Yinko
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In Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series she points out that, guns inside a spaceship are a dumb idea, bullets have a far higher chance of popping the envelope or ricocheting and destroying essential equipment. Instead she has her people (who at the time lack access to higher tech weapons) outfit themselves with knives and target crossbows.
Target crossbows are pretty non-lethal, but it would be very possible to use larger crossbows with little difficulty. Most of the deficiencies of the technology seem to have been solved (wide cross section, rate of fire, round capacity, etc).
If were were to go into space today, with largely our current tech base, can you see any reason why blades and fletched projectiles would not be the weapons of choice?
If they are the most plausible, then that would potentially create interesting implications, as it would make full armor viable again. So, basically space-knights...
Target crossbows are pretty non-lethal, but it would be very possible to use larger crossbows with little difficulty. Most of the deficiencies of the technology seem to have been solved (wide cross section, rate of fire, round capacity, etc).
If were were to go into space today, with largely our current tech base, can you see any reason why blades and fletched projectiles would not be the weapons of choice?
If they are the most plausible, then that would potentially create interesting implications, as it would make full armor viable again. So, basically space-knights...