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Post by madmorgan on May 2, 2016 2:58:47 GMT
Really first rate look that! Congrats on making a easy to put together Edison Fence!
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Post by terrance on May 2, 2016 18:46:04 GMT
That looks great.
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Post by Quendil on May 2, 2016 18:58:58 GMT
Great work must try it myself at some point
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Post by mikedski on May 22, 2016 13:04:25 GMT
The wires are done. They turned out as I imagined but not sure as I wanted. If I do it over I would like to use just skinny metal poles with a simple t-beam. The more I think about it the Edison wire obstacles would be hastily and easily erected construction:
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Post by scottwashburn on May 22, 2016 15:54:52 GMT
Very nice!
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Post by madmorgan on May 25, 2016 10:51:43 GMT
Yes, I can see your point - these will be you very 'fixed position' defense of a major city or such. The more 'hasty' fences could be for smaller battles around towns and such. Being able to erect quickly would be a key factor. I'm not sure how well they'd work after first brush with the Martians, as they'd probably target the obivious generater/power source quickly. The 'hasty' ones would need maybe a buried power source with just some wires running up to the poles.
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Post by terrance on May 25, 2016 19:18:09 GMT
I've been thinking about how the Martians counter Edison Wire. It looks to me like the weakness of this system is the Martian heat ray could melt the conductors from a distance. But in other discussion it has been suggested the heat ray is more akin to a plasma bolt than a laser. If I recall correctly plasma streams are conductive, so shooting the wire with a heat ray would be the same as trying to walk through it. Thoughts?
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Post by madmorgan on May 26, 2016 10:25:42 GMT
Interesting. I'm not sure I'd go there, as it does seem to have dire game effects. And once done, word would get around the Martian circles quickly (at least among a given pod). Hmmmm.
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Post by Burt on May 26, 2016 11:18:04 GMT
I've been thinking about how the Martians counter Edison Wire. It looks to me like the weakness of this system is the Martian heat ray could melt the conductors from a distance. But in other discussion it has been suggested the heat ray is more akin to a plasma bolt than a laser. If I recall correctly plasma streams are conductive, so shooting the wire with a heat ray would be the same as trying to walk through it. Thoughts? I think that the Edison Wire is very easily countered by the Tripods. Even if you could successfully argue that the plasma streams are conductive, they would simply need to target the poles, or even the ground that supports them, to disrupt the wiring and undermine it all. BUT...Tripods shooting at Edison wire is better than Tripods shooting at tanks or people!
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Post by mikedski on May 26, 2016 11:27:20 GMT
Yes. I agree may not be much more than a speed bump to the Martians. But I believe the human defenders would be going all out to avoid annihilation and this would be a plausible attempt at a defense.
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Post by madmorgan on May 27, 2016 9:46:49 GMT
Still the first few to try heatraying the E-wires would be a hoot in a game! Can you imagine the look on an opponents face as the GM of the battle says "yeap, he's fried"...
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Post by terrance on May 28, 2016 19:37:10 GMT
I'll run a game with Edison wire in a month or so. I'm going to say shooting a heat ray at the wire does not harm the tripod and make the wire a 7 or 8 to hit and maybe 6 to damage. I'm thinking a high to hit number because it is a small target. I'll let you know how it works.
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Post by madmorgan on May 31, 2016 10:16:13 GMT
Indeed. Once you've gotten you 'playtesting' done, a new set of rules for both the wires and the barricades are in order
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Post by scottwashburn on Jun 26, 2016 11:35:15 GMT
Great looking stuff. But I'm reading a fascinating book now called "Empires of Light" (Research for my Martian War books) and the "Edison Wire" really ought to be called "Westinghouse Wire" Edison was the champion of DC current, which has much less damage potential than AC current, which was the baby of George Westinghouse (with some minor aid from Nikola Tesla).
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Post by tenchuu on Jun 26, 2016 20:30:36 GMT
Great looking stuff. But I'm reading a fascinating book now called "Empires of Light" (Research for my Martian War books) and the "Edison Wire" really ought to be called "Westinghouse Wire" Edison was the champion of DC current, which has much less damage potential than AC current, which was the baby of George Westinghouse (with some minor aid from Nikola Tesla). That's why Edison killed an elephant with AC!
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