# \#weapons **URL:** https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/tag/weapons/8.md [Latest](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Particle Weaponry?](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/particle-weaponry/3515)
**Author:** [@vilani32](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/vilani32)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/particle-weaponry/3515 "2026-04-04T03:12:11Z")
Reading through the various excellent pieces on space warfare, I couldn’t help but notice that particle beams of various sorts aren’t included in the kit of the typical war rocket. I know that particle bloom screws with … --- ## [Soph-Yeetable Weapons Systems](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/soph-yeetable-weapons-systems/3456)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/soph-yeetable-weapons-systems/3456 "2025-07-10T03:32:12Z")
Been thinking about MANPADs and other shoulder-fired missile (specifically missile, rather than RPGs and such) systems in the ‘verse, ending with a rather different conclusion about how they’d work. The launcher, in the… --- ## [RFC: Nuclear Cluster Bombs](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/rfc-nuclear-cluster-bombs/3393)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/rfc-nuclear-cluster-bombs/3393 "2025-02-23T08:08:28Z")
So, looking for thoughts from our military theorist subcommunity… Since the Empire can build microscale nuclear weapons to fit in bullets¹, they can obviously also use the same technology to build nuclear bomblets, emin… --- ## [Birth of the AKV](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/birth-of-the-akv/667)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/birth-of-the-akv/667 "2024-10-22T01:29:47Z")
To briefly note the relevance of current events, the current situation in the Red Sea serves as an excellent example of the situations that led up to the development of what would, in the fullness of time, become the mod… --- ## [Imperial Navy weapons mix](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/imperial-navy-weapons-mix/546)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/imperial-navy-weapons-mix/546 "2023-03-14T04:11:48Z")
So, I was reading this Twitter thread from Bret Devereaux (of ACOUP) this morning: Teaching modern military history one thing that is interesting in the modern era is the increasing prevalence of weapon systems that nev… --- ## [Some Notes On Guns](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/some-notes-on-guns/497)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/some-notes-on-guns/497 "2022-10-28T14:36:11Z")
Continuing the discussion from Post-Contact Hilarity: I did love the review post, but just a few notes here for anyone looking for canon. Or cannon. :wink: Technically, it’s got four. Powercell, ammoblock, thermal cli… --- ## [AlphaDogFight competition](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/alphadogfight-competition/194)
**Author:** [@Tronzoid](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/Tronzoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/alphadogfight-competition/194 "2021-06-24T13:36:43Z")
Do the results of the AlphaDogFight competition (Human Vs Dogfighting AI) change anything in-verse regarding military doctrine? --- ## [How do space battles work?](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/how-do-space-battles-work/54)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/how-do-space-battles-work/54 "2020-01-24T14:53:09Z")
Like this: --- ## [Why aren't lasers dominant in space warfare rather than kinetics?](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/why-arent-lasers-dominant-in-space-warfare-rather-than-kinetics/52)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/why-arent-lasers-dominant-in-space-warfare-rather-than-kinetics/52 "2020-01-24T14:42:44Z")
Because at the present time, the constraints on practical, nonspecialized starship mounts mean that beam spread makes them less than useful at more than a light-second range. They are, however, very deadly at knife-fight… --- ## [There are these physics issues with the high-velocity, tiny-bullet model of guns you use…](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/there-are-these-physics-issues-with-the-high-velocity-tiny-bullet-model-of-guns-you-use/40)
**Author:** [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/there-are-these-physics-issues-with-the-high-velocity-tiny-bullet-model-of-guns-you-use/40 "2020-01-22T23:39:11Z")
Sigh. Yeah, I know. Even though they never have been (in either case) the sand grains at near-c they’ve been flanderized to be, back in the design phase – as reflected in early usage – I made the same error the Mass Ef…