Post by TheRazorsEdge on Apr 13, 2004 12:23:38 GMT -5
As the brains behind the Neutrona Saber (and the only member of the GBWC capable of weilding a sword properly), our chief engineer Otter bestowed upon me a custom-crafted designer hilt as per my specifications. In short, I asked him to make my saber look like the hilt of the Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda video game series.
The intended design proved to be a challenge to make workable, as it didn't allow room for the nuclear "plasma core" cartridge from the "XGB" equipment that we've been using as fuel. As such, we had to design a new system.
We had several theories on how to go about powering the device with a battery that would be smaller, yet last as long. We haven't come up with anything yet, so we're settling on miniature plasma cores, which are roughly the size of a C battery. Two of these mini canisters are capable of powering the sword for up to an hour, and we're currently working on a way to make them rechargeable, so as not to waste resources.
I am hopeful that when the Chicago franchise's Dan Shannon has completed testing on his "Ectocell batteries", we can get our hands on some and hopefully, they will fulfill our needs.
Anyway, I just thought everyone might like to see the actual design:
At the moment, this particular model of the tool is one of a kind, and as I understand it, because of the difficulty involved in fashioning the mini-XGB cartridges, would be extremely difficult to reproduce.
Of course, Peter Kong keeps asking me for one of his own, but where's the originality in that?
The intended design proved to be a challenge to make workable, as it didn't allow room for the nuclear "plasma core" cartridge from the "XGB" equipment that we've been using as fuel. As such, we had to design a new system.
We had several theories on how to go about powering the device with a battery that would be smaller, yet last as long. We haven't come up with anything yet, so we're settling on miniature plasma cores, which are roughly the size of a C battery. Two of these mini canisters are capable of powering the sword for up to an hour, and we're currently working on a way to make them rechargeable, so as not to waste resources.
I am hopeful that when the Chicago franchise's Dan Shannon has completed testing on his "Ectocell batteries", we can get our hands on some and hopefully, they will fulfill our needs.
Anyway, I just thought everyone might like to see the actual design:
At the moment, this particular model of the tool is one of a kind, and as I understand it, because of the difficulty involved in fashioning the mini-XGB cartridges, would be extremely difficult to reproduce.
Of course, Peter Kong keeps asking me for one of his own, but where's the originality in that?
You know I can fix you guys up if youre interested. 
