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Prop for Sci-Fi based Burlesque show, which is fancy dress.

so, without too much of a fuss - the inevitable back story.

The Deep Space Research Vessel - Talos XIII was being funded by several organisations who were on the lookout for both fantastically lucrative Bio-weapons contracts and more conventional weapons contracts.

It was noted many years before that although conventional methods of firing projectile weapons worked better<1> in the hard vacuum of outer space than the same weapon under 'standard' conditions (that is an Earth-type atmospheric pressure and gravity).

However, there were some serious issues that caused major limitations for the whole "one weapon fits all" most defence contracts seemed to imply.

Firstly, there was the issue of temperature management. Heat will only really disperse well if there's some medium for it to travel through like air or liquid - in a total vacuum the only way of heat will disperse is through radiation. which is a much slower process than convection.
Several solutions came about, but many added bulk to the weapon rendering it cumbersome and in some cases unusable in a category E environment.

The other problem was recoil.

Newton's 3rd law did not favour anyone who was foolish to fire a fully automatic weapon in zero gravity, without ensuring they were fully secured against the reactive force from each shot.

It wasn't just the recoil from the round fired either.

Some ejection mechanisms for the spent cartridge created a "roulette-wheel" effect on the user of the weapon, causing rotary movement as well as the backward propulsion.

Although not as aggressive a force as recoil, it did cause major issues with "COTA"<2>. Again, solutions were tried, but most were an unhappy compromise between effectiveness and multi-environment functionality.

Lastly, but by no means least, was the issue of lubrication. Due to the overheating problem, much of the materials used for this purpose simply boiled out, increasing the risk of a catastrophic mechanical failure with each shot.

The EMAI 6.20mm Electric Pistol was developed to circumnavigate these issues by simply firing a projectile and giving it sufficient force to be lethal in a massively different way.

The breakthroughs in the fields of superconductors and nanotechnology opened up a whole new facet of engineering that was as yet, only touched upon.

Engineering on a molecular scale.

It allowed the construction of both MCN<3> cabling, enabling the massive currents and voltages that the gun required to work much easier to manage and distribute, without needing masses of thick heavy cable.
The engineering foundations came in leaps and bounds after this... including the first fully functional and stable "fractal battery" system - which meant a source of power storage and generation far exceeding that of conventional electronics.

How it works:

at the press of the trigger, a round is drawn up into the primary acceleration coil magnetically.

The primary SCCA<4> is then charged up and the coil is fired.

Super high speed micro-optic detectors register the projectile's position to within 1/1,000,000 of a millimetre ensuring the timing for optimal acceleration is consistent.

The power management processor system (PMPS) then charges the next SCCA in the sequence.

Lastly, the PMPS fires the last SCCA, (which is the biggest)... the voltage from this is also modulated to switch polarity at a specified frequency set by the power modulation sequencer. ...

The frequency of this alternating current super heats the iron core of the composite round by the process of induction this is the final stage, as the super-heating of the iron core renders it non-magnetic ... this process does reduce the actual velocity of the round by around 3 percent.

It is still travelling at around 1,000 kph (a few hundred kph under MACH1) when it leaves the muzzle.

When the round hits the target - the temperature difference between the outer and inner walls of the rounds' shell causes it to rupture, allowing 2.4 grammes of super-heated iron to boil inside the target - usually with almost explosive force, showering anything internal with fragments of the outer casing in the process.

If that sounds like the ultimate weapon - well it still has flaws.

a manually operated heat management system that effectively stops it from working, until the user pulls the 'heat-purge' mechanism pushing a small blast of liquid nitrogen (which quickly turns to gas - taking heat with it) though the weapon.

a manually assigned recoil reduction system for hard vacuum, which prevents the weapon firing if not engaged - as automatic switching is still causing issue with the overall functionality of the weapon.

A power source that falls below the required amperes after firing 8 rounds continuously (which is about it's limit before heat-purging is needed) taking an alarming 43 seconds to fully re-charge (fortunately the Fractal Battery power supply is self charging) - not ideal in a full blown combat situation . The practical upshot of this meant, despite having a magazine capable of holding a satisfying 42 rounds (the 'standard' one is a more sedate 15) - it is essentially no better in rate of fire (or technically, "reloading" speed) than an old fashioned 6 shooter.

FOOTNOTES:
(1) in terms of both muzzle velocity and effective range.
(2) COTA = consistency of targeting ability.
(3) Multi Carbon Nanotube
(4) Super Conductor Capacitor Array

***EDIT - UPRGADED PICTURE, SO YOU HAVE SOME DETAIL SHOTS ALSO ***

Description
Prop for Sci-Fi based Burlesque show, which is fancy dress.

so, without too much of a fuss - the inevitable back story.

