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originally posted in:Halo Archive
3/27/2015 10:11:42 AM
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Are forerunner ships resistant to heat based weaponry? Like, for example, yuuuzon vong lava gun?
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Forerunner hull plating is ridiculously powerful, and can withstand gigatons, if not petatons of damage. It really depends how powerful the lava gun is.
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yaret-Kor Here's a link to what I'm talking about. I just wanted to use you as a reference source for an argument in another post. Some genius thinks the Yuuzon Vong could melt Forerunner hull plating with these and defeat them.
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They fire flaming rocks?
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Basically. Stupid isn't it? Maybe I should just link you to the thread itself.
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Do we know how fast they are fired? The other thing is that I noticed it's plasma. Here's the thing, if the plasma, fire, or heat isn't melting the rock, then it's entirely negligible. It may as well be firing a rock without the heat.
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The wiki article stated that they have a reletively low firing speed (at least compared to the typical Star Wars blaster bolt.) They also have to pull ammo from a source in order to fire. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/111643766/0/0/1 Here's the thread.
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It's Vex. I'm not gonna even bother. He thinks everything can beat Halo.
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Oh. So I'm just feeding him then? I'm reletively new to the Bungie forums so I don't entirely know who's who just yet.
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You've made your point. The good thing is that everyone knows Vex often pulls shit out of his ass.
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Ok then. Speaking of Forerunners, any idea what the "secret" mentioned in the new Halo novel might be based on prior knowledge?
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I don't follow. Can you provide a quote?
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Edited by CarelessRook117: 3/27/2015 4:28:35 PMHunters in the Dark? The big "discovery" on the Ark? Heh, I made a rhyme.
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I honestly have no idea. I'm very intrigued though.
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Same here. Perhaps it has to do with the chemicals found on the Halo shard in Halo: Nightfall
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Probably not.
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I doubt it. In Halo 4, the area around where Infinity's MAC rounds hit the Mantle's Approach is melted. MAC rounds may not be heat-based weapons, but the fact that they caused the hull to melt somewhat proves that they can be damaged by heat-based weaponry.
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If you hit something with enough kinetic force you'll create enough heat to melt steel. Heat is merely the release of energy; some meteor impacts have caused the ground to fuse.
