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OmegaPaladin at 20:53, 23 July 2010

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	AI is a mature science however the Expanse cannot create AIs that much smarter than they can create humans. This has given rise to the Gynoid clade, who occupy human like bodies. It has also led to robotic space craft and ground vehicles of varying levels of sophistication, ranging from the size of a fighter to an insect.		AI is a mature science however the Expanse cannot create AIs that much smarter than they can create humans. This has given rise to the Gynoid clade, who occupy human like bodies. It has also led to robotic space craft and ground vehicles of varying levels of sophistication, ranging from the size of a fighter to an insect.

			[[Category:The Expanse]]

	==Material Science==		==Material Science==

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Military Small Arms

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	====Military Small Arms====		====Military Small Arms====
	Military small arms are hybrid gauss/electro-plasma weapons firing 5-10 millimeter rounds, usually sub-caliber penetrators which explode inside the target and deploy a spray of monomolecular or near monomolecular wires or shrapnel. Many are coated with reactive incendiary coating (RIC). Military grade rounds are almost always equipped with guidance systems and can track up to 90 degrees off the access of their initial firing path, though this slows the round and can cause problems penetrating armour.		Military small arms (usually called hyper-kinetics) are hybrid gauss/electro-plasma weapons firing 5-10 millimeter rounds, usually sub-caliber penetrators which explode inside the target and deploy a spray of monomolecular or near monomolecular wires or shrapnel. Many are coated with reactive incendiary coating (RIC). Military grade rounds are almost always equipped with guidance systems and can track up to 90 degrees off the access of their initial firing path, though this slows the round and can cause problems penetrating armour.

	Military grade shotguns also exist, using very high density liquid rounds using small electrical and force fields to control spread and shaping the shot. These are excellent for destroying doors and relatively effective at penetrating armour as the liquid can be reshaped itself into penetrators.		Military grade shotguns also exist, using very high density liquid rounds using small electrical and force fields to control spread and shaping the shot. These are excellent for destroying doors and relatively effective at penetrating armour as the liquid can be reshaped itself into penetrators.

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Common Small Arms

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	Particle beams are in many ways the opposite of plasma and fusion guns. Long ranged and with excellent penetration, they are generally used like heavy sniper rifles or portable air defense systems. Most Expanse particle beams have a solid penetrator which is launched first then propelled by the PB, shattering armour and then allowing the particle strike to pour into the hole.		Particle beams are in many ways the opposite of plasma and fusion guns. Long ranged and with excellent penetration, they are generally used like heavy sniper rifles or portable air defense systems. Most Expanse particle beams have a solid penetrator which is launched first then propelled by the PB, shattering armour and then allowing the particle strike to pour into the hole.

			===Heavy Weapons===
			There are also many kinds of heavy infantry carried weapons, including mortars, rocket launchers and ATGMs, as well as heavy automatic weapons, usually mounted on remote activated tripods or spider bot mounts.

			A new creation by Kwanese troops are very large sniper rifles. These weapons which have a bore up to 60mm are able to destroy enemy aircraft and light vehicles, and even engage enemy tanks from certain angles or against lower tech vehicles even if they are behind buildings or other terrain features.

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	====Grenades and Rockets====		====Grenades and Rockets====
			Grenades and rockets are an important part of expanse wargear. Most infantry squads include a missile gun, a machine gun firing small missiles with various payloads, and some forces (such as the Kwanese Army) deploy payload rifles as their new side arms, firing 25 to 45mm rounds slower than normal small arms rounds but carrying a powerful explosive warhead capable of better penetrating armour and destroying buildings with multiple hits.

			Grenade/mini-missile launchers are built into most military small arms. Warheads tend to fire directional liquid 'smart' shrapnel like the rounds of a military shotgun, though thermobarics and large energy explosive rounds are also quite popular, though they may have a hard time penetrating armour.

	====Energy Weapons====		====Energy Weapons====
			The most common energy weapons portable plasma guns (PPGs) and portable fusion guns (PFGs). Both are heavy, relatively slow firing weapons about the size of a squad automatic weapon or payload rifle but with a much larger bore (up to 100 millimeters). Relatively short ranged, plasma and fusion weapons are excellent at close quarters but are generally stopped by a single layer of armour when hit. This makes them perfect for engaging heavy attackers inside a starships or buildings.

