https://temp.ufopaedia.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=KJK%3A%3AHyperion 2026-05-03T16:10:43Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://temp.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Talk:Weapons_(TFTD)&diff=11624 2007-04-17T22:14:49Z

<p>KJK::Hyperion: </p> <hr /> <div>Is there any reasonable excuse why we can't use good old Heavy Plasma, or any weapon from First Alien War, on land combat? [[User:L-Zwei|L-Zwei]] 23:44, 25 July 2006 (PDT)<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> I have been wondering that myself. Let's see: X-Com operatives are required to prepare for undersea combat, regardless the original destination of their transport. A commander may decide to send a midair Triton undersea, and as soon as the doors are opened, any non water proof equipment inside would be damaged. That's also the reason why soldiers take their diver suits on land. It's not that good of an excuse, but it's something. --[[User:Trotsky|Trotsky]] 01:50, 26 July 2006 (PDT)<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> If you could use the Plasmas, then why not the craft engines? My bet is the Elerium mines weren't set up at that point, meaning there was nothing to power these devices with.<br /> <br /> - [[User:Bomb Bloke|Bomb Bloke]] 02:56, 26 July 2006 (PDT)<br /> <br /> :The official story goes thus: sea water aggressively corrodes Elerium (and by extension anything made from alien alloy), and plasma weapons EXPLODE when fired underwater, as some unlucky scientists found out. Microprose released a couple short stories before the launch of TFTD to explain the backstory that closed the gap between the two episodes, and the technological issues were briefly hinted at --[[User:KJK::Hyperion|KJK::Hyperion]] 15:14, 17 April 2007 (PDT)<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> The economy argument seems more plausible. Once the war was finished, there would be no reason not to sell recovered Elerium for use as power source, especially since X-Com was disbanded shortly after.--[[User:Trotsky|Trotsky]] 11:05, 26 July 2006 (PDT)</div>

KJK::Hyperion