Speculations on the Sword

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:09 pm

SolidusRaccoon wrote:Now all we need to do is find out that sword is not made from regular old steel, it is actually made from Naquada.

Query: Naquada??

Shaaruuk

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:24 pm

Naquada is from the Movie and TV show "Stargate" It basically has a wide range of uses. It is the only substance that can absorb Neutrinos, which allows the Stargate to create a stable wormhole. It also greatly increases the destructive yield of nuclear weapons. I was making a sci-fi joke, that with all of the swords abilities and properties it must also be made of Naquada.

Mutant for Hire · Post by **Mutant for Hire** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:36 pm

RHJunior wrote:A pattern is not power, any more than a computer circuit is the electricity that fuels it.

That was my inclination. Quentyn's sword went pitch black after slicing through three opponents. He can drain it pretty quickly. Of course it also seems to be able to hold a pretty good charge. It's a powerful weapon but far from a tacnuke.

The incredible complexity of the sword's pattern on the other hand does seem to explain why his sword is capable of such a vast range of effects. The 'lux circuit' of the sword is of fractal complexity, as opposed to the ordinary circuit diagram complexity of normal lux items.

In short, the sword is strong, but not overwhelmingly so. What is completely insane about the sword is its sheer versitility. The question is how will Quentyn learn to control something that complicated?

Dragoncry · Post by **Dragoncry** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:02 pm

Pity, there goes my particle theory. It was fun while it lasted though.

Now, aranging bits of programing code in the 'pattern' of a Dragon IS interesting. You won't develop a super computer that way, but what you WILL develop is entirely up in the air.

And, while the full potential of the sword might be in question, do remember that the thing does appear to have a 'max' charge. It only gathers power to a specific point that we can see, and then stops. You don't see it getting any more, ah, purple.

Dragoncry · Post by **Dragoncry** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:08 pm

A thought just occured to me... it was mentioned earlier that when they looked at the sword using the crystals, they only had what would be looking at a second or third generation dragon. Not very impressive, and very confusing in its pattern.

Using a deeper scaner managed apparently to draw out even more of the pattern, showing what it truely was. BUT...

How deep does the pattern go. How wide and complex? I have a feeling that the scanner isn't showing the true potential of the sword.

And.. can its patterns still be growing? From what little I remember about Dragon's... they don't have a true ending point. You just keep adding more, and more, and more...

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:12 pm

SolidusRaccoon wrote:Naquada is from the Movie and TV show "Stargate" It basically has a wide range of uses. It is the only substance that can absorb Neutrinos, which allows the Stargate to create a stable wormhole. It also greatly increases the destructive yield of nuclear weapons. I was making a sci-fi joke, that with all of the swords abilities and properties it must also be made of Naquada.

I figured the joke, I just didn't understand the reference.

Thanx

Shaaruuk

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:26 pm

Mutant for Hire wrote:It's a powerful weapon but far from a tacnuke.

I was speaking metaphorically. Like comparing a .500 S&W Magnum to a Raven .25ACP. A hip howitzer vs a palm-size pop-gun. Both are potentially lethal, one exponentially so.

Shaaruuk

Artoni · Post by **Artoni** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:44 pm

Oooooh, shiny.

A pattern is not power, any more than a computer circuit is the electricity that fuels it.

True; but what a circuit can do with the electricity is astounding. Applying that here...you have the potential to do almost anything. Finding out how to use that potential, on the other hand...heck. 20+ years ago, people thought a megabyte was amazing. Now we're past terrabytes.

But, again; it's actually finding out how to GET to terrabytes that's the hard part. Once you're there, you're all, "Do'h, why didn't I know this before!" Such is life.

Our Hero may have something uber-powerful at his grasp, something that can do anything...but until he finds out how to make it do such, it's no better than a piece of silicon. Worse, maybe - how'd you like to try and sneak up on someone while your sword is screaming about low, low prices?

Oh, yea, hi everyone. I registered just to comment because fractals are my <3.

