That's leaving aside a growing desire of mine to rename the current Manstopper into Mono, and Dumdum into Manstopper, just because in real life Dumdums are Manstoppers, and Manstopper rounds have little to do with increased ballistic armour penetration (to explain my initial confusion earlier in the thread).
+1
Including the bit about the confusion
No, mono is short for monofilament. It denotes both that an item is bladed and that the blade is edged with a monomolecular filament providing the perfect cutting edge.
Mono bullet. REAL end of story.
even a way to get a primitive gun if you don't get your bullets mono treated.
?? would that allow a Moritat to use a gun?? 
Hmm...an interesting concept indeed.
As I said before Mono is short for monofilament (which makes something mono edged by being secured along the tip of a significantly thicker blade) if one was to create a mono bullet it`s tip would have to be flattened (like a shuriken, knife or arrowhead) crosshatched (like a philips head screwdriver) or chisel shaped to make the tip of the bullet into a blade .
None of which are partiularly ideal as they would be largely incompatible with standard ballistics due to their shapes being negatively affected by the spin a rifled barrel would impose.
As I said before Mono is short for monofilament (which makes something mono edged by being secured along the tip of a significantly thicker blade) if one was to create a mono bullet it`s tip would have to be flattened (like a shuriken, knife or arrowhead) crosshatched (like a philips head screwdriver) or chisel shaped to make the tip of the bullet into a blade .
None of which are partiularly ideal as they would be largely incompatible with standard ballistics due to their shapes being negatively affected by the spin a rifled barrel would impose.
Monomolecular, actually. Monofilaments is a related concept unique (or as unique as it can be - it's a big galaxy, after all) to the Eldar.
You could conceivably have bullets that are monomolecular at the tip, but I can't see how such a thing would function effectively or how it would actually help with penetration in a meaningful manner.
Monomolecular, actually. Monofilaments is a related concept unique (or as unique as it can be - it's a big galaxy, after all) to the Eldar.
You could conceivably have bullets that are monomolecular at the tip, but I can't see how such a thing would function effectively or how it would actually help with penetration in a meaningful manner.
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I have to assume the discussion is about bullets for primitive weapons. For standard SP weapons, we already have manstoppers, doing the same job only better.
Mono isn't specified any further, but is routinely used to mean monofilament (even by people who then go on to assuming properties that are closer to monomolecular).
Most bullets are made of metal, especially I'd assume that the outer coating of primitive bullets is made of a fairly pure metal. Metals do not by themselves form into molecules but rather into crystal lattices. Thus 'mono' would refer to a monocrystaline material, which is entirely possible. I've seen monocrystaline rods of silicon significantly larger than most bullets. But that would be a bad idea - monocrystaline materials are comparatively soft. You just about be able to scratch those silicon rods with your nail. Ofcourse the surface would oxidize and form all the usual surface defects, but it would still be a crystaline material, not molecular.
You could get a bit that's atomically sharp - that is a a single atom wide at the tip - but they really aren't very stable, nor particularly strong. Alot of common-sense-physics break down when we get to that scale.
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Sure, but the "mono" upgrade was also written to be applicable to blunt weapons with no sharp edges. The Fine Errata says:
“The Mono upgrade may be applied to any melee weapon,
effects remain the same."
So man-stoppers are in fact "mono-bullets" as the mechanical effect is to increase their penetration. No need to re-invent it 
So man-stoppers are in fact "mono-bullets" as the mechanical effect is to increase their penetration. No need to re-invent it
I think you want to use the mono upgrade for bullets? For muskets possibly?
Otherwise you'd just use manstoppers presumably?
In one of my SR(3.01) rounds a player came up with the idea of monofilament flechette rounds for his shotgun.
After careful consideration i allowed it, since it would be the most expensive ammo.
And the fact that simply firing one would rip the inner side of any barrel apart.
Flechette rounds for shotguns appear in Hostile Acquisitions, functioning as normal buckshot, except Pen 2 and 10% more range (and the option of toxic coated ones)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette
Apparently in Vietnam the USA used them in bundles of 20 inside a shotgun shell.
