From 5e5fd06207053925e4e74c125953ee6bd2479cdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pudl Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:41:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Improves the KA description --- .../projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm | 36 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm index 24bdb1223d0..ffa047d064c 100644 --- a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm +++ b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm @@ -84,14 +84,34 @@ /obj/item/weapon/gun/energy/kinetic_accelerator name = "proto-kinetic accelerator" - desc = "According to Nanotrasen accounting, this is mining equipment. \ - It's been modified for extreme power output to crush rocks, but often \ - serves as a miner's first defense against hostile alien life; it's not \ - very powerful unless used in a low pressure environment.\n\ - It uses an experimental self-charging cell powered by the user's \ - bioelectrical field. The downside of this is that it quickly discharges \ - when not in direct contact with a user, and multiple accelerators can \ - interfere with each other." + desc = "In the year 2544, only a year after the discovery of a potentially \ + world-changing substance, now colloquially referred to as plasma, the \ + Nanotrasen-UEG mining conglomerate introduced a prototype of a gun-like \ + device intended for quick, effective mining of plasma in the low \ + pressures of the solar system. Included in this presentation were \ + demonstrations of the gun being fired at collections of rocks contained \ + in vacuumed environments, obliterating them instantly while maintaining \ + the structure of the ores buried within them. Additionally, volunteers \ + were called from the crowd to have the gun used on them, only proving that \ + the gun caused little harm to objects in standard pressure. \ + An official from an unnamed, now long dissipated company observed this \ + presentation and offered to share their self-recharger cells, powered \ + by the user's bioelectrical field, another new and unknown technology. \ + They warned that the cells were incredibly experimental and several times \ + had injured workers, but the scientists as Nanotrasen were unable to resist \ + the money-saving potential of cell recharging cells. Upon accepting this \ + offer, it took only a matter of days to prove the volatility of these cells, \ + as they exploded left and right whenever inserted into the prototype devices, \ + only throwing more money in the bin. Whenever the Nanotrasen scientists \ + were on the edge of giving up, a breakthrough was made by head researcher \ + Miles Parks McCollum, who demonstrated that the cells could be stabilized \ + when exposed to radium then cooled with cryostylane. After this discovery, \ + the low pressure gun, now named the Kinetic Accelerator, was hastily completed \ + and made compatible with the self-recharging cells. As a result of poor testing, \ + the currently used guns lose their charge when not in use, and when two Kinetic \ + Accelerators come in proximity of one another, they will interfere with each \ + other. Despite this, the shoddy guns still see use in the mining of plasma to \ + this day." icon_state = "kineticgun" item_state = "kineticgun" ammo_type = list(/obj/item/ammo_casing/energy/kinetic) From f459865be787f0681e0de959ed7f84bc2b58bdbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pudl Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 05:51:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Improvements --- .../projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm | 24 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm index ffa047d064c..737872ec819 100644 --- a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm +++ b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/special.dm @@ -93,25 +93,25 @@ in vacuumed environments, obliterating them instantly while maintaining \ the structure of the ores buried within them. Additionally, volunteers \ were called from the crowd to have the gun used on them, only proving that \ - the gun caused little harm to objects in standard pressure. \ + the gun caused little harm to objects in standard pressure. \n\ An official from an unnamed, now long dissipated company observed this \ presentation and offered to share their self-recharger cells, powered \ by the user's bioelectrical field, another new and unknown technology. \ They warned that the cells were incredibly experimental and several times \ had injured workers, but the scientists as Nanotrasen were unable to resist \ - the money-saving potential of cell recharging cells. Upon accepting this \ + the money-saving potential of self recharging cells. Upon accepting this \ offer, it took only a matter of days to prove the volatility of these cells, \ as they exploded left and right whenever inserted into the prototype devices, \ - only throwing more money in the bin. Whenever the Nanotrasen scientists \ - were on the edge of giving up, a breakthrough was made by head researcher \ - Miles Parks McCollum, who demonstrated that the cells could be stabilized \ - when exposed to radium then cooled with cryostylane. After this discovery, \ - the low pressure gun, now named the Kinetic Accelerator, was hastily completed \ - and made compatible with the self-recharging cells. As a result of poor testing, \ - the currently used guns lose their charge when not in use, and when two Kinetic \ - Accelerators come in proximity of one another, they will interfere with each \ - other. Despite this, the shoddy guns still see use in the mining of plasma to \ - this day." + only throwing more money in the bin. \n\ + Whenever the Nanotrasen scientists were on the edge of giving up, a \ + breakthrough was made by head researcher Miles Parks McCollum, who \ + demonstrated that the cells could be stabilized when exposed to radium \ + then cooled with cryostylane. After this discovery, the low pressure gun, \ + now named the Kinetic Accelerator, was hastily completed and made compatible \ + with the self-recharging cells. As a result of poor testing, the currently \ + used guns lose their charge when not in use, and when two Kinetic Accelerators \ + come in proximity of one another, they will interfere with each other. Despite \ + this, the shoddy guns still see use in the mining of plasma to this day." icon_state = "kineticgun" item_state = "kineticgun" ammo_type = list(/obj/item/ammo_casing/energy/kinetic)