			Particle beams are in many ways the opposite of plasma and fusion guns. Long ranged and with excellent penetration, they are generally used like heavy sniper rifles or portable air defense systems. Most Expanse particle beams have a solid penetrator which is launched first then propelled by the PB, shattering armour and then allowing the particle strike to pour into the hole.

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2010-07-12T15:57:48Z

Civilian Small Arms

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	====Civilian Small Arms====		====Civilian Small Arms====
	basic electromagnetic weapons firing solid 'ball' rounds or basic penetrators, some of which use guided rounds. Legal in most jurisdictions.		basic electromagnetic weapons firing solid 'ball' rounds or basic penetrators, some of which use guided rounds. Legal in most jurisdictions.

			Dart guns carrying knock out poison are a second popular defense weapon, as are electrolasers.

	====Military Small Arms====		====Military Small Arms====

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Civilian Small Arms

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	====Civilian Small Arms====		====Civilian Small Arms====
	basic electromagnetic weapons firing solid 'ball' rounds or basic penetrators. Legal in most jurisdictions.		basic electromagnetic weapons firing solid 'ball' rounds or basic penetrators, some of which use guided rounds. Legal in most jurisdictions.

	====Military Small Arms====		====Military Small Arms====

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Military Small Arms

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	====Military Small Arms====		====Military Small Arms====
			Military small arms are hybrid gauss/electro-plasma weapons firing 5-10 millimeter rounds, usually sub-caliber penetrators which explode inside the target and deploy a spray of monomolecular or near monomolecular wires or shrapnel. Many are coated with reactive incendiary coating (RIC). Military grade rounds are almost always equipped with guidance systems and can track up to 90 degrees off the access of their initial firing path, though this slows the round and can cause problems penetrating armour.

			Military grade shotguns also exist, using very high density liquid rounds using small electrical and force fields to control spread and shaping the shot. These are excellent for destroying doors and relatively effective at penetrating armour as the liquid can be reshaped itself into penetrators.

	====Grenades and Rockets====		====Grenades and Rockets====

	====Energy Weapons====		====Energy Weapons====

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	====Civilian Small Arms====		====Civilian Small Arms====
			basic electromagnetic weapons firing solid 'ball' rounds or basic penetrators. Legal in most jurisdictions.

	====Military Small Arms====		====Military Small Arms====

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Entry Suit

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	====Entry Suit====		====Entry Suit====

	Entry ~~Suits~~ are heavy, power inefficient suits used mostly by marines, espaiters and SWAT units during breaching operations. They are less bulky than assault suits, but more expensive and power intensive, usually only allowing a few hours of operation before needing a new power charge in their energy matrix, and often operating in areas where beamed power or rapid recharge from portable generators is available. Despite their slimmer profile, entry suits are even more heavily armoured than an assault group. They are immune to civilian small arms and only effected by normal military grade rounds that hit the joints.		Entry suits are heavy, power inefficient suits used mostly by marines, espaiters and SWAT units during breaching operations. They are less bulky than assault suits, but more expensive and power intensive, usually only allowing a few hours of operation before needing a new power charge in their energy matrix, and often operating in areas where beamed power or rapid recharge from portable generators is available. Despite their slimmer profile, entry suits are even more heavily armoured than an assault group. They are immune to civilian small arms and only effected by normal military grade rounds that hit the joints. Most entry suits have defense auras and many carry separate shields.

	===Common Small Arms===		===Common Small Arms===

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Battle Suit

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	Entry Suits are heavy, power inefficient suits used mostly by marines, espaiters and SWAT units during breaching operations. They are less bulky than assault suits, but more expensive and power intensive, usually only allowing a few hours of operation before needing a new power charge in their energy matrix, and often operating in areas where beamed power or rapid recharge from portable generators is available. Despite their slimmer profile, entry suits are even more heavily armoured than an assault group. They are immune to civilian small arms and only effected by normal military grade rounds that hit the joints.		Entry Suits are heavy, power inefficient suits used mostly by marines, espaiters and SWAT units during breaching operations. They are less bulky than assault suits, but more expensive and power intensive, usually only allowing a few hours of operation before needing a new power charge in their energy matrix, and often operating in areas where beamed power or rapid recharge from portable generators is available. Despite their slimmer profile, entry suits are even more heavily armoured than an assault group. They are immune to civilian small arms and only effected by normal military grade rounds that hit the joints.

	~~===Battle Suit===~~

	===Common Small Arms===		===Common Small Arms===