I imagine you could make a shiny bomb casing but would you really want to print the explosives inside your pipe bomb as you're making the case?
For a players sake you could probably print the parts as an assembled unit but any of the volatile compounds would have to be added after the fact. I imagine printing with fissile materials would not only f up your printer but they'd void the warranty...
I can see the warning labels now... Printing explosive devices and weapons with your Ronco Popail 3d Matrix Printer will void your warranty and is a federal offence against Imperial law. Object printed in the RP 3d are for external use only and should under no circumstances be used as a topical cream.
Derek Stanley
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> On Feb 8, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Master Uxi <> wrote:
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> Every machine and electronics shop would have their own printers ranging from small (most free/far traders) to quite large on capital ships and/or tenders, which would want to be able to reproduce most spare parts capable of being installed outside of a dry dock.
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> The trader just needs to be able to hold it together to get to the next port, but big military ships need to operate off the mains. Small for a trader is more than big enough for any man portable equipment, of course... And even smaller crew served slugthrowers certainly.
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> Any decent slicer would make mince meat of the MSFT copyright scheme. Doesn't work with age of sail speed of communication. Anyone could avoid that anyway by sticking to D/E starports entirely or having that system be down on the rare time when you go to a big one. As long as you don't go to the same mainworlds repeatedly in a short period of time, you could stay ahead of that shell game for a long time.
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> Imagine the 2I and 3I equivalents of the anarchists handbook... most likely diagrams of primitive thermonuclear weapons with materials shopping lists obtainable on any TL4 world. Imps don't get involved unless you use one where it's not in the interest of the local noble...
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> - Sent from my SM-N900T
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For a players sake you could probably print the parts as an assembled unit but any of the volatile compounds would have to be added after the fact. I imagine printing with fissile materials would not only f up your printer but they'd void the warranty...
I can see the warning labels now... Printing explosive devices and weapons with your Ronco Popail 3d Matrix Printer will void your warranty and is a federal offence against Imperial law. Object printed in the RP 3d are for external use only and should under no circumstances be used as a topical cream.
Derek Stanley
Sent from my iPad
> On Feb 8, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Master Uxi <> wrote:
>
> Every machine and electronics shop would have their own printers ranging from small (most free/far traders) to quite large on capital ships and/or tenders, which would want to be able to reproduce most spare parts capable of being installed outside of a dry dock.
>
> The trader just needs to be able to hold it together to get to the next port, but big military ships need to operate off the mains. Small for a trader is more than big enough for any man portable equipment, of course... And even smaller crew served slugthrowers certainly.
>
> Any decent slicer would make mince meat of the MSFT copyright scheme. Doesn't work with age of sail speed of communication. Anyone could avoid that anyway by sticking to D/E starports entirely or having that system be down on the rare time when you go to a big one. As long as you don't go to the same mainworlds repeatedly in a short period of time, you could stay ahead of that shell game for a long time.
>
> Imagine the 2I and 3I equivalents of the anarchists handbook... most likely diagrams of primitive thermonuclear weapons with materials shopping lists obtainable on any TL4 world. Imps don't get involved unless you use one where it's not in the interest of the local noble...
>
> - Sent from my SM-N900T
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>