“Laser with invisible beam. Ricochets,” she murmured. “Doesn’t burn that hot, wouldn’t do any damage to anything or anyone.
Ah, I see.
Still seems to fit with my speculated specialty for Kid, “manipulation of energy”. I wonder how much the rest of the equipment here will.
Wouldn’t incapacitate our opposition or get us out of here.” She put it aside. “Look for something better.”
Dangers aside, borrowing Kid Win’s stuff wasn’t a bad idea. At the speed Regent and Imp were cutting through the door handle, I figured it would be minutes before they were through. We had to get out of here before the Protectorate arrived.
Yeah, I mentioned that a small hole could be turned into a bigger hole if you had time, but the Undersiders don’t.
Even with their numbers cut by recent casualties and injuries, that would be very, very bad for us.
They’ve gotten away from the Protectorate before (minus Skitter and Imp), as I understand it, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.
I uncovered three guns that looked like they might work. Tattletale looked them over. “Nonlethal flamethrower that probably didn’t pass review, some kind of forcefield barrier cannon and some kind of gun for fighting bigger foes. Nothing too dangerous, but don’t point them at any of the rest of us until you’ve tested ’em out.”
Flames are characterized by release of energy, forcefields tend to be made of some kind of energy…
But how does a “forcefield barrier cannon” work in practice? Does it place forcefields centered on where a projectile hits?
Nodding, I lifted the one that was five feet long, needle-thin and spearlike. I worked to get it out of Kid Win’s quarters and aimed it at the largest chair, by the computers. I depressed the trigger, and a blue flame the length of my forearm spat out the end, consuming the chair.
Whoosh.
I dunno how he made a blue flame nonlethal. Good job on that, I suppose.
The seat bent under the heat, melted plastic pooling on the floor, an acrid smell assaulting my nostrils. The flames that licked the remaining material cast some extra light on our surroundings. It was pretty thorough destruction for less than two seconds of sustained fire.
Niiice.
But seriously, some pretty good manipulation of energy must be in place to make sure it doesn’t do the same thing to people.
Also was that Weld’s custom chair?
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