Oolite Bulletins

Erm, the original idea was not to stop scoopers or trick them, the thought was effectively making a homemade mine type explosion - using it as a weapon.

We have booby trapped cargo? I missed that one...

aegidian wrote:

What makes you think Radioactives are explosive? Firearms or Liquors/Wines are probably more volatile!

Hey! There's an idea! Turn your liquour cargo into Molitov cocktails!

I'm kidding.

... I think.

Here's a thought, do cargo containers (of any sort) burn up if ejected when close to a sun? Or a planet come to that. If not should they?

I'm off to check...

Indeed interesting thought:
they should....if your cabin temperature is rising with shields up, imagine an unshielded crate suddenly exposed to 1000000 lumen of solar radiation.

If a foodcrate was filled with maize kernels it could be quite spectacular!
Not sure about other stuff though....in general cannisters should just disintegrate when dumped in a solar corona.

Another question comes to mind:
Do suns and planets pull 'dumb' objects towards them?

Uncle Reno wrote:

Here's a thought, do cargo containers (of any sort) burn up if ejected when close to a sun? Or a planet come to that. If not should they?

No… they should melt, then evaporate, then turn into plasma. Burning would require an oxidant; the same goes for molotov cocktails. :-)

Alright, smartypants.



You're right, though, I suppose.

Arexack_Heretic wrote:

Another question comes to mind:
Do suns and planets pull 'dumb' objects towards them?

As in, is there gravity? I don;t think so but it may be worth putting in the suggestions box. Imagine shoting someone until the engine dies, then watching them fall to their doom...