On 13 Jan 2020 at 10:08, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:

> Part of me would think a laser carbine with selective power levels
> from "Squirrel" to "Lion" and a fold-out solar panel so you wouldn't
> have ammo concerns would be ideal... but pesky law levels apply, and
> energy weapons get outlawed quick. That makes it less than ideal when
> you're in the outback of a Law Level 3 world.

Well, that'd have to be a *really* big solar panel. At 100%
efficiency you get less than a kilowatt per square meter. And that's
with bright sunlight.

So if a shot uses 50 kJ of energy (pretty low) it'd take about a
minute to replace the energy used.

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