- Daemonhunter 7
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I will try to give an example from basic high school / university physics. (No formulas, don't worry!).
-An electric current will generate a magnetic field depending on the current strength, and a magnetic field will induce a current in a wire depending on the field strength. Usually these are extremely small fields and currents because either too much energy is lost or the magnetic field becomes dangerous and hard to insulate against.
-Assuming in the future there is a way to 'aim' this magnetic field energy into some sort of beam, it may be possible to have wireless electricity in this fashion.
-You would also have to assume the cannon has some way of pinpointing the location of the mac gun, otherwise it would miss. (Duh). And the gun must be able to contain the field to just the mac gun batteries, otherwise it would be like throwing a box of knives into an mri machine as the whole station is hit by the field.
-Or you can ditch physics and assume it runs on power sent through slipspace :P
Just my idea, feel free to use it. :)
[Edited on 04.02.2011 12:43 AM PDT]