Goonhub
03-27-2014, 04:24 PM
I think the thing you're missing is that when they say "Magnetic Field", they don't mean "magnet". They mean an electromagnet, which is created by the looped wire. There's no actual magnets in an EPFCG. That's why I mentioned wrapping the wire around the things in my suggestion. The problem is that EPFCG's require a ton of explosive material. The US Military has had a bid out for years to give money to the first person that hands them a nonlethal EMP grenade. Nobody can do it. (yet)
You'd need an incredible superconductor to store the energy in for a relatively small explosion to generate a decent-sized EMP, which is why I suggestion Claretine, since it's described as a strong conductor.
The reason I suggested a big assembly is because
A) Sundance suggested this as an engineering counterpart to the tank transfer bomb.
B) Bigger sprites are easier to sprite, plus it would let you make it look really, really cool.
C) Realistically, even if you used a miracle superconductor and an incredible battery, (That doubles as the explosive, remember) you're still going to need a pretty big device to generate any decent-sized EM burst.
You'd need an incredible superconductor to store the energy in for a relatively small explosion to generate a decent-sized EMP, which is why I suggestion Claretine, since it's described as a strong conductor.
The reason I suggested a big assembly is because
A) Sundance suggested this as an engineering counterpart to the tank transfer bomb.
B) Bigger sprites are easier to sprite, plus it would let you make it look really, really cool.
C) Realistically, even if you used a miracle superconductor and an incredible battery, (That doubles as the explosive, remember) you're still going to need a pretty big device to generate any decent-sized EM burst.