As for muskets, I can't see them being stronger (and not primitive), the old barrels tended to be weaker as well as the black powder wasn't as explosive as what it is used nowadays. They used big bore lead which is why they are still effective enough when they hit, but against modern (and future) body armor, I don't see it doing that much damage with the lower velocity and such
My gun friend had this to say on the matter.
depends on how soft the lead is, heavy, solid rounds will break bones but tumble through neat and clean, because they won't expand well and the low velocity doesn't dump as much energy, but if they are loaded with modern rounds then they are deadly
here is a pic of them
He tentatively stats them at 1d10+2 for a pistol, 1d10+3 for a musket, still primitive, could maybe lost inaccurate but that requires changing the range brackets. I hope that helps!
Edit: I deleted the bit about saboted flechettes, I was thinking about a proposed replacement for the standard assault rifle, which fired that. It offered some improvements, but not enough to be considered a replacement.
Edited by CymbelActually fgdsfg monomoleular blade technology in the 40k verse is acheived almost excusively by use of monofilament edging due to the trmendous diffculty of making metals that thin without compromising their strength or becoming brittle.
The Eldar are actually just the only race with the time or inclination to use monofilaments for anything else.
Actually fgdsfg monomoleular blade technology in the 40k verse is acheived almost excusively by use of monofilament edging due to the trmendous diffculty of making metals that thin without compromising their strength or becoming brittle.
The Eldar are actually just the only race with the time or inclination to use monofilaments for anything else.
Except for the Blood Angels' Sanguinary Guard, who use Bloodshard bolts in their wrist-mounted boltguns, which add a razor-filament payload that's designed to shred armor.
I imagine Fgdsfg will be eager to remind us of his seething contempt for Matt Ward by this point.
Mono in this sense is just a synonym for high-tech. Dont take "mono" literally.
Having said that, I think to make things easier, only weapons should get that upgrade, not ammunition. The weapons get enabled to deal their damage more efficiently. There is already special ammunition, this can somehow be seen as advanted "mono"versions of standard ammunition.
In this way, it would be nice to be allowed to also use this upgrade on low-tech ranged weapons. It would be cool to have modern-version bows, crossbows and muskets.
And it would still not be a game breaker, as most dont have more damage than 1d10.
In this way, it would be nice to be allowed to also use this upgrade on low-tech ranged weapons. It would be cool to have modern-version bows, crossbows and muskets.
We already have modern version muskets. They're called 'autoguns' and 'hunting rifles'.
In this way, it would be nice to be allowed to also use this upgrade on low-tech ranged weapons. It would be cool to have modern-version bows, crossbows and muskets.
We already have modern version muskets. They're called 'autoguns' and 'hunting rifles'.
I'd prefer classical design though. Looks much cooler - especially if playing Rogue Trader.
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In this way, it would be nice to be allowed to also use this upgrade on low-tech ranged weapons. It would be cool to have modern-version bows, crossbows and muskets.
We already have modern version muskets. They're called 'autoguns' and 'hunting rifles'.
I'd prefer classical design though. Looks much cooler - especially if playing Rogue Trader.
Then get an autogun or hunting rifle that looks like an old-fashioned musket. Hell, there's probably some crazy Archmilitant that has a long-las that looks like a jezail.
... Excuse me, I just had an idea for a Tallarn Archmilitant.
In this way, it would be nice to be allowed to also use this upgrade on low-tech ranged weapons. It would be cool to have modern-version bows, crossbows and muskets.
We already have modern version muskets. They're called 'autoguns' and 'hunting rifles'.
I'd prefer classical design though. Looks much cooler - especially if playing Rogue Trader.
Then get an autogun or hunting rifle that looks like an old-fashioned musket.
Exactly. You can afford it.
Thats not really the same.
Someone with style would know that.
Thats not really the same.
Someone with style would know that.
No comment.
Thats not really the same.
Someone with style would know that.
Style left aside, a mono-bow as autogun isnt really possible atm
Muskets maybe, but not a bow. Allowing a pen +2 non-primitive bow would be nice, having some modern kind of accelerator or whatever. Explosive arrows would have to be buffed then though (giving tearing and blast maybe ?).
