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IX4 Thermal Projection Assault Weapon System (TPAWS) - dA5ch's Ultimate Armory of Badass
Model: IX4Type: Thermal energy-based projectile weaponManufacturer: Nuwabi Private Arms CorporationLength: 54 cm (21.3 in.)Weight: 3.6 kg (8 lbs.) fully loadedMagazine size: 188 roundsFire mode(s): Selective-fire (semi or *full-auto) *It is important to note that sustained autofire will overheat the weapon, beginning a cooling cycle that takes about 10-34 seconds before the gun can be used again.
Ammo type: Tungsten-oxide ceramic compound, temperature rated upwards of 12,126 centigradeThe IX4 TPAWS is part of the Nibiru Army's advanced next-gen personal weapons program, codenamed "Jahanim," a private endeavor to develop weapons to aid the Nibiru's new mission goals - that of exterminating the Adept race. Upon discovering Adepts prefer cold temperatures due to their higher body temperatures than normal humans, Nibiru's top brass came to the pseudoscientific claim that fire is the best way to kill an adept.
Regardless of falsifiability of the above claim, the superheated projectiles of the IX4 were shown to be many times more lethal than the FAMAS and FN P90 machine guns carried by Nibiru's "grunts." Due to such discrepancies between the normal troops and the elite extermination squads, Nibiru's normal soldiers viewed the elite troops with disdain and jealousy.
Much to Nibiru's disdain, the adepts had acquired a number of these deadly rifles to use against them, but due to the sheer lethality of the weapon, and the painful injuries it causes, the good-natured adepts chose to use the IX4 sparingly against the bad guys.
Operation
The shot is fired by an electromagnetic burst that converts room air to superheated plasma, exceeding the sun's surface temperature for about 150 nanoseconds and expanding forward, propelling the superheated slug of metal forward. The particles of alloy in the slug turn to slag, the shot emerging as a "bolt" of superheated, charged ceramic-alloy particles, glowing brightly with a red-gold light that blinds, and has an air core. The shot penetrates into a target's flesh, and when the air core is rapidly cooled by contact with a lower-temperature material the change in temperature causes the slug to detonate inside the wound, dispersing superheated metal particles inside the target, literally melting flesh and causing 3rd and 4th-degree burns.
The drum mag keeps the shots at a superheated temperature using a presumably microwave-based resonance device that oscillates the molecules of the projectiles, pre-heating them up to 8,942 c (they are further heated by the plasma burst which fires each shot.) The IX4 can be fired at full-auto, though the gun's rate of fire slows as it overheats, and at high enough temperatures the overheat port opens to vent the dangerously high-temperatures, similar in operation to the plasma rifle from the Halo games.
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Derivative weapons:
Memnon BR - designed by Robbe25 IX4 Redesign - designed by ModalMechanica . Here are his preliminary sketches.--
Everybody down on the motherf*cking floor right now
I ain't playing around motherf*cker, now
Everybody down on the motherf*cking floor right now
I want your violence
Motherf*cker show me your violence
Give me your violence
Motherf*cker show me your violence
YEAH!
Dope, "Violence " - Dash's super-rampage-theme (sick song for being pissed at the world)
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Comments: 27
So if there is an object that can overheat/heat up near the handle/grip...this isn't a very effective gun, is it?
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That's why we're redesigning it
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I hope that in whatever universe, this was never mass-produced.
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even with the thumbhole? Geez...
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Burnt wrists are not as replaceable as burnt thumbs.
A burnt wrist could have the possible side-effect of nerve-damage.
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If it makes you feel better, the outside of the drum mag doesn't get hot because it's A: insulated by a metal and polymer sleeve and B: it has a heat sink and cooling system on the top of the unit to dissipate any excess heat. The only reason it has the heat warning decal on the side is for if you try to replace the magazine while the rounds in it are still hot, which is possible (it HAS to be since you obviously can't wait and wait for it to cool down in a battle zone, it's just bad tactically) but there are grips on it to replace it safely. Plus the magazine uses a microwave-based system, currently unknown exactly how it works, to superheat the rounds. If you notice next time you heat something up in a microwave oven, the food gets hot but the oven itself does not and stays at a safe temperature. That is how the magazine system works, though because it's made of metal which conducts heat, it does get heated up a bit, though generally not dangerously high.
