At 12:44 AM 3/28/96 +0000, Andrew Stodden wrote:
The use of sheathed glass fibre for actuation is highly
recommended. It has both better strength and survivability for the
same weight.
I'll pass the suggestion along to see what the department says.
A dual-phase re-engramming light-photon computer is recommended.
With no heat buildup, immunity to emp weaponry, low power
cunsumption and unlimited storage space in a package about 1/4 inch
squared, this is the current best in computing power.
We only did simulations with knowledge of actual systeming. I'll
see what they can make on this.
A related topic is 'porous glass', the basis for this type of
computer
Neural pre reading is accomplished via a sensor net woven into the
softsuit, the cpu will learn the thought patterns of the user,
building a rapport. The cpu will be able to tell with absolute
precision if the user has security clearance to use the suit.
We never considered this. At least not at a rewritable level. Not
everyone wants something that tries to predict movements, it can be
very annoying and can cause a lot of problems in the middle of a
battle.
It is possible today to get an image of brain activity from a
(relatively) cheap mesh of sensors on an elastic cloth 'cap'. While
not accurate to any great degree, it is enough to get muscle
movements.
The computer predict movements based on brain activity. It senses
brain activity that occurs before an arm is moved, let's say, and
prepares to move that arm, allocating power, maybe shifting the angle
of thrust if the suit is airborne to maintain center of gravity.
Early tile failure on nasa type space shuttle was caused by hot
plasma oxidization, not vibrational stress.
This is what the department passed on to me concerning the cracking
of various tiles.
Additional: The armour should be scored along it's surface,
containing any fragmentation to a smaller area. Also, the aluminum
substrate should be 'drilled' to further prevent fractures from
spreading.
This was tried back in a simulation in the 100,000 to 100,500 area.
It caused more fragmentation due to the scores breaking more often.
It was dropped in later simulations.
If the armour is devided into smaller, overlapping plates, and each
plate is triangular in shape, scoring the plates, on the surface
only, into four smaller triangles, adds greatly to the resistence of
fragmentation. Also, a surface layer the 'lifts away' can help absorb
kinetic impact. (the top layer is not bonded to the sub layers very
strongly, at flakes of on impact, like shale when hit with a hammer,
the lower layers do not fragment at all.)
Additional: The use of a warm superconducting wire 'web' in the
armor can be used as a defense against IR weaponry and detection.
I'll pass this suggestion on to see what they say.
Additional: Linking a surface coating of phosphourus ceramic to the
superconducting 'web' can reduce laser damage by 99%, reconverting
the light energy back to electrical energy. This also 'cloaks' the
suit against radar or laser targeting.
Again I'll pass this on to see what they say.
Additional: Passing 'pulses' of energy through the superconducting
'web' should reduce energy-to-matter weapon effectiveness by
approximately 50 percent. This includes poth particle and plasma
based weaponry. This also acts as a damper against high frequency
vibration.
I'll pass this on to see what they say, although I remember someone
suggesting something similar a while back for another project.
Weapons project: SNLGP (Static Non-linear Gravity Projector)
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Note: Also a heat-sink, it can be used to compensate for and sort
of abberant heat condition.
This was not to design weaponry, only a new hardsuit armour that
would work right now. I'll pass on the weaponry suggestions to the
Quantum department and see what they say about them.
So noted, further weapons suggestions will only be provided upon
request.
If you need any clarification, or more information pertaining to any
suggestions given, do not hesitate to ask.
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Andrew Stodden <eos@ghost.cc.cmu.edu>
"But mostly, you learn to close your eyes and tell youself,
'This just isn't happening.'"
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