Shell Casings?

[Visions of Khas]

I haven't read this entire thread but intend to soon. On that note, this is all I have to say about muzzle flashes and the coil gun leaving a trail of smoke:

[newcomplex]

That was a pretty amazing essay. The point I most strongly agree with is how you justify shell casings and muzzle flash. It exists, therefor it is. The lore metzen writes can't be wrong, because in terms of lore, he is the alpha and omega, he controls all aspects of it. If their is a discrepancy beyond some miscommunication between a book author and blizz, it isn't a inconsistency, were just missing something. The fact that it exists in the game is all the proof it needs. If blizzard calls it a gauss rifle, even if a lot of its functionality seem somewhat arbitrary, we have to assume we are missing something, because they, by definition, as the creators, cannot be wrong. Your explanation was pretty logical as well.

[Visions of Khas]

I wouldn't go so far as to deify Blizzard, NewComplex. There are inconsistencies between the books and plot holes in the game. Retcons, too, by their very nature, threaten to introduce inconsistency.

[l33telboi]

I haven't read this entire thread but intend to soon. On that note, this is all I have to say about muzzle flashes and the coil gun leaving a trail of smoke:

That's a railgun. Railguns have muzzle-flashes because every time you fire a shell the rail-assembly erodes. That's also one of the reasons why some remain skeptical as to how much use they'll have on the future battlefield. Coilguns shouldn't have a muzzle-flash, unless there's some part of their mechanism we're unfamiliar with. Suffice to say that when you have a coilgun as small and powerful as the C-14, it's going to incorporate technology we're not familiar with.

[n00bonicPlague]

Yeah, what ^he^ said. Though both rail guns and coil guns use electromagnetic forces to "fire" the projectile, they use two totally different methods of producing that magnetism.

[Pandonetho]

There is however an inconsistency between the muzzle flash theory provided by l33t and the actually game.

He suggests in his fan theory that its a mist to dispel the heat accumulated by the gun which as an end result looks like a muzzle flash, but in the game the muzzle flash actually lights up on the marine's suit.

[n00bonicPlague]

I think that's just a lack of knowledge on the part of the artists.

[Krikkitone]

I think the best explanation is that the gauss rifle is actually a hybrid.. an initial conventional explosive round starts the bulet forward while the coils send it to Hypersonic speeds.

[l33telboi]

He suggests in his fan theory that its a mist to dispel the heat accumulated by the gun which as an end result looks like a muzzle flash, but in the game the muzzle flash actually lights up on the marine's suit.

Well, if it's superheated material then it's possible it glows when heated. It just depends on what the compound is made of. The fan theory is however only a fan theory, so it's not worth that much attention.

[pure.Wasted]

That was epic win right there.

I agree, Vis, that we shouldn't deify Blizz to the extent that calling them on retcons and blatant inconsistencies becomes impossible. But this is obviously not one such occasion, as has been quite masterfully proven.