheads are beams of molten metal.    
   Unfortunately, they suffer hydrodynamic instabilities and break up after   
   traveling a few meters.  These instabilities are likely to plague any liquid   
   beam device, causing it to break into a    
   stream of separate droplets.   
      
   Luke   
      
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