Dalak Lutra · Post by **Dalak Lutra** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:54 pm

I'm thinkin' here, fractals on crack here....First thing that came to mind when I saw it... Seems asthough I'm not the only one here who had the same reaction....

PS: First post in about two weeks I think, not loik its gonna make much of a difference.

:^

CasVeg · Post by **CasVeg** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:40 pm

RHJunior wrote:Minor hints:

A pattern is not power, any more than a computer circuit is the electricity that fuels it.

An antenna, however, can be used as a power source. I was suggesting that the sword was functioning as the lux version of a fractal antenna. While most artifacts glean energy at the frequencies produced by the Luxfont, the sword might be able to take advantage of low-frequency background lux. Outside of range of the Luxfont, the pools of ambient low-frequency lux would be larger (though less energy-dense)than corresponding pools of high-frequency lux. I.e., lower frequency lux contains less energy but there's more of it. Even if ambient lux follows a quantized black-body law (more energy is available at higher frequencies, up to a cut-off point), Quentyn's sword should be getting at least small power boost. (Assuming, of course, that the sword does, indeed, differ from other artifacts in lux-absorbing qualities in the manner suggested.)

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:19 pm

CasVeg wrote:
RHJunior wrote:Minor hints:

A pattern is not power, any more than a computer circuit is the electricity that fuels it.
An antenna, however, can be used as a power source. I was suggesting that the sword was functioning as the lux version of a fractal antenna. While most artifacts glean energy at the frequencies produced by the Luxfont, the sword might be able to take advantage of low-frequency background lux. Outside of range of the Luxfont, the pools of ambient low-frequency lux would be larger (though less energy-dense)than corresponding pools of high-frequency lux. I.e., lower frequency lux contains less energy but there's more of it. Even if ambient lux follows a quantized black-body law (more energy is available at higher frequencies, up to a cut-off point), Quentyn's sword should be getting at least small power boost. (Assuming, of course, that the sword does, indeed, differ from other artifacts in lux-absorbing qualities in the manner suggested.)

Yeah, for an experiment take a wire and run it along under a high tension power line. Take a meter and connect it on the ends of the wire and see what you get.

Used to light florescent lights by just holding them up there too.

Skip Sanders · Post by **Skip Sanders** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:38 pm

It appears from what we're seeing now, that purely by drunken accident, our heros and heroine of the 'making of the sword' have invented, for the first time in their world's known history, 'logic gate' runes.

Once discovered, these could be used by other magics, to create much 'smarter' spells, in the usual zillions of ways. A major advance in the 'technology' of spellmaking.

Do our friends get a 'cut' of the royalties?

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:44 pm

*throws out any thought of speculation and resloves to sit and watch*

Tbolt · Post by **Tbolt** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:52 am

*Pats Astral on the head*

Don't worry, you got to let the mortals be right occasionally, otherwise it starts arousing suspicions...

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:46 am

Well that clears up one mystery.

Squirrelly61104 · Post by **Squirrelly61104** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:04 am

Infinitely recursive fractal lux patterns.

Remember my comment, about how an infinite number of monkeys on typewriters would eventually recreate the works of Shakespeare?

Uhmm.
Ralph?
'Ol buddy?

DON'T GIVE THE RAC-CONANS TYPEWRITERS!

please?

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:12 am

Can I give them a laptop instead?

Greatbeast · Post by **Greatbeast** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:59 am

Im thinking the sword is the equivalent to a "Dr Who" device known as a "Sonic Screwdriver". Meaning its a fairly general use device, helpful in as many situations as a towel is in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

With the difference that its possibly (in spite of all the deep scans) not always controllable. Old Quenty has the Rac-conan equivalent of a D&D Wand of Wonder

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:21 am

If the sword has a programing then, the reason its not working is because:

A: They don't know what the variables for the program are,

B: The coding was writen by three drunken kits that have never even seen pascal, never mind be able to right and de-bug a complex Eviroment-reactive program.

Anthony Lion · Post by **Anthony Lion** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:15 am

But...

I write my best programs and stories while hyped up, in a fever or when half-dazed by lack of sleep...
Debugging is a bitch, though...

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