I imagine that has a lot to do with the different natures of the franchise. Gundam is an anime, so the visual aspects (like size of the mecha) are pretty nailed down, while BattleTech is a game, so the functional aspects (like land speed) are defined by the rules. The visual aspect is less importan...

Sort of skimming around and noticed this: The answer comes out to 412 days . No wonder people are fairly casual about blasting holes in colony walls! As long as you're not actually near the hole itself and in danger of being sucked out into space (as happened to Tem Ray), a moderately-sized hull bre...

I always have the POV that the Minovsky reactors don't detonate like a nuclear bomb, its just those not very scientifically minded soldiers and generals who think the explosion from one compression worth of reactant equals to a nuclear detonation. Thanks Brave Fencer Kirby, MythSearcher and toysdre...

Hey guys. I didn't read the whole thread, so maybe this was addressed already, but can someone explain to me how a fusion reactor could be detonated?

The very idea seems to go against my understanding of physics.

^ Our message board has edit function, use it. Fair enough, but I'm not the only person to have double posted in the last couple pages of this thread. I figured if one did without anyone caring, then I could without anyone caring. Editing posts in the middle of an active discussion can cause confus...

Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, which is "pure energy", as they're composed of photons, which are massless. So you're both correct. A positron-electron annihilation does produce pure energy... in the form of two gamma ray photons. Thanks, Kirby :D I'm trying to force t...

Those positrons, however, must maintain some form of coherence before reaching their target. In atmosphere it could use a laser induced plasma channel or something like that. In a vacuum it wouldn't be as much of an issue, though blooming would be a problem to overcome for all beam weapons. As an i...

Wrong. An electron-positron annihilation produces pure energy. What you're probably thinking of is proton-antiproton annihilation, which generates some energy, but also a lot of non-reactive particles. Take it easy. Photons are also particles. Other particles besides gamma ray photons can be produc...

No, 1 positron annihilates itself with 1 electron. Both of them cease to exist (annihilation) and transform their combined masses into 100% pure energy in the form of Gamma rays, as per the old Einstein formula: energy = mass x c^2 . An electron-positron annihilation usually produces two or more ga...

Another possibility is that the business end of a positron cannon is hardened against gamma radiation, and they simply pump out enough positrons so that they annihilate all the electrons in the air between the cannon and the target, providing a "tunnel" of electron-free space for the posi...

And that's the magnetic field. Either that, or the beam has a short projection range before dissipating. How the heck would it go from full power to full dissipation in the span of half a meter? Electromagnetic field would be the go to fluff, but it's still a mystery how they shape it without havin...

We can only assume that Kira's beam sabers were strong than the beams shot at him so that's why they nullified the beam shot upon contact. Unlike in UC where beam sabers (or spinning beam sabers) have blocked beams thanks to their I-fields, we can only guess that Kira was literally countering a bea...

What's the difference, exactly? Also, does this have anything to do with Kira doing that Star Wars stunt of bouncing back beam shots with the saber? Duration. Locking sabers means you are locked together trying to use physical force to overcome your opponent. Blocking or parrying is just momentary ...

Yes but UC is different where the beam sabers are held in place using I-fields IIRC so the stronger I-field will overcome the other hence what happened with GP02A vs GP01 and Nu vs Sazabi (at least Char was complaining about it) In CE, I guess we have the model kits openly contradicting the animati...

The left side? It looks right in the center to me. It looks like the left side to me. Those armor plates are the midsection pieces, and you can vaguely make out the front armor on the left side of the screen in the second shot. The problem with that explanation is that it is not how antimatter work...

In this image , the place where the Freedom was impaled is the white part when seen from the back whereas the nuclear reactor (assuming it's in the same place as with the Justice, as shown in SEED) would be in the blue part above it. Excellent observation, monster. After you said this, I went hunti...

Yes, I agree with you and the evidence. However, from the point of view of the drama , it was clearly supposed to create the (false) idea that Freedom was destroyed by the explosion. Not a nuclear explosion though, which is my only point. Apart from the air exploding in the immediate vicinity of th...

You, me and everyone else knows that the cataclysmic explosion was meant to appear as it was the Freedom's reactor exploding. The Tannheuser beam appears for a couple of frames only. No, I do not agree. The explosion was caused by the Tannhauser beam hitting the seawater. Everytime the Tannhauser h...

Again, the Strike Rouge kit. And speaking of that YouTuber, he did a lot of research into his claims and has the evidence to back them up. No, he doesn't. There is no evidence to back up those claims, which is exactly what this whole thread has been about. If there is evidence, why not post it here...

Which is a waste of antimatter You'd think if they could make antimatter so easily there wouldn't be any energy shortages due to the neutron jammers. But, those positron cannons are terrifying. Murrue Ramius specifically didn't want to use the Lohengrin in Earth's atmosphere because of the devastat...