The Deep Space Research Vessel - Talos XIII was being funded by several organisations who were on the lookout for both fantastically lucrative Bio-weapons contracts and more conventional weapons contracts.

It was noted many years before that although conventional methods of firing projectile weapons worked better<1> in the hard vacuum of outer space than the same weapon under 'standard' conditions (that is an Earth-type atmospheric pressure and gravity).

However, there were some serious issues that caused major limitations for the whole "one weapon fits all" most defence contracts seemed to imply.

Firstly, there was the issue of temperature management. Heat will only really disperse well if there's some medium for it to travel through like air or liquid - in a total vacuum the only way of heat will disperse is through radiation. which is a much slower process than convection.
Several solutions came about, but many added bulk to the weapon rendering it cumbersome and in some cases unusable in a category E environment.

The other problem was recoil.

Newton's 3rd law did not favour anyone who was foolish to fire a fully automatic weapon in zero gravity, without ensuring they were fully secured against the reactive force from each shot.

It wasn't just the recoil from the round fired either.

Some ejection mechanisms for the spent cartridge created a "roulette-wheel" effect on the user of the weapon, causing rotary movement as well as the backward propulsion.

Although not as aggressive a force as recoil, it did cause major issues with "COTA"<2>. Again, solutions were tried, but most were an unhappy compromise between effectiveness and multi-environment functionality.

Lastly, but by no means least, was the issue of lubrication. Due to the overheating problem, much of the materials used for this purpose simply boiled out, increasing the risk of a catastrophic mechanical failure with each shot.

The EMAI 6.20mm Electric Pistol was developed to circumnavigate these issues by simply firing a projectile and giving it sufficient force to be lethal in a massively different way.

The breakthroughs in the fields of superconductors and nanotechnology opened up a whole new facet of engineering that was as yet, only touched upon.

Engineering on a molecular scale.

It allowed the construction of both MCN<3> cabling, enabling the massive currents and voltages that the gun required to work much easier to manage and distribute, without needing masses of thick heavy cable.
The engineering foundations came in leaps and bounds after this... including the first fully functional and stable "fractal battery" system - which meant a source of power storage and generation far exceeding that of conventional electronics.

How it works:

at the press of the trigger, a round is drawn up into the primary acceleration coil magnetically.

The primary SCCA<4> is then charged up and the coil is fired.

Super high speed micro-optic detectors register the projectile's position to within 1/1,000,000 of a millimetre ensuring the timing for optimal acceleration is consistent.

The power management processor system (PMPS) then charges the next SCCA in the sequence.

Lastly, the PMPS fires the last SCCA, (which is the biggest)... the voltage from this is also modulated to switch polarity at a specified frequency set by the power modulation sequencer. ...

The frequency of this alternating current super heats the iron core of the composite round by the process of induction this is the final stage, as the super-heating of the iron core renders it non-magnetic ... this process does reduce the actual velocity of the round by around 3 percent.

It is still travelling at around 1,000 kph (a few hundred kph under MACH1) when it leaves the muzzle.

When the round hits the target - the temperature difference between the outer and inner walls of the rounds' shell causes it to rupture, allowing 2.4 grammes of super-heated iron to boil inside the target - usually with almost explosive force, showering anything internal with fragments of the outer casing in the process.

If that sounds like the ultimate weapon - well it still has flaws.

a manually operated heat management system that effectively stops it from working, until the user pulls the 'heat-purge' mechanism pushing a small blast of liquid nitrogen (which quickly turns to gas - taking heat with it) though the weapon.

a manually assigned recoil reduction system for hard vacuum, which prevents the weapon firing if not engaged - as automatic switching is still causing issue with the overall functionality of the weapon.

A power source that falls below the required amperes after firing 8 rounds continuously (which is about it's limit before heat-purging is needed) taking an alarming 43 seconds to fully re-charge (fortunately the Fractal Battery power supply is self charging) - not ideal in a full blown combat situation . The practical upshot of this meant, despite having a magazine capable of holding a satisfying 42 rounds (the 'standard' one is a more sedate 15) - it is essentially no better in rate of fire (or technically, "reloading" speed) than an old fashioned 6 shooter.

FOOTNOTES:
(1) in terms of both muzzle velocity and effective range.
(2) COTA = consistency of targeting ability.
(3) Multi Carbon Nanotube
(4) Super Conductor Capacitor Array

***EDIT - UPRGADED PICTURE, SO YOU HAVE SOME DETAIL SHOTS ALSO ***