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Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by Mr.Privacy2   » Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:05 am

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I am confused about the nature of Sharonan firearms as described. It was said that the guns fired lead pellets instead of bullets. Am I missing something because I have never heard of a rifle, with the exception of gas-powered BB guns, that fired metal pellets. Design quirk of the books or something else?
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by Robert_A_Woodward   » Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:00 am

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Mr.Privacy2 wrote:I am confused about the nature of Sharonan firearms as described. It was said that the guns fired lead pellets instead of bullets. Am I missing something because I have never heard of a rifle, with the exception of gas-powered BB guns, that fired metal pellets. Design quirk of the books or something else?


It might be just flavor. Both words are derivatives of words that mean "ball".
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by Fox2!   » Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:06 pm

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Robert_A_Woodward wrote:
Mr.Privacy2 wrote:I am confused about the nature of Sharonan firearms as described. It was said that the guns fired lead pellets instead of bullets. Am I missing something because I have never heard of a rifle, with the exception of gas-powered BB guns, that fired metal pellets. Design quirk of the books or something else?


It might be just flavor. Both words are derivatives of words that mean "ball".


In the "Empire of Man " series. the projectiles are referred to as "beads"/
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by ThisName1   » Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:26 am

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They also mention a "scissor action" rifle. I think their talking about a lever action.
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by Mr.Privacy2   » Fri Mar 17, 2023 6:01 pm

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The reason I brought this point up was that during a certain scene that implied that all was not right within the Multiverse, it seemed to imply that Sharonan firearms had something about them that made them work even though they shouldn't work as far as conventional firearms go.
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by Randallw   » Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:53 pm

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Sharonan science is based on the scientific method, whereas Arcanan magic works the opposite. The rifles the Arcanans captured work , though not as well, when the sharonan captives use them because they have the scientific method in mind whereas they don’t work for Arcanans with the wrong mindset.
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by ThisName1   » Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:54 am

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Randallw wrote:Sharonan science is based on the scientific method, whereas Arcanan magic works the opposite. The rifles the Arcanans captured work , though not as well, when the sharonan captives use them because they have the scientific method in mind whereas they don’t work for Arcanans with the wrong mindset.



It's still killing me that I don't know what on earth gadriel discovered while testing the guns.
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by Mr.Privacy2   » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:47 pm

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It's still killing me that I don't know what on earth gadriel discovered while testing the guns.


Agreed. I still don't know if its something weird that Gadrial found, something weird with the Sharonans themselves, or something with the Multiverse.
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by ThisName1   » Sun Mar 19, 2023 3:15 pm

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Mr.Privacy2 wrote:
Agreed. I still don't know if its something weird that Gadrial found, something weird with the Sharonans themselves, or something with the Multiverse.



Whatever it is, its gonna make the mythalans crazy and I'm gonna love that.
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Re: Question about Sharonan Firearms
Post by Mr.Privacy2   » Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:42 pm

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Whatever it is, its gonna make the mythalans crazy and I'm gonna love that.


Be careful what you wish for, for all we know Gadrial just justified Sharonan genocide, in front of multiple high-ranking politicians and military commanders no less. That's definitely going to spice things up.
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