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gibberingmouther
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So, I'm trying to figure out the math for my Dragon Ball GURPS-ification (GURPS is a tabletop system like Dungeons and Dragons).
I might have other questions, but first I was thinking about how the personal force field should work. This is made out of ki fused into one flexible sort of bubble that fits snugly to your body. It is supposed to be a single particle, but it doesn't make a huge difference if I understand correctly whether it's a bunch of individual ki particles fused together or just one "particle". Agh, excuse me if my writing isn't the best, but I just took my go-to-sleep meds and my brain is getting stupider...
Either way, you have a potential energy rating for the bubble based on the square cm of it. So, you could have 400 J/cm^2 which could deflect a bullet. But, based on this logic, it would be less effective against a knife or sword.
I think my reasoning about the potential energy being proportional to the surface area of ki bubble is correct, so my reasoning about the kinetic energy of the knife or sword must be wrong. If you thrust with a knife, does the full mass of it not come into play on determining the kinetic energy applied at the point? That's basically my question. Agh … my brain feels horrible now … ugh...
Again, copyright 12/11/2018 George Young. My avatar is my picture.
I might have other questions, but first I was thinking about how the personal force field should work. This is made out of ki fused into one flexible sort of bubble that fits snugly to your body. It is supposed to be a single particle, but it doesn't make a huge difference if I understand correctly whether it's a bunch of individual ki particles fused together or just one "particle". Agh, excuse me if my writing isn't the best, but I just took my go-to-sleep meds and my brain is getting stupider...
Either way, you have a potential energy rating for the bubble based on the square cm of it. So, you could have 400 J/cm^2 which could deflect a bullet. But, based on this logic, it would be less effective against a knife or sword.
I think my reasoning about the potential energy being proportional to the surface area of ki bubble is correct, so my reasoning about the kinetic energy of the knife or sword must be wrong. If you thrust with a knife, does the full mass of it not come into play on determining the kinetic energy applied at the point? That's basically my question. Agh … my brain feels horrible now … ugh...
Again, copyright 12/11/2018 George Young. My avatar is my picture.