Plus like I said, me and *ReneAugustus are redesigning the weapon to feature a thumbhole. His version (several versions actually) can be found here .
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So does it feed into a section inside the "grip" or does it feed upwards?
Then the label is sideways.
I know, I watch ReneAugustus.
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It feeds upwards, but bear in mind the label is on the shroud for the magazine. To replace a magazine you flip up this release on the back of the stock and insert a new one.
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Well, it would be uncomfortable and you wouldn't have good control of the weapon since your trigger hand would only be encompassing about 60% of the grip. Think of trying to swing a sword without having your thumb around it and you get the idea.
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I understand. The redesign (if I ever get around to it) will feature a P90-style thumbhole. Don't worry.
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Looking forward to it! Good luck!
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Yeah me and *ReneAugustus are gonna do a redesign of the IX4 that has the thumb hole. He's doing the initial sketches and I'll probably refine it and put the finishing touches on it.
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I like the design. It kinda looks like a futuristic Pancor Jackhammer.
One question though: when gripping the weapon, where does your thumb go?
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Holy crap The Jackhammer DOES look like my IX4! Uncanny...especially since it was totally a coincidence. I really don't know what my influences were, but that's just amazing, the Pancor Jackhammer even has the bullpup drum mag on it, as well as the big rail on top! If they ever make a movie based on my fictional universe then they could modify Pancor Jackhmmers to be IX4s, sorta like how Star Wars blasters were made from Brens, and the M41A pulse rifle from Aliens was made from a Thompson submachine gun.
Hmmm? Not sure what you mean by where the thumb goes. Can you elaborate?
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Well it means your design shares the practicality other weapon designers.
As in a hole for your thumb to go through. The grip is similar to a P90 which has a thumb-hole as the rear portion of the grip. On your gun, I see the trigger and where your fingers would rest on the grip, but not a place for your thumb to wrap around. As it is, the user's thumb would have to be pressed up against the side of the weapon.
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Awesome, so you DID see the P90 influence on this thing! Yes the P90 was one of my influences, I take back what I said about having no influences for this weapon. As for thumb hole, so that's what the hole on the back of the P90's grip is! I was confused about what it was so I left it out. I have been meaning to refine the IX4 slightly and adding a thumb hole would probably be my first order of business. But may I ask what would go wrong if your thumb was pressed against the outside of the weapon? I mean aside from being uncomfortable?
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Awesome design man, gun-drawing is real hard to pull off. Nice job!
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Hey thanks. Yeah designing guns is really one of the few things I'm genuinely good at, not oftentimes not even that! I can sit and wait for hours and not have a good design come to me. It can be really frustrating.
But other times, I just feel the design flowing from my fingertips, it's really kind of amazing.
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Haha, yeah sometimes the best inspiration is that which comes naturally at the weirdest times lol
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That sounds like a pretty deadly weapon! Even more deadly than a standard pulse weapon in Astral Fantasy, which basically fires energized slugs of molten tungsten at high speeds. The Nibiru army sound like some really bad company too, I can't help but think they're a bunch of fanatical fools who are obsessed with prophecy and stuff. You should help me design stuff for AF sometime, if you want.
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Yes the Nibiru are not exactly what you'd call friendly people. The story varies from scenario to scenario, but basically they are the descendants of an ancient race called the Sh'kaan, a derivative of the H'ruun that were exiled many tens of thousands of years ago for worshiping the demon-god Ibrah, who basically rose to power, declared himself the only god of Heaven and sent all the other gods and goddesses to Hell. Basically if the H'ruun are like Hylians, the Sh'kaan are like Gerudos.
Then many, MANY years later the descendants of the H'ruun, the Adepts, are attacked by the descendants of the Sh'kaan, now they formed the Nibiru organization to kill the adepts and H'ruun descendants, blaming them for what their ancestors did.
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Sounds like a pretty cool story man! You have a great imagination. By the way, are you willing to do game music any time in the near future?
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Perhaps, but like I said I never finish what I start because of my short attention span, but I can try.
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It's always worth a shot, and it makes good practice.
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Haha thanks...the adepts (the protagonist race of my universe) of course don't like getting genocide'd so they steal a bunch of these guns and use them themselves. The IX4 is too badass to just be used by the enemy.
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